... Some came to America because of religious persecution, and some came to America to obtain wealth. The colonists settled into what was to become the northern and the southern colonies. Over time, the northern and southern colonies eventually evolved into two distinct societies. Primarily, this was because of various social, geographic, and economic reasons. It was this discrete separation led to more conflicts ... away from each other, establishing isolated farms as opposed to towns. Because of the vast distance between each of the farms in the Chesapeake colonies, the colonies were unabl...

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... . Many of these people didn't bring their families with them from England and were the perfect workers for the hard work required in ironworks and shipyards. The founders of the Southern Colonies were, for the most part, out to make money. They brought their families, as did the New England colonists, and they kept their families together on the plantations. But their ... grains grew on farms in Pennsylvania and New York. Factories in Maryland produced iron, and factories in Pennsylvania produced paper and textiles. Trade with England was plentiful in these colonies as well. The Southern...

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... Christian faiths were accepted. This new toleration act was in order to populate the colony and to increase profit. New York and New Jersey were not religiously motivated colonies. Other colonies that were not solely based upon religion were the Carolinas. The people in the Carolinas made a large profit off of sugar from Barbados, which attracted many settlers ... cultural diversity and differences in ethnicity were present. The main cultures that inhabited Pennsylvania were French, English, Dutch, and German. Government was also important in the founding of English colonies in the New ...

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... Puritans did not feel strong about the quest of Faith the Quakers were on. They often harassed the Quakers and persecuted them. Religious diversity in the Middle Colonies was apparent because of the population. The Southern Colonies at this specific time frame were the Carolinas. They consisted of North and South Carolina and were founded in 1663 by Anthony Cooper. Georgia did not ... were basically business propositions. The governing system allowed slavery and blacks were forced to work on the crops. There was slavery much like the Middle Colonies. This made the Carolinas, the richest...

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... Some came to America because of religious persecution, and some came to America to obtain wealth. The colonists settled into what was to become the northern and the southern colonies. Over time, the northern and southern colonies eventually evolved into two distinct societies. Primarily, this was because of various social, geographic, and economic reasons. It was this discrete separation led to more conflicts ... away from each other, establishing isolated farms as opposed to towns. Because of the vast distance between each of the farms in the Chesapeake colonies, the colonies were unabl...

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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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... 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 ... and no one could control it. Citizens sought to prove to one another that they were chosen favorably. This begins to show the social development in these north eastern colonies. New England co...

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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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... 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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