... century the population of British America was flourishing, and had risen to approximately one and-a-half million people across thirteen colonies. The standards for living in these colonies were amongst the very finest and highest in the world. The British defeat of France in the Seven Years" War in 1763 ... the colonies were, by law, required to follow the British example of sporting a revenue stamp. The British reasoned that this was how New England was to contribute financially to the aftermath of the Seven Years" War. This was seen in the eyes of the American colonists as a way for th...

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... Southern colonies are affected by the geographic conditions of each region in which the colonies are located. The New England Colonies have cold, dry winters, and cool, humid summers as well as short growing seasons which limit their farming. The Middle colonies have fertile land, middle growing seasons, as well as two major rivers, which contribute to the success of the Middle colonies ... . The Southern colonies have long growing seasons, fertile land, and large plantations, which make the colonies successful. The geographic conditions of the three major areas of English settlement in ...

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... but also the difference in their economy, and their different environments. It's these factors that shape not only their lifestyles, but also the way their societies were shaped. The inhabitants of the New England Colonies were Puritans who had traveled to the New World in order to escape ... their environments contributed greatly to their economy. Each colony had a distinct source of income, which varied their lifestyles. It is evident that these factors caused the colonies to be unique from one another. In 1606, a joint stock company known as the Virginia Company received a charter fo...

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... in New England The views and living arrangements in the Chesapeake Bay and New England in the 1600s were very different from each other. Compared to the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century, people in New England were healthier physically, had more stable religion and better family values. Health conditions overwhelmed the Chesapeake colonies with infections, diseases, and deaths. "Plagued by horrendous mortality, ... spouse died the widow would marry again very quickly. Families started consisting of half-siblings and step-siblings (Nash pg. 39). Living environments in New England an...

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... colonies were located at discrete environments and settings. These settings thus contribute to the origins of these colonies, because they provide the resources that shape the lifestyle of the people, which characterizes New England from Middle from Southern colonies. All of the American colonies were also segregated from England by the Atlantic Ocean, which meant that the idea of ... fox hunting, cockfighting, and stage plays were popular. Numerous holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas were also celebrated in all the colonies, except Christmas wasn't much preferred by New England ...

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... is amazing how two regions so close can evolve into two very different societies. Differences in the colonies of both regions included the age range of their immigrated people, the conditions of their region, the influence of religious beliefs on their lifestyles, the economies developed in the regions, and nonetheless, a similarity shared by both regions involved conflicts with their ... that parents could expect to see their children grow up, marry, and have their own children. The reason people lived a great deal longer in New England was because of the conditions there. The conditi...

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... in this area, this led to the quick building of more large cities. In the social aspect of New England and the Chesapeake, they grew to be very different. In the Chesapeake, due to the numerous plantations, slavery ... into a very common occurrence, and the people thought of slavery in a positive attitude. Unlike the Chesapeake, New England and little to no plantations, so they had smaller need for slaves, and they developed ideas towards slavery that ... proved difficult to create a school system because students could not travel far enough everyday without difficulty. In New England,...

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Although they were settled mostly by people of English origin, the New England and Chesapeake regions developed very differently due to social, economic and political factors. New England developed into religious based communities that relied economically on trading and a merchant class. The colonies in the Chesapeake region developed into societies that lacked communal values and consisted of ... Chesapeake colonies very scattered in terms of political views and very unstable in terms of government control. Economically, both regions developed differently due to factors such as climate and ...

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... immigrants were not idealists, but materialists, most of whom sought money. As John Smith mentions in his History of Virginia, many sought gold. Unlike New England it was sharply divided between few wealthy planters who dominated a majority consisting of indentured servants, and small but growing numbers of black slaves, and poor ... white farmers. Basically the people seeking for instant wealth, and gold wanted to come to Chesapeake. This community established the Church of England, and the Anglican vestries governed each parish. Chesapeake community wasn't much strict about their Churc...

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... . The Puritans were a hard working, god-fearing people. After many years of religious prosecution in their homeland of England they sought out refuge in the neighboring country of Holland. After living in Amsterdam for a year, the group moved to the town of Leyden. For the next twelve years the Puritans ... were crucial to their survival. "[Yet] we must be knit together and work as one man We must delight in each other, make others" conditions are own always having before our eyes commission and community in the work-(Document A). However, the people who started the colonies of Virginia ...

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... idealism would turn into a renewed sense of community. They were very strict in their religious beliefs. They considered themselves as spiritual members of Church of England, and created a system of self-governing congregations that completely ignored the authority of Anglican bishops, and was governed by Saints. Yet on the other ... slaves, and poor white farmers. Basically the people seeking for instant wealth, and gold wanted to come to Chesapeake. This community established the Church of England, and the Anglican vestries governed each parish. Chesapeake community wasn't much strict ...

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... into two very differing societies. This was due in part to the different motivations for colonization and also the opposing geographic features in each respective area. The Northern Region, New England, was a mostly Puritan society with impeding religious values. Religion played a vital role in almost every activity performed by the colonists. Before establishing the famous "City on a Hill" in present ... rich fertile soil and flat farmland. Therefore, these profit-seeking young men were able to get rich on tobacco and cotton plantations fairly easily. It was the welcoming geographic co...

