New England Colonies

The Difference in the Puritans God and the Native Americans God Everyone wonders or questions who their God is, and their culture influences them as to who they believe their God is. This is very true with the Puritans and the Native Americans, Iroquois and Navajo. Both Puritans and Native Americans believe in very different Gods. The Puritans believe there is only one God, who they can learn of his ways from the Bible, and The Native Americans believe in spiritual beings, which exist in…

the journey to settle in America. Some of these groups did so for religious reasons. Colonists of the Plymouth Colony, for example, were Puritans who feared persecution from the Church of England. The colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, established by the Puritan leader John Winthrop, set out to establish a church that all other churches would use as a model. Ironically, many colonies that were established for religious freedom were themselves exceedingly strict and intolerant of other…

German origin made up six percent of the population in the Pennsylvania Dutch Colony. Settlers and ancestors of Ireland and Scotland were known as the Scotch-Irish immigrants. The Scotch-Irish immigrants spoke the English language and made up seven percent of the population. However, the British Government held no respect for the Scotch-Irish immigrants. Although settlers from England continued to settle in the colonies, the percentage number of settlers did not compare to that of the German and…

17th century two region were settled by people of English origin. These two regions were known as the Chesapeake and the New England colonies. Even though the two areas were governed by the English, the colonies had similarities as well as differences. The New England colonies were formed by people seeking religious freedom while those of the Chesapeake colonies traveled to the New World to seek wealth and economic profit. Socially, in the early part of the Chesapeake colonization the men and…

Upon the edge of revolution, a country tottered, waiting for the final push. England had pressed upon a tired and loose colonial aggregate, and though these pressures were sometimes justified, they brought together a quite recently bickering populace with contempt for taxation and other misgivings. From the northmost colony of Maine to the buffer colony Georgia, all knew that contentions were stewing. However, though insurrection was on the mind of each colonist, this concept lie slanted in many…

The New England society of the Massachusetts bay colony and the Chesapeake colony of Virginia were different in development by the distinctive groups of colonist that built up their towns, religiously persecuted families that were looking to establish a perfect church society in the New England region, where as young single men came to look for gold and wealth in the Chesapeake region. Because of this difference in types of colonists, there was a major difference in the type of economy that came…

differences of the colonies are examined in numerous ways. Different cultures, societies, and leaders all influenced them in different ways. The colonies of Virginia and Carolina, while founded during similar times, have numerous differences such as the purpose of the colonies and the leadership. The Carolina colony was founded by the French sometimes between 1563 and 1564. The colony was named after the King of France at the time, King Charles the Ninth. Eventually, England overtook the colony…

specifically about the southern colonies, is ‘how was it effected by trade, industry, slavery, Indians, and how could England Govern the chaos?’ Before that is answered it must be determined how each of these characteristics of the South either worked in unison with one another, or combated each other in the final outcome. England at this point in time – being about the beginning of the 17th century – had invented new forms of businesses to stimulate the colonization of the New World and…

plundered 34 vessels carrying sugar. Drake raided many Spanish fleets and ports ranging from the West Indies to Spain. Sea dogs helped England have an influence in colonization and with asserting its power in the New World. 11. Jamestown o Jamestown was settled with the help of the joint-stock Virginia Company of London rather than Parliament or the crown. The colony first started out unsuccessful and almost failed due to lack of discipline and leadership and negligence of…

thirteen colonies in America during the early to mid 1700s, there were the New England colonies, Middle colonies and Southern colonies. There was also a large population growth. The people moved to the colonies that best fit the travelers religion, lifestyle, and where land was available. These people had different ways of life and thinking. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire in 1730. The people that lived in the New England…