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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Compare and Contrast: New England and the Mid Atlantic Colonists began arriving in the Americas in the early 1600’s. Some were seeking wealth and opportunity in the New World‚ others fleeing from persecution in their native country. Two distinct regions of the 13 British colonies were New England and the Mid Atlantic and though the two areas were governed by the British‚ in some ways they were quite different. Though they share similar backgrounds‚ the New England and Mid Atlantic regions differed
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Chesapeake region‚ Middle Colonies‚ and the New England Colonies Out of these three‚ the New England and the Chesapeake Region were the largest. The Chesapeake Colony‚ which included Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ and New England Colonies‚ which included the Massachusetts Bay‚ were mostly settled for religious freedom‚ economic opportunities‚ and adventures. People began leaving their land because of poor economy/unemployment and the growing number of “landless” people in England. Both these colonies developed from
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By the 1700s‚ New England and the Chesapeake region had developed very distinct societies. This dichotomy can be traced from the very foundation of the colonies. The New England colonies were founded as examples of pure religion‚ each was to "be as a city upon a hill."1 In contrast to this worthy cause‚ the Chesapeake colonies were originally founded during the great search for gold‚ and later continued as slave-supported plantation colonies. The New Englanders would come to prosper through their
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Societies of Chesapeake Bay and New England Colonies Many settlers who came to the New World from Britain in the early seventeenth century sought to establish a settlement for motives including economic and religious freedom in areas such as Chesapeake Bay colonies that comprised of Virginia and Maryland colonies and the New England colonies that consisted of Connecticut‚ Maine‚ and Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ and Rhode Island. Settlers who often came to these regions came with varying motivations
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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. The reasons for this distinct development were mostly based on the type on people from England who chose to settle in the two areas‚ and on the manner in which the areas were settled. <br><br>New England was a refuge for religious separatists leaving England‚ while people who immigrated to the Chesapeake region had no religious motives
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Havahd Yahd: Northern New England and the New‚ Old World Some of the oldest cities in the United States can be found along the coast to the Northeast: New York‚ Boston‚ Jersey City. They’ve grown from backwoods settlements to thriving bastions of urban Americana. Yet‚ when one mentions New England‚ an image of “olden times” comes to mind: Brahmin men and women with buckles on their shoes‚ lacking rhoticity‚ using thee/thou/thy. It is interesting then to discover that the New England dialect is in fact
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Why was the war of 1812 favored by the south and west and opposed by New England? The War of 1812 is one of the most complex wars of the United States. The war lasted for over two years‚ and while it ended as it had started‚ in stalemate‚ it was in fact a war that once and for all confirmed American Independence. The United States declared War on Great Britain on June 12‚ 1812. The war was declared as a result of long simmering disputes with Great Britian. The central dispute was based on the impressing
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Since the discovery of the New World by European powers‚ the newly established European settlements on American soil varied from region to region. Two such regions were The Chesapeake and The New England regions. Although both were settled vastly by the English people the societies they formed were different. These differences were due to a few factors. The factors include motivation for migration‚ geography‚ social‚ political and economical structures of the settlements. These factors are what contributed
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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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