... lamp oil, candles, medicines, perfume, machinery lubricant, and corset staves. The first type of whaling done was shore whaling. Along the New England coast, Native Americans sent their boats out and speared one of the passing behemoths. This practice was followed by European settlers later, and then ... , Long Island, Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies profited from beached whales as early as 1644. Whaling boats began operating close to the New England shore in the late 1600s. Watchtowers were used to spot whales, and boats were launched from a shore base. Right whales were hunted...

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... They did not rely on staple crops and agriculture. Instead their main economical force consisted of carpentry, boat building and carpentry. Unlike the Chesapeake, the New England colonies were modeled over religion. John Winthrope founded the "city on a hill" plan, which in ways represented a "pure" community. He also made ... men to work together. The Chesapeake was less severe when it came to Religion. This caused them to be religiously conflicting with the New England colonies. The Chesapeake aspired to make a profit and become an economical power. From the start, those with money we...

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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 ... evolved to be simple and not elaborate as in Virginia. In the Chesapeake region almost everything was exactly opposite of New England. The immigrants were not idealists, but materialists, m...

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... of gold. There was no gold to be found so Jamestown in turn became a permanent settlement. Disagreeing with some ideals of the Church of England, extreme Puritans known as Separatists decided to break entirely away from it. King James I, realized that if they could defy him as a religous ... with other tribes and assulted English villages. After his capture and beheading the rebellion fell quickly which inflicted a lasting defeat of New England's Indians. The New England Confederation was formed due the concern of attack from the Dutch, French, and the Indians. This was the first notab...

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... The Patriots organization was at its worse, and that is when Robert Kraft came in. Kraft was very outgoing about his intention to bring a championship to New England. And he came through with exactly that. In the nineteen full seasons that Kraft has been owner of the Patriots, his major accomplishments include building a new ... 2000, Kraft made a decision that will always be the best he ever made. Bill Belichick was hired to become the next head coach of the New England Patriots. Belichick made in impact right from the start, winning three Super Bowls in his first five years as head coac...

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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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... 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, and ... 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 w...

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... societies. The motivations of the two colonies were very different, and as a result the two colonies diverged in their goals. The Southern colonists were aiming for economic prosperity, while New England colonists were focused on religious freedom. The one thing these two colonies had in common was that they were of the same race. The main difference between the Southern and ... New England colonies, in their political views, were their choice of government. New England had a charter government, where the people have a voice in the decisions made by the government. On the other hand, th...

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... , but historians lump them into groups based on where they were, why they were founded, and what kinds of industry they had. They divided them into three groups: The New England colonies (Rhode Island, Connecticut, 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, ...

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... about things that had more spiritual value. Hawthorne's indifferent attitude towards industrialization led him to regard the hope and optimism of transcendentalism. This new belief influenced literature in New England. "Romanticism assumed a predominantly moral and philosophical tone, the former having its foundations in the persistence of Puritan idealism."" (Swisher 93). Romanticism was awakened but it took up ... results in mind and spirit "into art. This lies behind his style."" (Swisher 63). Hawthorne's manner in writing expresses his feelings on Puritanism and The New England Rena...

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... settled North America established a variety of societies and developed a wide range of social practices. The diversity of believes and ethical systems, from the religious fervor animating early New England settlers to the competitive and commercial impulses of many colonists on the southern mainland, compounded the contrasts found between Northern and Southern colonies. The most significant and disturbing social variations ... slavery used by most Southern colonists. This distinctive labor system showed that Northern and Southern colonists looked at race in two distinctive ways. When the...

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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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... of economy and freedom, the Puritans came to create a purer Christian society based on a strict code of morals and emphasis on the community and family. New England was not, at first, a land of economic opportunity but a place to put firm roots down for a truer Christian Society. Although the Church did lose ... a significant amount of power by mid-century, it remained a significant foundation and guiding force in New England. John Winthrop talks about how we must stay tightly knit and stay as one in his city on a hill speech. While a map shows a town ... be almost the same size. Althou...

