... transportation to America. The Massachusetts economy depended on marine trade and commerce. Unlike Virginia, Massachusetts had a lack of staple crops to exchange for English goods, but the success of their own shipping mercantile enterprises worked in their favor. The New England colonies had the benefit of abundant natural resources and lucrative crops such as furs, deerskins, timber, fish, tobacco ... , indigo, rice, sugar, etc. and they traded them with other countries. By the end ... religion and Puritans and Quakers were soon driven out. However, Anglicans were more conservative, r...

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Several nations contributed to the early American colonies. They were people of varied backgrounds, habits and theological ideas. Immigrants came in from England, France, Spain, as well as other places and started to form their own settlements with each settlement having its own culture. Despite their biggest cultural difference, religion, the time came for them to come together and they did it without any major distress ... ultimately brought them together. The people of Virginia and Maryland made fundamental steps toward democracy and personal freedom. The Virginians came to America in hope...

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... is easy to observe that most people came in large families, and 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 ... easily controlled. The independence of the pioneers of Virginia can be seen in Bacon's Manifesto. These people were not afraid to challenge authority and believed that they had t...

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Soon after the colonization of the Americas began, two distinct regions formed on the Atlantic Coast of North America. Although people of English origin largely settled both areas, they developed 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...

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... settling of British North America.  "Economic issues, not religion, determined the development of the English colonies in North America." In Virginia, the company realized that for the colony to survive, the people had to stop  searching for gold, grow its own bare necessities, and find a "marketable commodity" (Eric Foner 64). On the other hand,  both Maryland and Massachusetts used the birth of a new colony as ... of Massachusetts Bay/Plymouth religious beliefs/troubles determined the outcome of its' society.   Both economic and religious issues directly influenced the development...

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... , the living conditions in New England became much healthier than those in the Chesapeake, which allowed for many families to live on for generations. In addition, religion was the backbone from which many New England colonies were based, as shown by the Articles of Agreement from Springfield, Massachusetts which stated that " being by God's providence engaged together to make a plantation." ... living conditions with which they coped with were not very conducive to allowing a family to live on for more than a few generations. As opposed to their New England counterparts, religion did n...

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... acquire money, good fortune or to revenge themselves on others. 6. The Middle colonies were diverse in nature when compared to the other colonies. They allowed the practice and worship of any religion. Their society was open to any member of any community. This attitude led to the migration of many non English settlers which led to various communities living in harmony with each other. The ... Middle colonies were prosperous, with a large middle class and mixed farming was their center of a secure ... shadow of the American Revolution. It was caused when King James II, wanting to have ...

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... English colonies can be broken in to three separate regions. Although these areas consist of more than one colony, each region can be represented by a single colony. Massachusetts was located in the north eastern most region called New England. Pennsylvania was part of the middle colonies and Virginia was the first of the southern colonies. Each of these areas had both similar and ... contrasting attributes. In example, New England and the middle colonies had certain economical similarities the south were set up completely different. Comparisons can also be made for politics, religion, a...

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... changes that occurred during this often-overlooked period. Through detailed analyses of changes in demographics, the economy, politics, and religion, Butler explains the origins of American culture. From its inception, American culture was tempered and enriched by ethnic pluralism. The first English colonists "homogeneous as they were "still had to learn to coexist with the Indians in the ... American culture directed towards the pursuit of wealth (sometimes at the expense of morality) that endures to the present day. He reveals that the American colonies as a whole were surprisingly sel...

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... government. They aimed to be cities of God and examples for the world. The government in the southern colonies was in no way connected to religion. In the Chesapeake Bay region, there was turmoil and civil warfare. In 1673, Governor Berkeley wrote to ... for more soldiers to protect them, but he refuses to send them any. In response, Bacon organizes 300 men and attacked the first Indians they see, which happened to be peaceful, fur trading Indians. Bacon's supporters pressured Governor ... Bacon was away from Jamestown, Berkeley organized an assault against him. Upon his return, Bacon se...

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... more land in the "New World." The three major powers, Spain, France and England all wanted something to do with this unused territory. While the Spanish were getting their western piece of land, and the French their northern and central, the English began to settle their colonies. Settling colonies in the northeaster coast of the country, their settlements began to split apart from ... each other. Important differences in social, political, and economical aspects of life led to major differences in their culture ... motivations for leaving England were not economical, they still had a ve...

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... , the Godspeed, the Discovery, and the Sarah Constant carried 105 settlers and entered through the Chesapeake Bay on May 6, 1607. Although the establishment of this colony had its share of difficulty and lessons to learn, it helped shape the world today through their cultural encounters, religion and beliefs, their customs and aspirations and through their early legal code and government. The historic importance of ... Jamestown is that it was the beginning of a continuous English presence in North America. In 1606 King James I of England granted the Virginia Company of London a charter ...

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... along with them. In the English southern colonies, colonists first used indentured servants, who worked to pay off their dues for several years. The masters soon realized how weak and easily the servants died and if they survived, the ... another indentured servant. From 1607 to 1775, slavery had went through an tremendous growth. As the colonies began to grow economically and socially, the colonists began to realize the importance of having slaves, people who were their property ... colonies, a wide gap began to form in the South's social structure. At the top southern social structure...

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... , European traders shipped about ten million Africans to the New World. Most went to the West Indies or Latin American colonies. About five percent went to the colonies in America. Ships carrying goods such as rum and fish left New England for the west coast of Africa. There they were traded for Africans. Then the ships continued on the "middle passage" to the ... from the molasses. The Africans remaining on board were sold to the colonies. Life was a series of terrible experiences for the African slave from the trip to America onward. Oloudah Equiano, who was renamed Gustavus Vassa, was...

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Several nations contributed to the early American colonies. They were people of varied backgrounds, habits and theological ideas. Immigrants came in from England, France, Spain, as well as other places and started to form their own settlements with each settlement having its own culture. Despite their biggest cultural difference, religion, the time came for them to come together and they did it without any major distress ... ultimately brought them together. The people of Virginia and Maryland made fundamental steps toward democracy and personal freedom. The Virginians came to America in hope...

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