The Colony

considered the thirteen colonies to be 3 very distinct regions, firstly because of the landscape. There was the North (New England), the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, and the Chesapeake Colonies, which many historians consider to be part of the Southern Colonies. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island made up New England. These colonies were small and poorer farming towns. Geographically, the area had a lot of timber/wood and fish. The Middle Colonies were…

disapproval. If independence is fought for and won, there would be political freedom, taxes of England would be repealed, and the colonies would be able to separate and make a new society. King George III took away many of the political freedom that the colonists were used to. For example, he passed the Quartering act which demanded that british troops be housed in the colonies. This caused the colonists to protest angrily. Also, King George III once said, “ A traitor is everyone who does not…

many similarities also came many differences. Some of these similarities and differences include how and by whom the colonies were founded, the main religion that was practiced within those colonies, and the way the colonies were run or their government. Even though the…

build their lives in different ways; two of the first colonies that arose in the new world were Plymouth and Chesapeake Bay. Plymouth and Chesapeake were alike in their forms of government, both used a representative approach that embodied the people. Both colonies relied heavily on slave labor to grow their economies. Economically, Chesapeake relied majorly on tobacco sales, while Plymouth had a wider variety of products to trade. Plymouth colony established the Mayflower Compact, which…

There were Thirteen colonies that survived and came together to form the United States of America, those colonies are, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. There are other colonies such as Roanoke, where the settlements failed to survive and all the settlers died. In the case of Roanoke, no one knows what happened to it’s colonists. All the colonies had their own…

In the early 17th century, the Puritans began populating the northern colonies of New England. Quakers quickly populated the middle colonies after the English seized the Northern colonies. Southern colonies didn’t practice religion with the same enthusiasm as the northern colonies. Southern colonist left their faith in the hands of their plantations. Not all New England colonists were Puritans, but the Puritan religion was a major influence in the seventeenth-century New England way of life.…

the Colonies and England was irreconcilable because of after the Seven Years of War the British inherited a heavy debt and they look for the colonies to help pay their debt. In our reading, we learned that England expected aid from the colonies and the Native Americans. The loyalist were the people still dependent upon British government such as Anglican clergymen, royal office holders and professional ties to the British government (Reich, 2011, p. 279). Even though, the American colonies had…

the colonies.This made the colonies feel like king Gorge did not support the colonies after the seven year war. Instead, the colonies took as ternary from king Georg. Which was the start of what some colonies did not agree with the king of Britain and caused the colonial society closer and unity together in the American…

Murrin’s ‘Roof without Wall’ is significant to understand history, because Murrin provides a different context to view the American Revolution period. Murrin argues that the British North American colonies were diverse on a spectrum north to south, from Canada to Caribbean Islands, but also had common connections and actually Anglicized over the 17th century to 18th century. America was Britain’s creation, which only became American when pushed to act by British tyranny. Once British authority…

Daily life Daily life in the Middle Colonies have perfect days and hardships just like any other place. Mostly,everyone works long hours on the farms; as well as in the houses. Working with your family and friends on the farm is fun. The men in the house will be controlling the economics as well as doing most of the work on the farms. The young boys will learn by helping the men plant and harvest the crops. People will trade, sell and eat these crops. Women sewed, cared for their children…