How Did Connecticut Get Its Shape

Out wash has small sediments sorted in layers, and Till has large sediments not sorted into any layers. Till can leave behind features like Kame, Drumlins, and Moraines. Drumlins are elongated hills of till. Drumlins can be found in Central Minnesota and/or South of Brainerd. Moraines are very large ridges of Till. Moraines can be found in West/Central Minnesota. Outwash can leave features behind like Outwash Plains and Eskers. An Outwash plain formed by melt water of a glacier. Outwash plains are important because they are very great for farming which is a huge part of America. Glaciers can leave behind features like Kettle Lakes. Kettle Lakes formed by ice chunks falling off the main glacier, causing an indent on the earth's surface. Then the ice chunk will melt causing the hole to fill up with water. Most of Minnesota’s Kettle lakes are in Moraine/Terminal Moraine

The three regions of the original Thirteen Colonies maintained their own unique distinctions from one another despite the few similarities they held. These regions were the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. On the factors of religion, politics, social structure, and economy, the very nature of the land, as well as the goals of the settlers determined what direction the regions took. The south took to slavery and farming cash crops while trade and manufacturing were staples of the other colonies. Wealth was the mission of those in the south while family and religious freedom were the desire of those in New England. Economies tended to frame how the politics of the region functioned as well as the family life as well.

The colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut made up the New England colonies. Most of the Europeans in the New England colonies were there to escape the religious persecution they faced in England. They practiced a lot of different things in these colonies compared to the middle and southern and colonies of colonial america.

There are similarities and differences of the geography of New England and Southern colonies. The South had mild, rainy winters and long hot humid summers. This means,the South could grow many crops. According to “A Virginia Plantation,” the south had lots of plantations with tobacco and corn (Doc 6). However, New England had long cold winters and a short growing season. This means New England did not grow as many crops as the South. Instead, many colonists had small farms for their family or community. Therefore, the differences in geography helped to shape the development of the New England and Southern regions.

Early life in the Americas consisted of great diversity as well as some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s, the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Geography was a primary influence on the colonial way of life. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies vary

Despite the population of settlers in New England and the Chesapeake region being mostly English emigrants, the regions evolved very differently. The difference in development between New England and the Chesapeake region occurred as a result of the differences in economies, religious views, and senses of unity.

In the seventeenth century, England established colonies on North America’s eastern coast. These original colonies were broken into many different regions, these regions included the New England, Chesapeake, Middle Colony, and Low Country region. These regions broke up the original colonies into groups. These regions had many differences in their populations, town systems, and cultures. These differences helped to define the different regions.

The regions of the Thirteen Colonies has major differences and their were major differences in the lifestyle between the regions. The differences between Connecticut (New England region), Delaware (Middle region), and Virginia (Southern region) will help me decide which of the three colonies I would live in.

Cenozoic sedimentary rocks predominated to the west and east of the central mountain while plutonic rocks predominated in the peninsular ranges. The irregular contact between these geologic regions reflects the ancient topography of the area. The ancient oceanic crustal plate created an archipelago of a volcanic island. The former's subduction created immense volumes of magma. This resulted to the congealation of plutonic rock in the crust. The local rocks that existed before the tectonic forces uplifted, and erosion capped the deeply buried plutonic rocks that formed a steep and rugged mountains coastline, similar to that present one, which in the west coast of south America.

To support the theory of continental drift is through topography, surveying the floors of oceans, charts of rock magnetism, and statistics on rock ages (Trefil & Hazen, 2010). At one time scientist believed that the deep ocean floors were flat; accumulating the sediment that progressively wore away from the prehistoric landmasses (Trefil & Hazen, 2010). However, they discovered steep-walled valleys and elevated highlands. This was evidences that just as the continents are transformed and are active, so to is the seafloor (Trefil & Hazen, 2010). The Mid- Atlantic Ridge, positioned in the central part of the Atlantic Ocean, is recorded to be the longest mountain range on this planet. Volcanoes, lava flow, and earthquakes are a source of

The original colonies were divided into three main regions, the North, the Mid-Atlantic, and the South. Though split by their regions, they all shared

The creation of the Ring of Fire is very interesting too, it is the result of plate tectonics. These are huge slabs of Earth’s crust that fit together like the pieces of a puzzle. These plates can collide, stay apart, or move up right next to each other. The convergent plate boundaries are formed by plates colliding into each other. The heavier plates slide under the lighter plates causing a deep trench in the ocean floor, as we talked about earlier. If you went down into the ocean you’d be able to see a bunch of trenches in the ocean floor running parallel to corresponding volcanic arcs like the Ring of Fire. This allows islands and continental mountain ranges to be created. A divergent boundary is formed by

Though the thirteen colonies are generally seen as one entity, the common person mistakeably forgets about the early existence of the New England and Chesapeake Colonies. The Chesapeake Colonies are made up of Virginia and Maryland and the New England Colonies consist of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The necessary separation of these two areas is often overlooked due to the superficial teaching of the thirteen colonies. A distinct division between these two sets of colonies is much needed because of their extensive similarities and differences. Though both the New England and Chesapeake colonies settled around the same time and had similar relations with the Native Americans, these areas had drastically different

Two English groups came for better lives, yet they had different reasons to settle; therefore developing two completely different societies. This is what developed the different characteristics between the New England and the Chesapeake region.

Although bout the New England and Chesapeake region were both settles by Americans, the regions were split due to some differences, but, they also shared similarities. During the 1700's the colonial era, colonies, began as one distinct region, yet, as time progressed, due to differences, such as a more fertile land in the New England colony, , the region broke into two different societies.