The Virginia and the Massachusetts colonies differed greatly in terms of society and economy. Virginia was a Southern colony while Massachusetts was a New England colony and with this came great divergence. Massachusetts had a society that ... ample real estate because Virginia had the benefit of a climate that was conducive to agriculture. The warm weather and the plentiful rainfall enabled the Southern colonies to grow exotic staples that were prized by the mother country. Tobacco ended up being extremely successful in Virginia and farming it eventually took over ... had a lack of staple c...

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... culture that prospered in these coastal areas where Christians, who escaped England and the Protestant Reformation. They lived freely, and was only faithful in a growing agriculture. The Chesapeake colonies relied on plantations and the use of slavery. This area never attracted the intellectual families of the time. When the expectancy rate was lower then the Massachusetts Bay Colony, ... and William Penn, etc. Although the Chesapeake Bay colony had better agriculture then the Massachusetts Bay colony they strived off mercantilism which was more successful. The Chesapeake and Massachuset...

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... non-elect to join the church congregation, and therefore have a say in government. Many people joined new congregational churches that better fitted their own beliefs. The southern colonies economy was based in slaves and plantations. The southern colonies used indentured servant, later replaced by slaves to harvest large fields of land: mainly tobacco. Profit was great, considering the payment of the slaves compared to ... how toiling there work. The southern colonies sold their products to their mother country for less then what they were capable of getting if sold to another country....

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... to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700." The different regions of the British North American colonies had a great impact on the extent of the religious freedom. The Southern Colonies, were the earliest colonies to be settled, but didn't strive for the religious haven the New England Colonies desired. The South based its settlement entirely on the economic ... gains available. In between both the Southern and New England Colonies lay the Middle Colonies, which were entirely a mixture of the two regions already settled ... production of tob...

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... into school districts, as a result of increased population and need for additional schools. Education was a family and church responsibility in the middle colonies, and due to the variety of religious and national groups in this region, any attempts at public schooling were quickly laid to rest. ... to a religious group, thereby granting them education of some sort through their church, even if they could not attend a private school. The southern colonies followed the English tradition, which placed the responsibility of education on the family primarily, and on the church secondarily. In...

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... be divided into 3 areas. The first area would be New England, followed by middle colonies, and lastly the southern colonies to boot. Each portion was divvied into colonies with their own religious backgrounds. New England could be divided up into Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and some others ... Roger Williams founded a land where religious acceptance from Catholics to Quakers, thus forming "the sewer" of all the new world colonies. Diversity is the theme that makes the middle colonies what they are. Maryland, New York, as well as Pennsylvania made themselves off well amongst ...

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... that was economically successful with great wealth, to not only improve their new settlement, but help their motherland of England benefit also. The defining factor of the New England colonies was strictly for religious reasons. Following the establishment of King Henry VII's efforts to control England both politically and religiously titled the English Reformation, there was turmoil throughout. ... for their corrupt, sinful native land of England. Their differing societies, goals, and the immigrants each region attracted contributed to their political and social differences. The souther...

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... laws, administering justice and appointing most administrative and judicial officers. They also had commanders in chief who were responsible for provincial defense and diplomatic relations with Indians and other colonies. Finally, they held the exclusive power to grant lands from the enormous royal and proprietary domains. Practically every colony had a two legislative body, upper and lower houses. ... the people, house who owned enough property to be considered voters. They were used for the expression of political demands. The variations among the colonies were noticeable at the local ...

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... In Failure In 1675, the Algonquian Indians rose up in fury against the Puritan Colonists, sparking a violent conflict that engulfed all of Southern New England. From this conflict ensued the most merciless and blood stricken war in American history, tearing flesh from the Puritan doctrine, ... members of Algonquian tribe, who were later captured and executed. (Lepore 43) With this bloodshed, the violence commenced and the conflict exploded upon Southern New England. Accounts by Mary Rowlandson and Hubbard, depict great violence to the extent of unnecessary pain and torture, in which both...

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