Cultural Characteristics Of The Colonists

Settlers came to america for it’s many advantages. The pilgrims came for land, self government, work, chances of their own children living longer, and there were also rumors of gold and silver in america. Settlers didn’t know what was in america but, they did imagine that there would be plenty of land full of opportunities, and work to be done. This small community could start to plant crops like tobacco, and because they had new and healthy crops because of how they learned to farm, themselves and their children lived longer. I found these facts in a prezi facts presentation and also in the historical america video.

There were various reasons why the American Colonies were established. The three most important themes of English colonization of America were religion, economics, and government. The most important reasons for colonization were to seek refuge, religious freedom, and economic opportunity. To a lesser degree, the colonists sought to establish a stable and progressive government.

During the Seventeenth-Eighteenth century, many colonists established along the Atlantic coast of North America in the English 13 colonies. The England established colonies because the English wanted to set up a military base for supplying their warships, they wanted to get rich & Powerful, and to get resources from the colonies which are a group of people settled in a distant land. People moved to the colonies because there were pull factors which is when there is something where the other country has a better life there. Some pull factors were freedom of religion, better life, free land, and new jobs. The geography and climate influenced the economy of the Middle Region and the people in the area developed a unique culture.

The reason for the New England colonies to have a lot of Pilgrims was because who settled in Massachusetts were the Pilgrims with the Mayflower ship. The Mayflower ship landed in Massachusetts in December 21, 1921. In the Middle Colonies the people who settled where the settlers from Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, France and Scotland. New Sweden and New Netherlands joined and became Delaware, that junction was made by the Duke of York. The Southern colonies were settled by the Puritans, the Puritans who settled in the Southern colonies settled mostly for economic reasons. The Puritans usually would take African slaves for the Southern Colonies.

For different reasons, settlers chose to inhabit the regions of New England and Chesapeake. The social economic and political reasons separated these groups. This was mostly because of the different founding purposes; New England being founded on religous values and the Chesapake being founded for financial reasons by Joint Stock companies. Although settled largely by people of the English origin, the regions of the east cost had evolved into two different societies by 1700.

The New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled by immigrants from England. Though this was an area thriving with small towns that they had generally liked, they decided to escape England due to religious persecution. Hundreds of families, men, women, and their children, came in search of a New World where they could practice their beliefs freely. They founded

When the colonists came to America, they classified the Native Americans as complete brutal savages. But was that a correct assumption? The Native Americans lived a life that was a complete opposite from the way that the Europeans were accustomed to. The Native Americans believed that the land was shared by everyone and not one person could own it. The Native Americans also had a polytheistic religion which completely went against the beliefs of the colonists. The colonists viewed the Native Americans as savages and barbarians because their ways of living were different.

Climate: The colonists experience long winters and short summers. The growing season lasts about five months therefore, a bulk of food has to be harvested to last throughout the winter season. Cold winters help diminish the escalation of disease throughout the colonies. The weather in the colonies is compatible to England’s (in most parts), making adapting less difficult.

The colonies were under the control of the English and had many commonalities, each region created a distinct culture that each had a great impact in economy, minority groups and religion. The Middle and the Southern colonies had great fertile land for farms and crops to grow which lead their colony to thrive and succeed. The minority groups also helped the colonies thrive but they were not treated fairly than other citizens in both the Middle and the Southern colonies. Finally, religion was toleranced mostly in both the Middle and the Southern colonies. Religion helped the colonists have different types people treat them fairly and have government run fairly. The thirteen colonies was an important part of America. It was the New England, Middle and the Southern colonies that came together and formed the United States. The Middle and the Southern colonies delivered laws and was a learning experience. The colonies helped people realize to learn and continue some of what the colonists did. In end, colonies learnt the art of farming and learnt to thrive, different types of people as well as religion was learnt to be accepted and colonial leader leaded how to govern and how to create a unified government itself. These reasons is what lead them to establish a new

The colony was not interested in colonization at first because settlers only wanted to make profit as a port on the Atlantic. The region was the whole of New York, the islands and the western part of Massachusetts. Settlers liked the colony because there was a lot to fishing and a lots of water for farming. New York colony area was made up of mountains,rolling hills,and

These colonies all had economic factors that contributed to their founding. These factors later developed into different customs and traditions which led to the varied differences between the New England and Chesapeake colonies.

The New England and Chesapeake region being settled mainly of people of English descent by the 1700’s evolved into two different colonies due to many contributing factors such as purpose, religion freedom, political voice, and economic benefits. Although all coming from England & heading to the New World, how they established and founded their colonies distinctive from one another yields many reasons.

When colonists initially came to America, they were expecting an abundance of land and resources. However, many differences caused each group of colonists to evolve into different societies, especially in Chesapeake, which consisted of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, and New England, which consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. These differences were primarily caused by the variations in family structures, the intertwining of politics and religion, and the contrast of crops grown in their respective areas.

How did the experience of colonization affect those who were colonized while also influencing the colonizers? Colonization requires the interaction of two different groups and no matter how much one culture or group may be the more powerful both end up picking up traits of one another.

Colonists began coming to the new world for a number of reasons. As numerous as the reasons may be they can be separated into two divisions, spiritual and material. In this course we have studied two sets of colonists in depth, the Puritans and the Chesapeake/Virginia colonists. The Puritans made the journey across the Atlantic for spiritual reasons while the settlers of the Chesapeake Bay colony came solely for material reasons. I will attempt to prove this by using "A Modell of Christian Charity" by John Winthrop and "Looking Out for Number One: Conflicting Cultural Values in Early Seventeenth-Century Virginia" by T.H. Breen.