Compare And Contrast The American Colonies

The Virginia and New England colonists struggled to adapt to the radically different conditions of their new environments. However, that is where the similarities between the two seem to end. Both colonies boasted different economies, political systems, societies and cultures, which place them at opposite ends of the colonial spectrum.

In a time when the Native Americans were building complex structures and had control of all of the Americas, the Spanish arrived, and took control from the natives conquering the Americas and leaving behind their influence until 1680. Also in a time when new colonists are arriving from England to America to form settlements, and settlers begin to reconsider their traditions. It is in this context that the Spanish and New England colonists are compared and contrasted. The Spanish and New England colonies from 1492 to 1700 were significantly similar in terms of treatment of indigenous people and considerably different in control of religion and control of European government.

One might think that all of the British colonies in the new world were all the same. This is not the case though. The colonies, although they were all British they had some similarities but mainly they had differences. The Southern, New England and Middle colonies clearly show theses similarities and differences, particularly in terms of land, labor, religion, and native relations.

During the 17th and 18th century, English residents felt that England was over-crowded and intolerable. They wanted to lessen these problems that rose up because of the large population increase and to establish more religious freedom (Horn). The English believed that the best way to go about this was to colonize the New World. Subsequently, many colonies began to develop, and of these colonies, Massachusetts Bay and Virginia were the most well-known. The early settlements of Massachusetts and Virginia were both established by similar groups of people at the same time; furthermore, their contrasting beginnings as a colony, views on religion, and method of economic stability all contributed to our American heritage today.

In the New World, various resources, climates, and considerable amounts of land allowed numerous opportunities for settlers. Those who once yearned to climb the social ladder or gain the freedoms bestowed from land ownership flocked toward the newfound settlements. Colonization proved to be a grueling task; however, success was found after adapting to the new environment and facing many hardships. Two colonies established early in the seventeenth century included Virginia and New England. Both Virginia and New England were forerunning settlements that differed in the following senses: political, social, and economical.

There were a myriad of differences between Great Britain and her American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but these differences can be divided into three basic categories: economic, social, and political. The original American settlers came to the colonies for varied reasons, but a common trait among these settlers was that they still considered themselves British subjects. However, as time passed, the colonists grew disenfranchised from England. Separated from the king by three thousand miles and living in a primitive environment where obtaining simple necessities was a struggle, pragmatism became the common thread throughout all daily life in the colonies. It was this pragmatism that led the colonists to create

During the late 16th century and into the 17th century, two colonies emerged from England in the New World. The two colonies were called the Chesapeake and New England colonies. Even though the two areas were formed and governed by the English, the colonies had similarities as well as differences. Differences in geography, religion, politics, economic, and nationalities, were responsible for molding the colonies. These differences came from one major factor: the very reason the English settlers came to the New World. 
The Chesapeake colonies were primarily created by companies interested in profiting from the natural resources of the New World such as gold or silver to bring back to England. The New England colonies were primarily created to escaped religious persecution and set up a haven for people of their faith. The inhabitants of the New England area were far healthier. Their clean water supply was a sharp contrast to the contaminated waters of Chesapeake Bay. The cool climate had a good impact on colonists because it prevented the spread of life-threatening diseases. Because of New England’s cool climate, many people died during severe winters. Chesapeake’s climate had positive and negative factors as well. The warm, moist climate in the Chesapeake colonies carried diseases that killed many of the colonists. In contrast to the New England colonists, the Chesapeake colonists did not have to worry as much about surviving cold winters. The natural resources of the

For the people of Europe the Americas was a place to prosper, worship in there own way, and expand there kingdoms. The only problem is that they attempted to settle in their own way and all failed dismally. The New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern Colonies grew differently in various ways, but each with the same state of mind, “do it our way”. Examining the three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different in religion, government, and ways of expansion.

As England started to take enthusiasm toward the "New World", colonization by Englishmen started to spread definitely in the 1600's. English provinces occurred on the eastern bank of the United States. Two early settlements created were in the New England and Chesapeake area. Albeit both were settled to a great extent by individuals of English starting point, by 1700 these two locales had advanced into two different social orders, because of reasons including the purposes behind settlement, topographical contrasts prompting distinctive matters in profit making, religion and legislative issues. The settlement of the New England district was carried out by individuals, basically families, getting away religious mistreatment in England, and

Upon the settlement of Jamestown in the 17th century the British Colonies of the East Coast were divided into three distinct areas; New England, the Middle Colony, and the Southern Colony. While the three regions had comparable similarities, their differences were more noted. When the first colonies were founded, it was due to pilgrims wanting religious freedom, and countries striving for move power, riches, and a name. The southernmost colonies were founded when wealthy leaders expanded looking for land ownership and more power.

Noely Ramos Ramos 1 Mr. Lopez Period 3 09/04/15 Straying from the Origin The colonies took different pathways to grow identities and trademarks. They followed individual trails that all started from a singular place, England. There were different regions in North America: The New England Colonies and Chesapeake Colonies.

The Chesapeake and New England were some of the first areas to be colonized by the English in America. The Chesapeake is what we now know as Maryland and Virginia, named so in reference to the Chesapeake Bay. New England, now divided into four states, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, was named in homage to the mother country England, as a promise to be a “New” England where the Puritan settlers could worship as they pleased.[1] Though the two bear many similar characteristics—they were both English colonies, facing the obstacle of the Native Americans, attempting to settle and create new societies—there are many more differences which set the colonies apart, economically, socially, and geographically.

Southern Colonies Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia Virginia was the first successful southern colony, Maryland became at first a catholic experiment and then quickly mirrored Virginia for its cash crops. The Carolinas had been created after the english civil war ended. Challenges from France and Spain led the king to want a buffer zone between the cash crop Carolinas and enemies, thus Georgia was created. Southern colonies depended on slaves whether it was for the economy, society, or their own personal needs. Southerners who did not have slaves still depended on them just on the soul fact that they were beneath them and made them feel better about their place in society.

The English and Chesapeake regions were in fact both settled by English men. Yet by the early 1700’s these two groups of people from the same origin had become 2 very distinct societies. The reason for this is because the English men and women that came to Americas came for their own reasons. In the North they were seeking religious freedom and to separate from the church of England, while further south, excluding Maryland because they are a state for the Catholics, these people had become businessmen and were inclined to make money through agriculture.

Economies quickly emerged as a result of human and environmental interaction. Each settlement had its own economy which were based on different aspects. The English colonies were arguably the most diverse with economic activities including farming, fishing, and trading. Their settlements were mostly mercantile, meaning it “promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers,” and was famous for their exports, which largely consisted of tobacco, rice, timber, and fish. Tobacco and rice became the major cash crops of the southern colonies. These cash crops were grown on large plantations of land that needed large numbers of workers. Most colonists grew their own food. The soil was too thin and rocky and the climate too harsh for the colonists to grow cash crops. They turned to fishing, lumbering, fur trading, and metal working to nourish their economy. The French economy was mainly based on fur trade because it was more profitable, but still had its part in farming. An abundance of rivers allowed for transportation of goods between the colonies. Mills to grind grains developed and supported local economies. Much like the others, the Spanish were famous for their trading, while also having farming in their western colonies. It was strictly regulated by the Spanish Board of Trade and laws were enforced by the Spanish military. The Northern colonies developed cottage industries that traded on a simple barter system. For example, one household might mill grain while the neighbor spun