Former empires

Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay Colony both had great impacts for the thirteen colonies. Jamestown was the first surviving settlement for the English in the Americas. Jamestown’s survival caused more settlers to come to the Americas in the belief that they too could survive. The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay colony believed only Puritans should have a “voice” over the colony. Non-puritans left Massachusetts to start a new colony because they didn’t want to be pressured to follow the beliefs…

The first New England colonies, which included Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, were all founded in the 17th century, beginning with the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620. All but New Hampshire were founded as havens for various religious groups, including Puritans, Separatists, and Quakers. New Hampshire, on the other hand, was distinctive because it was formed primarily for economic reasons. In 1620, the Pilgrims first came to the Plymouth Colony to establish their own…

4. There were many regional characteristics evident in the British colonies. Southern colonies had hot, humid weather, mild winters, and swampy marshes contributed to high mosquito populations, thus making colonists more susceptible to diseases like malaria and had shorter life spans. Southern colonies also had good farmland and long growing seasons that enabled mass production of cash crops like tobacco. Additionally, rivers and coasts provided access to the sea. The Chesapeake…

New Jersey New Jersey was one of the original 13 colonies. The colony was founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret in 1664. New Jersey is part of the Middle Colonies. Philip Carteret became the first colonial governor in 1664. (Economy, Climate, Religion) Economy The New Jersey eEconomy was based on Manufacturing, ironing, and lumbering. New Jersey had fertile soil, which made growing food easy. New Jersey grew so crops, particularly wheat. Iron was also…

them so people could always see them in paintings and sculptures after they died. The main idea of their art was was the powerful men and women in their society. One of the best Mayan arts is the hieroglyphic stairway in copan. The peak of the Mayan empire was 250 A.D. There were 40 cities that ranged from 5,000 people to 500,000 people. At the peak the mayan civilization could have had as many as 2,000,000 people.They built plazas, palaces, temples and pyramids, as well as courts for playing…

Bryn Bostad Midterm Essay #2 Groups of settlers migrated from various countries such as France, Spain, England, Holland, and Sweden all seeking to inhabit the mysterious and desired lands of the New World. The English began the struggle for prime land in North America, arriving in the early 1600’s. Over the years, multiple colonies would form and become classified into three regions: The Southern Colonies, The Middle Colonies, and The New England Colonies. The Chesapeake Colonies (Virginia…

, I believe that the type of attitude the colonist of the settlers held when they left their homes and everything they knew to encounter diseases, starvation and the possible loss of life throughout the voyage to the New World, in hope of creating a better life. Colonist gradually began to create and populate towns and cities, and the southern colonies formed into separate regions from northern colonies. There were numerous causes for this separation, such as different climates, encounters with…

The Massachusetts and Virginia Colonies had many similarities, but often times we get the question concerning which colony benefited the United States better from an historical formation. The one who “created the corporate trading and colonizing company” (Cheyney 148) or the one who seeked “purity” (Cheyney 148). You begin to compare the two colonies. Taking everything into deeper thinking. Out of the two original colonies which one had a greater impact on the world? Jamestown and Plymouth…

In the early 1600’s countries around the world were exploring an unfamiliar land called “The New World.” King Charles allowed many people seeking religious freedoms to go and explore this new land. Most of the new settler’s religions were forms of Christianity. There were many different forms which included Puritans, Quakers, Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Jews and Anglicans. Although the New World was a place to have religious freedom, many of the new religions held tighter restrictions and…

The first thirteen colonies of the United States were divided into three regions. These regions are similar, yet unique in their own way. The New England region, Middle region, and Southern region each have an economy, a climate, and a history that is each unique to that region. The New England Colonies The New England region was made up of the colonies of Massachusetts, Maine (which was part of Massachusetts), Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Being in the Northeast of the…