Compare And Contrast The Mid-Atlantic Chesapeake And The Southern Colonies

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For the second Midterm I decided to answer the question that asked what were the early settlement patterns that each of the following followed; the Mid-Atlantic, the Chesapeake Region, and the Southern Colonies. I will compare and contrast the main ideas about each of the topic’s stated above.
To start off this essay I will first talk about is the Mid-Atlantic, this part of the United States is consumed of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia. This region is also known as “ the typically American “. Some of the settlers that came to the Mid-Atlantic were the dutch, swedes, English Catholics, and her quakers. This quote I found showed the types of people that first settled into this particular region “ While early settlers were mostly farmers, traders, and fishermen, the Mid-Atlantic states provided the young United States with heavy industry and served as the "melting pot" of new immigrants from Europe. Cities grew along major ports, shipping routes, and waterways. “ ( Wiki ) This quote shows what the first settlers accomplished when they first came. The religion of the Mid-Atlantic was primarily shaped by the English Puritans and that religion was basically from New England. A quote that I found that best explains the Mid-Atlantic
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The last one 1 believe is very secluded and independent while the other two involve everybody and the way they make there money does not depend on 1 item but rather on a group of people coming together and selling their things to help each other out. One pattern I realized that was very important was that in ALL of these colonies, the woman wouldn’t be a major role in the government or anything

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