Chesapeake Colonies

George Washington was a Virginian representative to the First Continental Congress. He was again present at the Second Continental Congress. Here John Adams argued that this seasoned soldier should lead the new Continental Army. Washington believed in the cause so much that he accepted the job without pay. Washington achieved his first victory, that of retaking Boston, without much difficulty. Despite all the difficulties faced he was determined that the country win free of the British…

The Colonial South One of the most thought provoking questions about the past of our country, specifically about the southern colonies, is ‘how was it effected by trade, industry, slavery, Indians, and how could England Govern the chaos?’ Before that is answered it must be determined how each of these characteristics of the South either worked in unison with one another, or combated each other in the final outcome. England at this point in time – being about the beginning of the 17th…

economic prospect. This helped expand and increase control of the British colonies. Another fascinating aspect of Britain’s impact and influence was the introduction to gentility to North America. Through the use of the courtesy book, drinking tea, speech, dress, beauty, and so on, the colonial towns and people started looking more and more like England (AH, 138-139). This type of English influence started to shape the colonies into more like their overseas counterparts which helped Britain…

The non-Indian population grew exponentially in the 1700’s throughout America. Europeans from many countries continued to transplant their lives into the colonies, bringing with them their cultures, religions, family values, and their need for prosperity. Many came to America for asylum, to escape religious persecution back home from the grasp of the Catholic Church. Turmoil also plagued England, which brought about the English Civil War in 1642 between the King and his supporters fighting…

April 19, 1775 the original American colonies declared war on Great Britain, who up till now, owned and controlled the land and colonies. When the colonies were beginning, the British basically let them do their own thing for about a half a century. This was called the period of salutary neglect. Then the British Government decided to be more involved in the colonies. During this time the British started to create more laws and had british troops in the colonies enforce these laws. Since the…

society. These morals along with other factors are the drivers of the United States of America. The American Revolution was a battle in which the 13 original colonies with the French as an ally fought against the British forces which represented the crown. Throughout the war, there were several battles in which the rebels, which were the colonies since they were in a rebellion against the crown, lost. However, the turning point was the battles of Saratoga, which consisted of two encounters. The…

settling a colony at Roanoke, Virginia in 1885, but within a few years evidence shows this entire colony disappeared. In 1606, King James I granted a charter to colonize Virginia. “In 1607, England finally established itself on the continent with a permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia.” Fiskin pg.7. The English colonies were clustered along the Atlantic coast for trade with England in three distinct regions; New England colonies, Middle Atlantic colonies and Southern colonies. Their…

Comparison of the New England and Southern Colonies The colonies were first developed in the 1600’s, however the New England colonies and Southern Colonies were very different despite them both having similar reasons for coming to the new world. The southern colonies, consisting of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, were centered on making money and agriculture, whereas the New England colonies, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, were centered on…

who was going to live there. “The Chesapeake area, where the tobacco-producing colonies of Virginia for cheap labor, receive about 120,000 settlers, most of whom landed before 1660. New England attracted 21,000 emigrants, nearly all of them arriving before 1640. In the second part of the seventeenth century, the Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) attracted about 23,000 settlers. Although the arrivals to New England and the Middle Colonies…

most ideal area to colonize. Once the search concluded, they settled upon the Chesapeake Bay, which they believed was apt to the criterion. However, they prioritized colonizing wherever they deemed appropriate, and they did not prioritize finding the wisest location to colonize on. In the future of Jamestown this proved to be the most careless decision made that led to numerous problems. If compared to the Plymouth Colony, if Jamestown colonists had kept an open mind as to where the wisest area…