settlers crossed paths with the natives and eventually lead to a variety of relationships. There were various factors that shaped the relations in certain regions such as the Chesapeake Bay and New England. The events that lead up to tension between the natives were the settler’s lust for new land‚ diseases and the on-going disputes between the natives and the settlers. In the Chesapeake Bay the Powhatans were originally the dominant power among the Native Americans. The Powhatan tribes flourished under
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Although people from England settled in the Chesapeake and New England area‚ the regions evolved into two distinct societies due to their differences in religion‚ politics‚ and especially‚ economies by 1700. The religion of the Chesapeake and New England areas differed. Because New Englanders came to escape religious persecution‚ one would think that it would become a land of complete tolerance. This was not the case‚ though. The New Englanders were very religious-based‚ and considered themselves
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change of; environment‚ social structure‚ family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others. New England families kept the traditional family structure known as a nuclear family‚ consisting of the head of the household‚ the father‚ mother and their children. The religious traditions carried over from England by these families were easier to practice because
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Differences Between New England and the Chesapeake regions Although the English settled into both the Chesapeake and New England regions‚ they had formed into two completely opposite communities. Both regions came to America for different purposes. Whether the founders of this land was to make a profit‚ farm more land‚ or seek religious freedom‚ they did it to please their own intentions. There were many differences between the two regions‚ however two main places where they were opposites‚ were their lifestyle
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Although the Chesapeake Colonies and New England Colonies were settled at around the same time‚ the specific situations affecting each establishment altered the way that they developed. Jamestown was the first settlement on May 24‚ 1607. The Virginia Company of London‚ a joint-stock firm‚ commissioned it. The Jamestown colonists had increased pressure to strike it rich‚ because of the threat of abandonment in the wilderness. The first settlement in the New England region was Plymouth‚ which was founded
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Before the 1700’s the New England and Chesapeake regions were both largely settled by people of English origin. Slowly‚ they began to evolve into different societies. Fantasies of the New World had largely appealed to troubled England. English citizens traveled to the New World for religious‚ economic‚ and various other reasons. Though the settlers of the New England and Chesapeake regions were of English origin‚ each region soon evolved into distinct societies due to social‚ economic‚ and religious
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Dorian Zimmerman Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by the people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. These two colonies divided based on their values and goals for their future‚ New England believed in unity‚ religion‚ and family‚ while the Chesapeake region believed in success‚ working alone‚ and entrepreneurship. Their lives really centered around what they believed in and was the determining factor on why these
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Monique Pitre Mr. Watson APUSH 9/6/11 DBQ The settlers of New England and the Chesapeake region may have migrated from the same origin‚ but that’s where the similarities end; by the 1700s‚ they differed socially‚ economically‚ and politically. As people began to migrate over to the New World‚ they started to adapt to the regions around them. This being said‚ it only makes sense that the settlers would adapt to the strengths of their geography‚ meaning that regions obviously differed. Socially
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The Chesapeake and New England regions harbored two different societies though each region had a large population that was of English decent this was due to many reasons the two societies settled in the Chesapeake and New England regions. For example the settlers in the New England region migrated to the Americas to escape the Church of England and to be their own church that would be based on their ideals. The settlers in the Chesapeake region were there on behalf of the Church of England as well
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to establishing the first two colonies‚ Jamestown in 1607 and Massachusetts in 1621. That is where the similarities end with these colonies. The regions of the two colonies evolved into two completely different societies. There are several reasons why differences in development occurred between the Chesapeake and New England regions. Differences can be seen socially‚ economically‚ and politically. First‚ the biggest differentiation between these regions is social. The main difference is their goals
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