... 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 scattered plantations owned by individuals interested in their own success. The large differences between these regions would become a problem later in American history, when the different parts ... of developing America would face each other in the Civil War. The kind of people that settled in each region effected the New England and Chesapeake c...

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... to analyze how the land and the people influenced each other and how those relationships shaped new England's communities. While the history of New England seems very complex, Cronon professes that his thesis is simple: "The shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes "well known to historians" in the ways these peoples organized their lives, but ... frequently. As this happened, beaver dams were abandoned which impacted the surrounding land and waterways (p. 100). In the Preface, Cronon insists that this book should not be considered a history of Ne...

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... 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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... that there were fifty-three more males than females on board the Merchant's Hope, a ship set out for a Chesapeake colony. In the document, History of Virginia, Captain John Smith says, " There was no talk but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold ." This quote greatly ... were different when they came to the New World, they clearly had different way of life regarding religion. Seeing as the New England colonists fled England due to religious persecution, they had a strong religious culture. They took their religion very seriously and with the exception of Rhode ... enforced strict ...

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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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... 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 ... caused many t...

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... diseases impact the American Indian political structure? What happened to Native Americans and their ecosystem as European began to "commodify" New England's ecology? Response How many times have we looked upon our own cities and towns and commented on how different old and once familiar landmarks ... our personal and sometimes erroneous recollections, and begin to differentiate fact from fiction? Many would say one only need to study the factual history of the subject for the answers. But factual histories are ripe with personal biases, et al experiences that have shaped the view, cult...

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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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... same time period was the motivation of people who migrate to these regions. On one hand, the puritans, who colonized the New England, were very religious. They wanted to create a model society in which there were limits to legitimate commercial behavior, and the religious ... 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 hand Chesapeake society was based on the personal gain and profit. The immigrants were not idealists, but materialists, most of whom sought money. As Jo...

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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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... there were no plantation colonies 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 developed 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 were strongly against it. In ... was very widespread; therefore, it proved difficult to crea...

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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 dissidents ... the colony of Rhode Island as a "safe haven" for religions, showing that tensions over Puritan theocratic values led to the establishment of new political views in New England. Clearly, the Purita...

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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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... 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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... largely by people of English origin became 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 that the greatest visual distinction between the ... six times as many men 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 colo...

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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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... single, independent American society through shared origins, ways of life, and tenets of religious/social tolerance, economic development and self-rule. First, the common origins of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies shaped a unified American society. During the period of the great immigration in the early 17th century, basically all the English settlers strived to make a ... social gatherings, drinking, flirting and merrymaking. Lotteries were unanimously accepted, because they helped raise money for churches and colleges, which education was seen as a necessity in the New E...

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... country of origin, and spoke the same language, by the 1700, the areas had evolved into two distinct societies. The people in New England which located in North were seeking religious freedom and focused on the important things in life when they first arrived in the New World while ... Bible in the Wage and Price Regulations in Connecticut (Document E). The Chesapeake region in their government was exactly the opposite of that in New England. Their government was based on materialistic instead of idealistic, and it was disliked by many. The migrants whom mostly sought for money challenge...

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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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