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Differences Between Chesapeake And New England Colonies

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The European colonization of the Americas took place during the late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century. England approached the colonization by sending out groups. The groups were headed to the eastern cost of North America, and they all shared the same purpose. Those two hundred thousand men and women went to the Americas to establish colonies that were agriculturally sustainable. “England sent large numbers of men and women to establish agriculturally based colonies on the mainland.” (Norton, 36) There unity did not last for long because by 1700 the same group of people sent by England developed into two distinct societies. These two regions did not always agree with one another, from the start they both had very distinct and unique identities, …show more content…

The New England colonies and the Chesapeake region were really different when they were developing. The New England colonies had communities that were parallel and united while the Chesapeake region was almost the opposite, having a society that had little to no connection. This divide between both societies is linked back to the interactions between the English colonists and the Native Americans. Before the creation of Jamestown, Indians lived in that peninsula area. The Indians weren’t sure how to feel upon the arrival of the English in 1607. The Indians had past experiences with settlers intruding their land. Their first reaction was to protect themselves and have a guard up, however; the Indians soon thought that the settlers meant no harm, which then led them to offer food and traditional Indian hospitality to the English. When the Indians analyzed the English settlers at Jamestown, they noticed that they were ill prepared for life because they had just arrived to a new world and strange land. The English settlers suffered so much, that half of the colonists died during the first winter in

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