New England vs. Chesapeake Both the New England and Chesapeake region were both settled largely by immigrants of English descent but evolved into two very explicit societies by the 1700s. A large distinction developed in the two contrasting regions‚ some of the benefits would lure settlers in and some negatives and cons would repel them into the other colonies. Through differences in political‚ economic‚ religious‚ social‚ intellectual‚ and artistic concepts of the colonists‚ a divergence separated
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The Native American ’s encounters with European colonists led to different interactions between the two‚ as well as a development of varied relationships. America had been home to Native Americans since around 13‚000 B.C. The Europeans arrived in America around 1492 to find that the land was already inhabited. Before the Europeans arrived‚ the Native Americans had lived in harmony with nature and with each other in communities‚ having strong family ties. When the Europeans arrived‚ they held different
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Puritanism Puritans were groups of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. The Puritans roots came from the English Reformation. Some of the puritans liked a Presbyterian form of church‚ others‚ wanted to stay within the structure of the national church but set themselves against the doctrinal and liturgical vestiges of Catholic tradition
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The New England colonies and the Southern colonies are slightly similar in some aspects‚ but drastically different in most. For example the new england colonies were strictly puritan and they did not tolerate any other religion but the southern colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. The economy of New England was powered mostly the manufacturing in factories‚ whereas the Southern colonies’ economies were more agriculturally
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Puritanism Covenant and the Perfect Society in New England When the Puritans came to New England‚ they came to settle with a clear society in mind. Not only would this society be free from the persecution that they endured in Old England; it would be free to create what the leader of the religion referred to as a "perfect" society. In their attempt to escape the persecution they had come so accustomed to‚ they set up their own rigid belief system based on the inclusion of the human soul and
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In the early seventeenth century‚ relations between American Indians and European colonists were often characterized as much by collaboration and cooperation as by competition. However by the mid to late seventeenth century‚ brutal wars between Indians and colonists broke out in nearly every colonial region‚ from New England down to New Spain. While nearly all colonial regions endured worsening relations between the Indians and Europeans‚ the disputes occurred due to different reasons depending on
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The colonists were almost completely justified in their revolt against England. The oppressive acts implemented by British rule and the abuse the colonists endured by the army made life for the colonists unbearable. However‚ the colonists’ reactions to certain things were unwarranted. For example‚ making propaganda and attacking innocent people wasn’t justified by what they had endured. The colonists were justified in their need for revolution‚ but not in their actions in their pursuit of it. Everything
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What is Puritanism? Who are the Puritans? The Origin and Development of Puritanism Puritanism: Puritanism was a loosely organized reform movement originating during the English Reformation of the sixteenth century. The name came from efforts to "purify" the Church of England by those who felt that the Reformation had not yet been completed. Eventually the Puritans went on to attempt purification of the self and society as well. This movement arose within the Church of England in the late sixteenth
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Anglo-French relations are the relations between the governments of the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . The historical ties between the two countries are long and complex‚ including acquisition‚ wars‚ and coalitions at various points in history. Hundred years war‚ 1337-1453 Edward III of England asserts the French throne including English victories at Poitier and Crecy - continue for the next 40 years‚ but it is not until Henry V’s victory at Agincourt
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Despite New England and Chesapeake regions both having similar English settlers‚ these two colonial areas developed vastly unique identities because of politics‚ economics‚ and the reasons for settling.The Chesapeake region includes the colonies of Virginia and Maryland where the New England colonies were New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. One of the main differences between the two regions was the reasonings behind the settlements which was the causation of
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