Early settlement patterns For the most part economic opportunity for growth was the common motive for all the settlers in the new world. The French‚ Spanish‚ English and Dutch all came for the same reasons‚ they just all handled it in different ways. Some handled it decently and others handled it horribly‚ at least looking at it from a Native Americans perspective that is. They all tried to make the ’new world’ environment seem like old ones‚ which clearly it wasn’t and in my opinion none of which
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and Chesapeake region Divergence New England and the Chesapeake region were very influential in the founding and prosperity of the United States. Both were founded by English explorers and both were able to thrive because of the determination and bravery of Englishmen. But even with these similarities‚ by the 1700’s‚ the settlements were drastically different. The New England settlement turned into an aristocratic colony focused on the belief in God and religious freedom while the Chesapeake region
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Elizabeth Fink AP American History 1993 DBQ Essay Question: Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? In the mid-1600’s‚ when both the New England and Chesapeake regions first began to colonize‚ each had the same goals and hopes for the New World’. Both sought freedom‚ money and power but‚ instead
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Brianna Boyle Chesapeake vs. Massachusetts Bay Colony Massachusetts Bay (New England) and Chesapeake colonies were both the foundation for the economic and social influences in America. However‚ their differences are far more numerous then the commonalities. Where the Massachusetts Bay Colony was formed primarily for religious purposes‚ the Chesapeake Colony was formed for profit. This one difference had an extensive effect when related to the life of each colony in the new world. The Massachusetts
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The Influence of Tobacco on Chesapeake Society and its Subsequent Effects on Society‚ the Environment‚ and Politics. Every day in America‚ 3200 people smoke their first cigarette. [1] Tobacco has been a part of daily life for so long‚ we don’t think twice when we see someone take a smoke break‚ or buy a pack of Camels at the gas station. However‚ tobacco was once an even larger part of society. In the early 1600’s nearly everything one did was dictated by tobacco. In fact‚ it is thought by many
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The purpose of this lab is to analyze the conductivity and salinity of water simple from the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Oysters can live with a salinity level range from 10ptt-to 27ppt‚ but there is a parasite called protozoan that causes a disease known as MSX in oysters‚ that arise when salinity level of the water reach 15ppt. Therefore‚ aquaculture facility usually plants oysters in areas where salinity level are between 10ppt-to12ppt to avoid any risk of the protozoan. Oysters deliver nutrients
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Massachusetts Bay‚ and the Chesapeake region were both part of the New World where England was starting to colonize. Even though the people from these two locations originated from the same land (England)‚ these colonies turned out to be extremely different from one another. They differed in the reason they settled the land‚ the economic activity of the region‚ and the demographics of the colonies. II. Motives for Settlement 1. Captain John Smith settled Chesapeake Region. Massachusetts Bay settled
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The Native American group in the Chesapeake Bay region was known collectively as the Powhatan Federation of Indians. Powhatan also refers to the Algonquin Indian chief that lived and ruled in the region around the early 17th century. The Algonquians were a deeply religious group of people subsisted primarily through agriculture. The natives referred to the area as Tsenacommacah. Powhatan was the weroance‚ or chief ruler of Tsenacommacah and 25 other Algonquin villages. Powhatan would play a significant
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The settlers of the Chesapeake region of America were an extremely fascinating bunch. Despite many hardships‚ they set the stage for the American South for the next two centuries‚ and achieved a lot with precious little. It is simply amazing to think of how anyone could have stayed alive in a foreign land surrounded by the unknown‚ with no friends and family to help and guide them. The majority of the colonists that moved to the Chesapeake region of Maryland and Virginia were laborers‚ that
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Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake Relations between the Powhatan and English were ok‚ until the colonists raided Indian food supplies‚ burned houses‚ and set fire to cornfields. The First Anglo-Powhatan war ended with the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe‚ but that peace didn’t last because the Second Anglo-Powhatan war began in 1644 and the result was the banishment of the Chesapeake from their homeland. The Powhatans fell due to disease‚ lack of unity‚ and the fact that the colonists didn’t
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