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    Running Head: Short Essay 1 Short Essay 1 Many of colonies resulted from European expansion; perhaps the two most talked about would be the colonies in Virginia and Massachusetts. Each colony was unique in its own way‚ but similarities between the two were also apparent. These similarities and differences helped shape what would eventually become the “North” and “South” during the Civil War. The English settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts were both established in the early 1600s

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    Life in the North were very different from life in the South. Geography is one thing that contrast in the two regions. Also the society is very different. The last thing is transportation. These things make the North and South very unalike. The geography was very different in the North and South. The North has 4 distinct seasons. The South’s climate is mild winters and hot‚ humid summers. Also the North has the jagged New England coast. When the South has wide coastal plains. Another key point

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    The North & South Colonies The North & South Colonies Russell Byron-Kelly® October 6th‚ 2011 In the 1700’s The South and the North colonies were similar but also different. The South colonies were Agricultural because of all the crops they planted. The North was Commercial because they were right next to the ocean and could send ships to England and other countries. The south helped with the Cash Crop and the North help move the cash crop across the ocean. In this essay I’ll be talking about

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    North vs. South The North and South had many differences and very little similarities. They each focused on industry‚ agriculture‚ slavery and tariffs. Even though they both strived to manufacture and evolve their land in the revolution‚ they both had many different views. The North often debated with the South about slavery‚ which created a lot of their rivalries. This event helped them start on their own to soon develop their land into a greater industry. In the North‚ their industry

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    Life in the North was different from life in the South. One way they were different was from the economy. Another way that life was different in the North than in the South was the society. Yet again‚ another way that both the North and South are different is the the geography of both areas. One way that life in the North was different from life in the South was the economy. In the South‚ the main source of economy was agriculture. In the South‚ they used slaves to do work on many large plantations

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    The North and the South have different Geography‚ Societies and Economies. Here’s my supportive evidence of The Geography of the North and the South. The North experienced four distinct seasons from freezing winters to hot humid summers. The North also had jagged New England coast. And had many bays. On the other hand the South had fertile soil thick pine forest and many fast moving rivers. What was the Society of the North and South like? Well in the North many people still lived on farms cities

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    During the sixteenth-century in the English Colonies‚ in this time there was a process where the people that owned some of these colonies were going through a time where immigrants were migrating to the new world. Forty-five thousand Puritans left England between 1620 and 1640 and created religious societies in another part of the world also known as the New World. The English people wanted their colonist to learn more about God and his most holy and wise providence‚ the people wanted to have religious

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    The Southern Colonies and their Social Groups To the immigrants‚ the colonization of the south was a chance to have religious freedom‚ to find gold and to have good trade. For some it was a getaway from the debt that they had collected over the years as well for the poor. The south was established in the year of 1607 by Virginia. It was soon followed by Maryland‚ the Carolinas and Georgia. From these opportunities‚ three social groups were created. These were the Great Planters‚ Yeoman farmers

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    The south’s view on slavery was way different from the one in the north because they thought slavery was a good thing because their economy depended on slavery. In the north they had a complete different opinion on the topic of slavery the north believed it was wrong and it should be stopped this is why in the north there was a lot of abolitionists groups. The south would constantly say that everything they said was fake and that they are liers. This is why compromise started to break down because

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    The North and South of the U.S. were always very different. The North was materialistic‚ individualistic‚ and had great faith in progress‚ while the South was traditional and valued honor and family loyalty. Southerners relied on slavery and farming to support their economy‚ whereas the North relied on factories‚ which prospered quickly. Because the South was slower than the North in creating a “unified market economy and a regional transportation network”‚ they relied financially on the North. Slavery

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