Chesapeake Colonies

They ended up living as a sustained colony depending on each…

available in the colonies was uncommon in Great Britain and other areas of Europe, which led to adaptation problems with many of the people. The colonists did not have the equipment that people in Europe did, which led to new techniques and unique utensils. Throughout the different colonies, the food was usually unique to that area, because of the differences of economical and environmental factors that inhibited certain types of food from being available or grown in that colony. Unlike the…

Colonialism ruled the world for centuries. Colonialism was the driving force of many European countries for a long time. Colonialism is a powerful country in another weak country to build its colonies. This country controls and imposes power and influence on his colony. All the resources and people of the colonized country will belong to the colonial country. Britain was an significant model that use colonialism to maintain their dominance in the world. British controlled India and the America…

Shortly afterwards the wealthy Greek colony Apollonia was founded nearby (Casson, 1926:322; Ceka, 2005:66; Galaty, 2002:119; Hammond, 1992:31; Lafe, 2003:75; McIlvaine, 2012:58; Srejovic, 1998:22; Stallo, 2007; Stipčević, 1977:38; Tsetskhladze, 2008:lxv; Wilkes, 1992:110). According to historians there are conflicting dates in regards to colonization at Apollonia, either 600 BCE or 588 BCE. Part of this confusion might come from the colony which was originally named after its founder…

Life in the colonies was full of hardships, and the writings of those who had spent time in the colonies such John Smith, Christopher Saur, Patrick Talifer, and William Penn helped showed this. One major aspect of life in the colonies involved attempting to keep the peace between the different colonists as establishing new settlements often began with intragroup conflict. Another key element of the life of colonists was working hard to make do with what they had, as it was difficult to get…

it”(said by Barack Obama). This quote could not fit any better for these two colonies. Both, Jamestown and Plymouth, came to the ‘new world’ to create a better future for themselves as individuals and a society. Of course, both were very different in many ways, from where they landed to who came. What was truly was different, but similar at the same time, was the their encounters in the ‘new world’. The Jamestown colony came over from England to take the riches here. The British people heard…

As he formulates maps, marks land points, discovers the safe harbors, and finds the ‘savages’ habitations, he illustrates how it is not a work for everyone to discover and plant a colony. He explains that in order to do so one must have good judgement, courage, honesty, constancy, and diligence. John Smith goes on to say how who can please God any more than one who builds the foundation for his descendants by God’s blessing. He also…

Imagine never seeing the sun, sky, or nature. In the novel Tunnels by co-authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, a boy named Will Burrows stumbles upon an underground Victorian era city, named the Colony. Will finds the underground city while looking for his father who recently went missing. After being captured by the civilians of the underground city (also known as colonists), he discovers that his dad, also known as Mr. Burrows was captured by the colonists and was banished deeper into…

England and the Chesapeake regions, both the regions developed into two distinct societies. How can people of the same ethnicity influence and change the societies so drastically? The two societies had different needs and purposes for why they were founded. They also differ in social, political, economical aspects and in geography. Since social differences, politics, economics and geography can really influence a society; this is what distinguished the New England region from the Chesapeake…

Massachusetts bay colony and the Chesapeake colony of Virginia were different in development by the distinctive groups of colonist that built up their towns, religiously persecuted families that were looking to establish a perfect church society in the New England region, where as young single men came to look for gold and wealth in the Chesapeake region. Because of this difference in types of colonists, there was a major difference in the type of economy that came about. The New England colony…