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    8/5/13 APUSH Settling the Northern Colonies Vocabulary 1. John Calvin 1. Protestant leader 2. Created dominant religion of American settlers 3. Wrote theories in Institutes of the Christian Religion 2. Anne Hutchinson: 1. Lived in Massachusetts Bay Colony 2. Promoted antinomianism 3. Banished and forced to walk and settle on Rhode Island 3. Roger Williams: 1. Wanted to break from the Church of England 2. Though Massachusetts Bay Colony was unfair to the Indians; banished 3

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    followed by Great Britain‚ which was completely different from Spain and France. Colonies in the north and south developed their own characteristics making them important centers for the mother country‚ and later the new nation itself. The first settlers arrived in the northern portion of the American continent‚ and established the first cities along rivers and natural harbors. The British were all about shipping raw materials from the New World back to England‚ where they were processed into finished

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    There were thirteen original colonies in the North American region. The first English colonies settled off the coast of the Atlantic and started expanding west. The colonies have been placed into three regions the New England colonies‚ Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. New England colonies consisted of (New Hampshire‚ Rode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and Massachusetts). The Middle colonies consisted of (New York‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ and Delaware). The Southern colonies consisted of (The

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    Compare and Contrast of the Northern and Southern Colonies The 1700s was a time when everything was new‚ new country‚ unseen land‚ and more resources. The colonists were still trying to discover all the new and exciting things in this new world‚ and still live under the king’s rule. The colonies were working hard to support England and themselves in this time; so the north and south spent most of its time figuring out ways to survive. The north and south had two very different methods of earning

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    The northern and the southern colonies are very different than each other. Each colony has their own life and traditions‚ and ways of how their colony works. The difference between those two colonies was in the trading‚ religion‚ and their planting. Each colony has different plants than the other. Each colony made and consists of different things. The north colony people was very cling with their religion. But the southern colony people was not very clinging with their religion. There is some difference

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    The Northern and Southern colonies had many similarities between the years of 1607 to 1763‚ but the idea that they were more similar than different is vastly incorrect. The economy in the Southern colonies was based off of planting and slave labor‚ which was very common‚ while land in the Northern colonies‚ for the most part‚ was not fertile enough to support planting. Another difference between the North and South was that government and the church had very close ties in the North‚ compared to a

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    the long voyage to America‚ in the hopes of creating a better life. They formed settlements‚ some of which gradually grew into towns and cities. Over time‚ the southern colonies developed into a distinctly separate region from the northern colonies. There were countless factors involved‚ including climate‚ relations with Indians‚ economics‚ politics‚ and slavery but in the end there was one core reason for the distinction; mindset. According to Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia online‚ mindset "is a set

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    1. The New England colonies were characterized by greater social stability than both the southern and middle colonies. They were different mainly because of their geography. Unlike the New England colonies‚ the southern and middle colonies were far apart and had created their own individualistic societies when they settled‚ because they were so spread out. The New England colonies were very close together due to their mountainous geography so it was easy for them to maintain contact and have an organized

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    How the 13 Colonies Were Named The first thirteen colonies were either named after people‚ Indian names or‚ places in England. The original states/colonies are‚ Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ Maryland‚ South Carolina‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ Virginia‚ New Hampshire and New Jersey. The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts‚ after a local Indian

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    within the hearts of Northerners. Tonya Kerr The University of the West Indies Professor Henderson Carter HIST 3202: Slavery‚ the Civil War and Reconstruction‚ 1820-1877 Examine the reasons for the Northern retreat from Reconstruction November 17th‚ 2014 After the American Civil War of 1861-18651 which started because of uncompromising disputes between the North who was for‚ and the South who was against the power of the national government to outlaw the enslavement of blacks in the slave

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