By 1700‚ the New England and Chesapeake region evolved into two distinct colonies although both were settled by people of the English origin. One of the major distinctions between the two colonies is the populations of the two regions were settled by different people. New England and Chesapeake also had different reasons for settlement in these areas. Another cause for the development in the two societies was the difference of the way of life. New England and Chesapeake formed into two distinct societies
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Although New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? Since Columbus discovered America‚ people from Europe were avid to lunch there to explore the New World. Most people went there for religion purposes and money‚ but as they set up their own regions‚ they governed their lands in different ways. Specifically‚ New England and Chesapeake
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Differences between New England and Chesapeake Colonies – DBQ By the 1700s‚ Colonial America was a diverse society; the northern colonies of New England and the southern colonies of the Chesapeake region‚ although mainly made up of British settlers‚ were already becoming distinct areas unlike any seen before this time. However‚ they shared little in common‚ as both regions were drastically different from one another. The differences started with the initial reasons for the founding of each colony
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England in the 1620s was filled with tension between the Puritans and King James I and his son Charles I. Their primary goal for their country was to revive Roman Catholicism and rid of any religions that would not conform; so‚ they mainly targeted Puritans. This intolerance motivated the Puritans to pursue their economic interests (which later turned into religious interests) and establish a place for themselves in the New England colonies in 1630. What they originally intended was to create a colony
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economics over centuries came from the ideas of four economists: Adam Smith‚ Thomas Malthus‚ David Ricardo‚ John Stuart Mill‚ Karl Marx‚ Alfred Marshall and John Maynard Keynes. These well respected economists help the theory of economics grow and become what it is today. Economics started with the ideas of Adam Smith. He is credited as the first true economist. He had never taught nor took a class in economics. In his book The Wealth of Nations Smith alludes to the idea that self interest motives
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strong leadership and the characteristics of the personalities of the settlers that inhabited each settlement. Many of the early problems in both settlements can be contributed to a lack of knowledge on the parts of the settlers along with attacks from neighboring Native American tribes. The Jamestown colony was located near present day James City County‚ Virginia. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement by the English in what is in current day known as the United States. The location of
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The Puritans were an extremely religious group of people whose pilgrimage to North America began the development of the lifestyle established in the New England colonies primarily beginning in 1630 and going through the 1660’s. One large component of the newly established lifestyle that the Puritan ideas and values influenced was the social aspect of society that accumulated most of its focus on a sense of community and religion. Another important aspect of this New England lifestyle that Puritan
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through the Spanish Inquistion and enforce conformity to the Catholic faith. England embraced the Protestant Revolution with its split with the Catholic Church and fostered many Protestant sects. The uniformity of religion in Spain led to a zealous Catholic population who were driven to convert the natives of the New World. In contrast‚ the religious diversity of England to persecutions and many Englishmen sought freedom in the New World. Thus‚ the Spanish and English colonies followed a similar pattern
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Transportation was a viable avenue for England to rid itself of criminals. Many individuals and complete families where transported‚ first‚ to the American colonies and then to Australia and its surrounding islands of Van Diemen’s Land. Through this type of punishment the United Kingdom hoped to rid itself of variants and to begin colonization of a new colony in a distant land in hopes of further expanding the empire. By expanding the empire through transportation these convicts brought with them
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New England vs. the Chesapeake The discovery of the Americas gave a ray of hope to promising settlers who would migrate from England to begin a new and improved life. Most of these settlers ended up in either the New England colonies or the Chesapeake colonies. These two colonies could not have been more opposite of one another. The fact that they were so different makes it no surprise that by the 1700’s the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies had evolved into two distinct
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