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Although the New England and Chesapeake regions were settled by basically English, each region was clearly different than the other. This could have happened for many reasons, but difference in how the families were structured and the effect of religion on each region were probably two very big influences on the different developments of the societies. In New England, people who immigrated there came mostly in the form of families. In 1635, "Ship's List of Emigrants bound for New England,"…

During the 1600s, Puritans traveled across to the colonies, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, to get away from the Church of England and the Catholics. They wanted to purify the church and change it because they were Protestant and they had different beliefs/issues. Along with their change came many ideas and values. These ideas influenced colonies through their social, economical, political, and religious beliefs between the 1630s and the 1660s. Religion was a big deal during this time…

colonization of the New World, one major driving factor that played a key role was that of religion. Religious persecution in England was a huge motivating factor that was brought upon by divisions in religious beliefs. Some of these divisions include the Church of England splitting off from Catholicism and the Protestant Reformation. Another factor was the deal made between the King of England and William Penn to settle a debt. When considering all the dangers and uncertainties of a three…

restaurants, large plantations, and slaves. While both communities boasted natural beauty, Barbados was dramatically colorful. The Puritan religion and lifestyle of the people of Wethersfield contrasted greatly with the open-minded views of the Church of England, Barbados inhabitants. In fact, the famous witchcraft trials of Wethersfield were perpetrated by the stiff religious beliefs of the Puritans. The people of these two communities had opposing lifestyles for instance, their clothes were…

Puritanism was a religious reform movement in the church of England. It started in the 16th century in England but soon spread to the Northern English colonies in the New World. The Puritans in America are responsible for the religious, social, and political order of New England colonies. Puritanism in Colonial America helped shape American culture, politics, religion, society, and history into the 19th century. The Pilgrims and the Puritans were two different groups of settlers that came to…

English colonization, its main contours, Chesapeake’s overcome, the development of Virginia and Maryland, and lastly the English civil war effect on the colonies in America. It had started on April 26th 1607 where three ships entered the shore from England now as Cape Henry. They later inclined to settle sixty miles inland on the James River protecting themselves from Spaniard war ships at the time of stay where Jamestown was established. Early English settlement where all men were further…

Puritanism, a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that attempted to “purify” the Church of England, influenced its followers’ day-to-day lifestyles and played key roles in the civil war in England and in the formation of the American colonies (which served as working models for the Puritan lifestyle). Calvinist theology and polity played significant parts, with regards to shaping Puritan teachings: the moral and religious qualities that were representative of Puritans…

People traveling from England to the New World were about to embark on a month-long journey to a place that they had only heard things about but hadn’t actually been to. During this long journey, they willingly faced the likelihood of death, disease, and the unknown. These settlers were hoping to find new opportunities in the North America for themselves and for their country. Virginia was established in 1607 by Englishmen who were looking to make a profit from gold and silver. Life in Virginia…

this plight. In spite of this situation, the Englishmen, came to America in the 1600s for three main reasons: to escape the economic strife, social problems, and religious persecution in England. The first reason that immigrants were motivated to come to America was England's changing economy. The population of England grew steadily, but the food supply did not increase proportionately. Agricultural land was taken over by grazing sheep. This condition severely limited the food supply, thus…

New England colonies organized their society based on theocracy, which ensured their values and ideas had a significant impact on the economic, political and social development during the 1630s through the 1660s. The Puritans worked hard to prioritize the economic development of New England since their belief was that they were a model for humankind favored by God to succeed. Economic activity of the region, was secondary under the focus of religious concerns. Wealthy merchants made up the…