In the early 17th century there were massive amounts of Puritan immigrants coming from England in seek of religious freedom. They settled in New England and a majority of their population lived in Massachusetts Bay. In contrast to other English colonists‚ they came to North America to create a pure Christian society that emphasized the community and family aspects of life. Most other colonists‚ such as the ones living in the Chesapeake region‚ came to the New World in search of economic gain. In
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settlement of the New England and Chesapeake colonies before 1700 which caused the development of dissimilar societies. The people of New England and the Chesapeake colonies formed different governments upon arrival to North America. They had different motives and incentives for immigrating to America. The composition of the colonists of New England and the Chesapeake area were nothing like one another during the settlement of the colonies. The people of the northern New England colonies and the southern
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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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Heather Pinson Ramsey Engl. 456-01 05/02/11 Anglo-Saxon England: The shift of women’s rights “Male protection‚ of course‚ is a relative thing‚ and there must have been Anglo-Saxon families in which the wife was more assertive than her husband‚ and therefore‚ less in need of direct control” (Rivers). Widows were the most favorable above married and single women in Anglo-Saxon culture. Widows were basically free from control of men and had more rights than single
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rule over a certain piece of land‚ The lords appoint the vassals‚ or Knights who would defend the manor from attacks. In return they heat a piece of land that would be taken care of. After the Knights‚ there were serfs.In the fourteenth century‚ England was governed by using the feudal system‚ which means "that everything ultimately belonged to someone else"(Cartwright 32).There were two types of serfs. The freeman‚ and the peasants. The freeman does the same work as a peasant but they are allowed
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Self-Informing Juries of Medieval England The juries of Medieval England were reliant on a system of evidence gathering that was quite subjective. They were required to be self-informing. This meant that the jurors were forced to investigate the crimes themselves. Being self-informing was a crucial aspect of the power that juries held over the interpretation and punishments of crimes. If a juror knew the defendant‚ he may have been more likely to be more lenient in both conviction and sentencing
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Civilisation GB The following text is an extract from Friedrich Engels’ book The Condition of Working Class in England‚ 1845 published in 1868-69. As the title indicates us‚ this text deals with England’s condition after the Industrial Revolution. Indeed the Industrial Revolution brought many changes in the industry of the country but also in social terms. This revolution made
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George Sotereanos DBQ 09/15/06 Unit 1 The Distinct Differences of New England and Chesapeake By the year 1700‚ the New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ although the regions had evolved in two distinct societies. The people who made the epic voyage to the new world came here for many different reasons. They wanted to lead the lives they wanted. Some were poor and needed money and saw America as a place to strike it rich. Others did not
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New England was settled by English Puritans‚ mostly Congregationalists‚ in the 1620s. It was held together by its common religion‚ which gave the region stability in its early years. Contrastingly‚ the mid-Atlantic colonies were made up of a variety of different religious groups‚ including Lutherans‚ Catholics‚ Jews‚ Congregationalists‚ and Quakers in Pennsylvania. During the Great Awakening of the 1730s‚ the influence of older forms of Protestantism‚ especially Calvinism‚ increased dramatically
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freedom‚ food‚ and a source of income. England and France were two dominant countries‚ nonetheless they had their differences socially‚ economically‚ and politically which propelled them towards the new world. When the two nations began permanently settling in the new world the French colonies treated the native races with great diplomacy‚ whereas the British and British colonies early on began treating natives as savages and lesser creatures. In the streets of England they faced a huge problem‚ Overcrowding
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