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... various ways. It is the leading step towards the war for independence. The Seven Years" War cost England a lot of money. England needed a way to pay back all the war debts, so they decided to tax the colonists. England's taxation without representation brought on the American Revolution. Numerous factors from the aftermath of the Seven Years" War inspired the ideas of the American Revolution ... . England, after spending most of its funds on the war, needed a way to regain their lost money. The war exposed the weakness ... cities, such as Salem, Newport, and Baltimore, and into the coun...

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... usually were more about working together, for the benefit of the family. If you look at document B it shows that families came to New England. Families have different morals and ideals than do single people. They will make rules and choices that will benefit everyone. The Chesapeake colony is where ... the men were concerned about was gold and they did not care about much about anything else, so they were not prepared for winter and the conditions in America. As a result, many died of disease and starvation. In document D it shows that many people were concerned more about getting wealt...

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... to the alteration of the utopian vision held by early New England Puritans? There are many factors which contributed to the demise of the Puritan's idea of utopia. Some of the most influential aspects include their new concept of individualism, and revolutionists such as Hutchinson and Williams. ... have not the light which makes plain the pathway. He who has God's grace in his heart cannot go astray." She was charged with heresy and blasphemy and fled to England. She later moved to New York where she was killed. Roger Williams was a preacher, first at Salem, then at Plymouth, then bac...

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... laws that enforced the Puritans' strict moral code(s), including bans on public drunkenness, the theater, and strict punishments for those who disobeyed "God's law." So, New England's political development centered on the establishment of a theocratic state where morality superseded all other concerns. In fact, this coercing of morality into Puritan politics led to outrage by many ... charity" (Doc. A), clearly shows that socially everyone needed to work together. Everything was based off of what people could do together. Winthrop depicts a society where morning, rejoicing, living, etc. ...

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... settled in what is now Massachusetts.The Puritans came in the seventeenth century and wanted to gain religous freedom for themselves. They settled in New England because they wanted to gain religous freedom, but the religous freedom they sought for was not given to others. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, ... their cradles, making people sick, sinking ships, and ruining crops. People believed that devils won people over and made them witches. Since the New England soil was too thin and rocky, they thought it was a sign from god for them to work harder. Their parents were stirct and they ......

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... distinct colonial regions by the early 1700's. Especially noteworthy and significant to the reason and process by which the Chesapeake region and New England colonies became distinctly different were the ratios of men to women and the general social structures of the respective colonies. It is evident ... than women in the Chesapeake region. Also, the hierarchy and importance of each individual is a key difference between the two colonial regions. Within the New England colony, each individual was given equal opportunity to succeed and become a rich man. (Document A, D) The Chesapeake re...

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... , Massachusetts, and New Hampshire), The Middle Colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey) and The Southern Colonies (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia). The New England, Middle and Southern Colonies grew differently over the period 1619-1760.Examining the three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different: socially, economically, and politically. Reasons for ... Colonies the population celebrated for any reason, wore the latest European Fashions and practiced religious toleration. They had a two-class system of upper class landown...

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... noor did they know anything about the land they tried to settle on. The thick woods was nothing like what they were used to back in England. Jamestown did not become what the settlers wanted it to be. It became a place of death and misery. Infections, particularly malaria, weakened and ... is that they somehow managed to survive. The New World was a large area of land and the English settlers were not the only people living there. Native Americans, the Indians, had allready lived there for thousands of years. Indians provided the settlers with crucial information on how to adapt ... we...

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... and the London Company. The Plymouth Company was founded in 1606 by a group of puritanical people. The Plymouth companies head quarters were in Bristol, England. The Plymouth Company would need a charter to travel and colonize in North America. Charters were very hard to create and because of this the Plymouth ... to colonize in Holland although it didn't work out because they felt that too much English heritage was being lost. The Pilgrims went back to England and renewed their charted. They could now settle south of the Hudson River, which is present day Monmouth County. On November 1...

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... corn. The economic motives that prompted English people to move to the Chesapeake also drew men and women to New England. However, the Puritans organized the New England colonies and also because of the environmental differences between the two regions, the northern colonies turned out different from those in ... The northern climate was too cold and the soil to infertile to raise tobacco on a large scale. Unlike the headright system, in New England groups of men applied together to the General Court for grants of land on which to establish towns. Their settlements tended to be more ......

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... large families support the community atmosphere. There were many children among the emigrants, and those children were taught religion from their early childhood, and therefore grew up loyal 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 young people, most of them men, and like it is stated in the same list they were all conformists of the Church of England, and unlike the Puritans, were not discriminated agains...

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... English leaders viewed any protest or refusal to follow the Anglican Church as betrayal which lead to many wanting to escape persecution. Most New England--if not all--were built solely on "pure biblical teaching" rather than Anglican tradition. As shown by The Puritan Migration to ... America, the religious colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and Connecticut were formed. These people that settled in the New England region brought along, according to Ship's List of Emigrants, John Porter, their families. With this information one can infer that these new colonists ... which consists...

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... the settlers of other regions (Doc H). Chesapeake had internal issues they were obligated to face alone and solve them such as not being adequately supported against the Dutch, while New England had the luxury to not have those worries (Doc G). The two regions were also individually affected by religious inconformity, changes in viewpoints and separations that consumed the societies. The ... very strong religious base, and thought of themselves to be "God's providence" (Doc. D). John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans who envisioned a Puritan based utopic society (Doc A). However N...

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