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    it”(said by Barack Obama). This quote could not fit any better for these two colonies. Both, Jamestown and Plymouth, came to the ‘new world’ to create a better future for themselves as individuals and a society. Of course, both were very different in many ways, from where they landed to who came. What was truly was different, but similar at the same time, was the their encounters in the ‘new world’. The Jamestown colony came over from England to take the riches here. The British people heard…

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    Mary Rowlandson's Life

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    As he formulates maps, marks land points, discovers the safe harbors, and finds the ‘savages’ habitations, he illustrates how it is not a work for everyone to discover and plant a colony. He explains that in order to do so one must have good judgement, courage, honesty, constancy, and diligence. John Smith goes on to say how who can please God any more than one who builds the foundation for his descendants by God’s blessing. He also…

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    Imagine never seeing the sun, sky, or nature. In the novel Tunnels by co-authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, a boy named Will Burrows stumbles upon an underground Victorian era city, named the Colony. Will finds the underground city while looking for his father who recently went missing. After being captured by the civilians of the underground city (also known as colonists), he discovers that his dad, also known as Mr. Burrows was captured by the colonists and was banished deeper into…

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    New England terrain helped farmers across the colony produce enough material to sustain themselves and the ability to trade with England, and the New England colony saw more independence from Britain than other colonies. One of the reasons for the Puritans’ success in England is because they were able to bring family members to the colony and they ventured with members of their former community. The ability to bring family members to the colony meant that women could take a larger role in…

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    same as before and what they had thought was the Promised Land actually became a place of devastation and enslavement to the majority of those who sought after this promise of land ownership, wealth and freedom. The first colony that England tried to establish was the Roanoke Colony in 1587, but since they were unprepared for the environment and the hard work that it took to establish…

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    also known as The Thirteen Colonies, are New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. As the three colonies, they were created by people who wanted to be a free religion; restarting life, making their own religions, or finding gold. The first of the colonies were as early as the 1607 and as late as the start and middle 1700s. As they were alike, the colonies had different ways in laws, economy, and religious beliefs. As the first start of the settlements, the Southern Colonies were first to be…

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    13 colonies consisted of the middle colonies, Northern, and southern colonies. They all had many similarities that contributed social, biological, and economical ways each colony lived. Some of the similarities consisted of many different forms of religion but the main religion were based on the foundations of Christianity. Another similarity was all the colonies had some form of democracy but the type will vary between them. Last but not least of the similarities had the occupation of small…

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    Settlers In New England

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    established 13 colonies on the eastern coastline of North America. Settlers came to establish new lives for either religious or economic reasons. The lifestyle and economies of those settlers varied in the three colonial regions based on the climate and geography around them. In the New England colonies, it was hard to make profit from farming so the settlers traded to earn profit. Settlers in the Middle colonies relied trade, manufacturing, and farming for profit. In the Southern colonies,…

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    13 Colonies Regions

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    The Differences between the Regions in the 13 Colonies In the late 16th century, the British arrived to the Americas; Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies, had been settled, which marked the beginning of a new period of great importance in America’s history. The thirteen colonies were grouped by regions according to the type of climate, topography, and resources available. As a result of such diversity, each of these regions had different industries and possibilities that led them to…

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    1. Name and describe theses three groups New England Colonies consists of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The colonies appeared in the New England region between 1620 and 1640. Between 1630 and 1642, the growth in New England became stable. The New Englander believed in God. With a balanced sex ratio (about three men to two women), marriage and childbearing were more common. In addition, the healthier climate here contributed to improving survival rates and longer…

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