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This essay is about comparing Regions of America before the American Revolution. In this we shall talk about the differences of Jamestown and New England geographically, and why they came. Along with talking about American literature in the 1620 's, and both the history and progression of slavery in America. Though there is more to it than just the differences, there is also the issues the two regions created, and couldn 't seem to compromise on said issues. In which later Revolution was started…

helped them grow other crops which helped the British when there was a drought. The Virginia colony benefited better because it had a better social, economic, and political ideas. Massachusetts colony was only built because they were forced out the England church which mad the company an “incomplete character” (Cheyney 148), which to me not a good reason to be built. Would you agree? Jamestown on the other hand didn’t have many people in the colony, but could make a lot of money with the…

William Cronon’s Changes in the Land – Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England, depicts the changes that occurred in New England after the arrival of the Europeans. It not only provides a detailed account of the changes that took place from a historical point of view, but also from an ecological pint of view – meaning it not only paints a picture of how the European settlers changed the lives of New England’s Indian inhabitants, but it also clearly shows how the arrival of the…

democratic downfall. Technology has made it much easier for Americans to be informed and get news without engaging in conversation with other people. “Since 1973, the number of Americans who have ‘attended a public meeting on town or school affairs’ has fallen by more than a third” (Putnam). One could simply read an article online about plans for a new park in his or her neighborhood rather than attending a town meeting regarding the park. This not only means that some people’s opinions are…

The first colonial jail in America was established in Jamestown, Virginia after settlers from England came and founded Jamestown in the year 1606. The first colonial jail was influenced by England's correctional system. The next colonial jail was built in Boston, Massachusetts in the year 1635. These early colonial jails were not common because to the colonists it made more sense to have the person working rather than keeping an able body in a shack and having to pay for food and shelter. It was…

By the 1700s, the New England and the Chesapeake regions developed into two different colonies due to each colony’s reason for settlement, consisting of religious and economic reasons, their personal beliefs, and their growth in their society. While the settlers of New England immigrated to the Americas to escape religious persecution, the settlers of the Chesapeake region immigrated for more economic reasons—the search of gold. Each colony’s way of life contrasted from one another in the way…

is to show the distinctiveness between the stereotypical English colonies and Plymouth in juxtaposition by the differences of change. Resources Demos used to support his argument include primary and secondary sources. Primary sources comprised of “town and church…

The difference between the story of Captain John Smith in the General History of Virginia, and William Bradford in Of Plymouth Plantation. Captain John Smith was a British soldier, he’s a founder of the American colony of Jamestown. He traveled in purpose to seek what he wanted, and that is to become wealthy. While William Bradford is an English separatist, the leader of the Plymouth colony. They are known as the Pilgrims, but before that they were originally known as the Old Comers and their…

Colonial Settlement Design Research Data Collection WORKSHEET Region: Northeast Name of Colony: New Hampshire Year Founded: 1638 Founder: Captain John Mason and John Wheelwright 1. Give a brief description of why this colony was founded. John Mason was given a patent for all the land between the merrimack and kennebec rivers. The colony was…

New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled by people largely of English origin. However by 1700 both regions had evolved into their own distinct societies, drastically differing from one another. Although the settlers of these two regions may have all come from English origin, contrasting motives of the settlers resulted in the creation of two societies independent of one another. These regions developed into two distinct societies due to the difference in their founders motives.…