Chesapeake Colonies

recognized as the Chesapeake and the New England Settlements. Ultimately these two regions would come together, but in the early stages of their development, their characteristics and motivations were completely different from each other. The differences in motivations for coming to the New World greatly affected the way these two settlements functioned and developed. There were two central reasons for England’s drive to create colonies in the…

What were the differences between the New England vs. Chesapeake colonies? There are many differences between the New England and Chesapeake colonies. One of the most important differences was their economy. New England's economy was made up up mostly merchants and artisans in cities and small farmers, and because of the economy New England had a much more egalitarian society. Chesapeake Colonies’ economy was almost entirely made up of owners of huge plantations, and unfree workers made up most…

problems, but it eventually began to prosper with its tobacco agriculture providing a strong financial incentive to expand which led the founding of another colony in the region, Maryland. John Rolfe introduced tobacco into the Virginia colony. Tobacco proved to be the colony’s economic salvation. Profits from its sale created a boom in the colony, however, the pursuit of profits from tobacco agriculture diverted time and other resources from basic tasks, such as planting food crops and…

couple of years ago, I moved to the Chesapeake in hopes of finding a new life. A new life that would give me wealth and move me from the poor conditions like no employment, starvation, disease, and homelessness that is in England. In the Chesapeake, most of the people who came from England are mostly single men with no family at all, young people that their age ranges from 15 to 24 years old, the poor and criminals of England, and almost no wealthy people in the colony. Those people who came…

England and Chesapeake Settlements The founding of the economic and social footprints in America began before it was even a country during the period of colonization before 1700. These colonies were split up into two main portions, New England and the Chesapeake Bay areas. And though these areas share a few of the same characteristics, the key differences between New England and the Chesapeake Bay are what made each region unique. While New England was formed for religious purposes, Chesapeake…

eastern side of the continent were the New England colonies in the north and the Chesapeake colonies in the south. New England colonies composed states such as MA, RI, and CT while Chesapeake colonies contain states like MD, VA and the Carolinas. With these two colonies separated, they share similarities as well as differences. Slavery, politics and religion are the most important key facts that have a common aspect among New England and Chesapeake colonies. With those similarities named before,…

When you first pull an oyster out of the Chesapeake Bay it looks like nothing at all, but as you turn it over in your hand, the dusty green slime falls away and you are left with a misty grey shell. It is rough to the touch, with ripply layers that reflect the water it came from, and it sits in your hand in such a way that makes it feel ancient. If you were to stick a shucking knife in that oyster and pry it open, you would find a thick salty slime surrounding a tan leathery lump. The contents…

Samantha Dorushkin Mrs. Scherer AP US History- Period 6 September 11th, 2014 Unit #1/A.S #4 Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century The Unhealthy Chesapeake Life in the American wilderness was brutal for the earliest Chesapeake settlers. Diseases such as Malaria, dysentery, and typhoid took 10 years of the life expectancy of the newcomers from England. Half the people born in early Virginia and Maryland did not survive twenty years. Due to disease, women were so scarce in numbers…

Tobacco turned out to be a cash crop after it was introduced to the colonists by the Indians In the middle colonies mostly consisting of the Dutch, who were more focused on trading furs rather than developing agricultural settlements. The island of Manhattan was purchased from Indians by governor Peter Minuit because of the profitable fur trading posts. Many negative…

this, many other differences. Taking all the advantages and disadvantages the two groups had into consideration, the state of Rhode Island in the New England colonies would have been in the best condition to live in. Both groups, the Virginia Company’s (settled in the Southern colonies) and the Puritans’ (settled in the New England colonies), main reason for moving to America were to live a better life, although their objectives of what to do in America were different. In England, the lives…