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    The main English colonies were created by exiled people to a new world. This is where a little organization of Puritan separatists, later called the Pilgrims, landed in Plymouth 1620, which is late known as New England. After ten years, a rich syndicate, known as the Massachusetts Bay Company, sent a much bigger gathering of Puritans to build up another Massachusetts settlement. With the assistance of neighborhood locals, the homesteaders soon got the hang of cultivating, angling and chasing,…

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    England Confederation was set up in 1643 It was made of 4 colonies, which held the main goal of defense. The colonies were Puritan only C. Confederation was weak but, it was a large step toward American unity. 2) Colonies were allowed to be semi-autonomous commonwealths. 3) Charles II intended to make his control over the colonies stricter He was surprised to find how independence had begun in the American colonies Massachusetts’ charter was revoked in 1684. 10. Andros Promotes…

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    to the difference in their founders motives. In the Chesapeake region the colony of Jamestown, Virginia was formed by the Virginia Company. The company's goal for creating the colony was to find gold. Captain John Smith noted a lack of unity amongst the poorly prepared, gold seeking Virginia settlers(doc f). Furthermore, mostly men migrated to Virginia resulting in a scarcity of women(doc c). Being mostly men in the colony as well as their hunger for riches, the settlers of Virginia…

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    America the religious people had an opportunity or chance to flee to a better place. As time passes on more people would want to live the better life without having the fear of persecution, or banishment, and have their own freedom of religion. Massachusetts Bay was founded by the puritans and was said to have a better life in a new world and the English would maintain their identities.…

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    In the early establishment of the English colonies in North America just how big of a role did religion play? While considering and looking at colonies such as Plymouth, Maryland, Massachusetts and among others and seeing how they were utterly dominated by religion one could argue that religion played not only a huge role but a very crucial one as well. As for the direction of saying that religion was a enormous role in the beginning, a team of researchers and journalist can attest to this…

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    history, as the New England colonies inhabited North-East America and the Chesapeake colonies inhabited present day Maryland and Virginia. This difference in settings affected community life in both areas. Though the east coast of North America was settled by the same people of the same ethnicity, the areas developed into two diverse societies due to different religion and economic practices. The New England colonies were very religious based unlike the Chesapeake colonies. In England, the…

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    al., 61). The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was John Winthrop, who announced the principles that the colonists would have to live by. The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay Colony believed that they had entered into a covenant with God and that they had to convey their faith through actions. Winthrop believed that if their faith stayed strong and if they honored their word to one another, other colonies would want to follow them. The Massachusetts Bay colonists believed that God had…

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    Royal colony: A royal colony is one ruled over by an official chosen by the monarch in rule, specifically the British crown ruler. Oftentimes, the monarch would only indirectly rule over the colony with direct rule coming from the governor or proprietor. Nonetheless, the monarch still retained the most power since he had the power to elect the governor and overlook his decisions. Many proprietary colonies later became royal colonies after being accrued by the monarch or royal rule. Because of…

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    available affect what industries formed and what crops were grown. Culturally, the northern colonies were formed for religious purposes unlike the profit seeking southern colonies. One key difference that led to a divide in values and beliefs between the New England and Chesapeake regions was the culture. In the New England colonies, religion was very prevalent. For example, the Massachusetts Bay colony was settled by Puritans, a group of religious separatists who sought to break away from the…

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    The New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Southern colonies all have similarities and differences between their reasons for settlement and daily lives and culture. Each of their governments contributed to the American democracy that we have today. The New England colonies were colonies around Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They mainly consisted of people from England who were looking for religious freedom. These people were persecuted for their beliefs, so they wanted religious…

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