of the wonderful opportunities the New World promised to the European countries. While sharing a continent‚ the Spanish and New England colonies had major similarities and a plethora amount of differences. The Spanish and New England colonies shared significant similarities with the treatment of the natives‚ yet these colonies had extreme differences with the role of religion and the control of European government. The Spanish and New England colonies shared significant similarities with
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Multicultural Compare/Contrast Every culture around the world differs in some way or another. There are three cultural differences that specifically differ from that of southern American culture. These three concepts are respecting ones elders from “Or Else‚ the Lightning God” by Catherine Lim‚ respect for the dead in “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe‚ and racial equality from “The Day They Burned The Books” by Jean Rhys. “Or Else‚ the Lightning God” by Catherine Lim is a short story about the
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Those core values helped catapult them into the new world in search of freedom‚ food‚ and a source of income. England and France were two dominant countries‚ nonetheless they had their differences socially‚ economically‚ and politically which propelled them towards the new world. When the two nations began permanently settling in the new world the French colonies treated the native races with great diplomacy‚ whereas the British and British colonies early on began treating natives as savages and
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squash and beans were planted. They had rocky mountains with thick trees. Also some of their natural resources were fish‚ whales‚ forests. New England imported some of their agricultural products from other colonies. Nationalities - People in the New England colonies were all from England‚ and came to practice their own religion on the Mayflower. Year Founded : New Hampshire; 1638 Massachusetts; 1630 Connecticut; 1636 Rhode Island;
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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ the Northern and Southern colonies were extremely different. Each “section” of America was socially‚ economically‚ and politically dissimilar from the next. From the beginning‚ it was difficult to picture the colonies as their own separate nation due to a lack of colonial unity. In the Southern plantation colonies‚ social structure was molded mostly by the emphasis on slavery and racism that was perpetuated. A hierarchy of status and wealth similar to
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the New England and Chesapeake Bay Regions During the 1700’s‚ people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives‚ others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy‚ religion‚ and motives for colonial expansion. The colonists of the New England
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It all depends on the region you look at. New England Colonies: Mass Bay viewed the indians as inferior and believed that because of this they were obligated to take the land. Several indian tribes over the 17th century attacked mass bay with the most infamous being King Phillips war (look it up in textbook index if you need more detail). In the Plymouth colony the pilgrims and the natives started off great (first thanksgiving remember?) an english speaking native named squanto was a big reason
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similarities‚ the Northern and Southern colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries also had many differences. The diversity of the United States goes back to its beginning as a collection of northern and southern colonies. Their differences in religion‚ politics‚ economics‚ and social issues‚ and the way they dealt with them‚ are what shaped our country into what we are today. Religion in the southern colonies was not practiced with the enthusiasm that it was in New England. While most colonists of
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Northern‚ Middle‚ and Southern Colonies America has always been a land of diversity. This dates back to the first English settlements in North America. In the beginning‚ the colonies were divided up into three distinct areas: northern colonies‚ middle colonies‚ and southern colonies. Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island comprised the northern colonies; New York‚ Delaware‚ New Jersey‚ and Pennsylvania made up the middle colonies; and Virginia‚ Maryland‚ Carolina‚ North Carolina
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Regions of the 13 Colonies * The number of people differed among the colony regions; the amount of land in the colonies also differed among the regions with small numbers of people on huge tracts of land. * The first European colonists didn’t know how big North America was because they didn’t have a map of the continent. * The three geographic regions of the 13 Colonies were the New England Colonies‚ the Middle Colonies‚ and the Southern Colonies. The New England Colonies * The four
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