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... of the Chesapeake region's economy, and the plantation owners would not be able to make a profit without them. The Puritans of the New England region believed that slavery was wrong, and they spoke out against it. This outraged the southerners, and fueled the fire of separation between the ... such as making money, further expanded the division between the two regions. Another issue that created a rift between the Chesapeake and the New England regions was money. The Chesapeake people had dreams of extensive wealth, and wanted to stop at nothing to get it. Spurred by the dreams ... Thi...

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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 ... blankets, guns and alcohol. But the peaceful realationship soon ended. Tension developed because of the white settlers' demand for more land. Back in England only the wealthy people had their own land, while in the New World there was lots of land that no one had claimed to be theirs ... navites were...

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... God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us ." (Document A). Winthrop wanted all the settlers of New England to live in unity. Religion is also shown to have an affect on New Englanders' lives in the Wage and Price Regulations in Connecticut. It says, ... World: money. Another reason that caused the regions to develop into different societies is the variety of ages of the people that went to New England. In New England society, family was important and many of the migrants brought their children with them to America. This is shown in Documen...

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... sick before he or she became an adult (Nash pg. 39). There was no separation of church and state in the seventeenth century in New England society. Members of the church were the only ones who governed towns and villages, and only male members could hold such positions. Women had few ... rights as far as politics is concerned, even though they made up an average of two-thirds to three-fourths of the church throughout New England (Pestana pg. 10). The Puritans believed that God would punish them if they did not civilize and "Christianize" the natives of North America (Nash ... reason: l...

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... upon which each area was founded. 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. ... on life. The Virginia Company, which funded the early settlements of Virginia, emphasized "quick economic prosperity" in the promotional literature that they handed out throughout England. This attracted many "money hungry" young men who were looking to make easy money. While in Virginia th...

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... to each area, the rules made by each area, and what ideals and reasoning of the people when it came to gold. The New England colonies were more family oriented. Most people who went to this area belonged to a family. Families 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 ... protect their personal items, such as land, and houses, mor...

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... in contrast has a warmer climate, and along with lakes, ponds etc. it actually attracts mosquitoes and other insects which help spread diseases. As you can see from Document B, the New England region had larger families, an average of 6 kids per family eve. Even before coming to the Americas they were already rich, meaning they had servants and everything to help them ... families because more men than women came at once. They didn't really have any professional jobs as they were coming here to search for gold and then go back to England. The north regions were very, very religious. Eve...

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... because the world was changing and a lot of people didn't like the change that was taking place so they left. For example, the Church of England was said to be corrupted. That is one of the main reasons for the separatists. They didn't like the rules and regulations of the church and wanted ... leave. Many people believed that as a reward for faith god would give the person salvation. This is not what the Church of England thought. Martian Luther contended that the bible recognized only two sacraments, baptism and communism not the seven authorized by the Catholic Church. Other reasons f...

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John Smith's "A Description of New England" was a story of America, accounted through a set of rose-colored glasses. His account was embellished and exaggerated to the point where it was no longer realistic. He made it sound ... ...

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... British Colonization, one must consider many different areas of discussion. The three areas of discussion in this paper are the regions of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. The following discussion will include the history of settlement, religion, and the government of these colonies. Along with this discussion of these colonies, there will be comparison and contrasting elements ... added to this discussion. The New England Colonies included New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, New Haven, and Rhode Island. The New England Colonies were settled by the Pi...

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... of the "Old World-? In order to find an answer to this question, I chose to refer to William Shakespeare's Tempest and A Dialogue between Old England and New, poem by Anne Bradstreet. I will first oppose the two "worlds- and their representations, and then I will try to find why the ... hath such people in't- (Act V sc. I lines 182-4) A Dialogue between Old England and New is the discussion between a mother and daughter on the History and politics of England. The mother (Old England) is facing problems that her daughter (New England) has noticed. These problems are in fact all the histor...

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... group landed in Jamestown. In this group emerged a leader, Captain James Smith, due to his leadership the colony began to survive. Harvey returned to England in 1609, Smith would return again to America. While in America, Smith began to write the stories and details of his adventure in Virginia. ... up most of the educated people. They wanted education to understand and carry out God's will as they established their colonies though out New England. The Puritan idea of what was good about writing brought a full awareness of the importance of worshipping God and of the spiritual danger th...

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