Sarah Gomez
Professor Shane West
HIST 1301
22 September 2014
The Colonies
It all started in the 17th century, Europeans crossed the Atlantic to find the New World where they could start their new lives and spread religion along with improving their status in life. It began with Jamestown; now know as Virginia, when it became the first settlement that soon was established as the first colony. Not too far long, pilgrims traveled to the New World and discovered Plymouth in the colony of Massachusetts. As time went by, many disagreements over the boundaries of the colonies rose and The French and Indian War broke out. After the war, England took control over the colonies and was broken into 4 major regions The major regions were called New England, Middle, Chesapeake Bay, and the Southern Colonies. Despite the location and area the colonies settled, each colony had their own similarities and differences; thus, based on political, religious, self-governing, and land owning. These individual colonies declared independence from Britain and without a hesitation, they broke out and each went their ways.
Four major colonies that made up New England were New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Connecticut Colony. Pilgrims, also known as puritans, left the Church of England to travel to the New World in request of land and to have the choice of religion. The puritans then became known as the “separatists”. Soon after, William Bradford and 67 migrants traveled from
In the early America colonies, each colony was largely settled by people of English origin. Although the majority of the colony founders were generally from similar areas, the colonies were all different. Two regions like this were the New England region and the Chesapeake region. New England consisted of the states Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Chesapeake consisted of Virginia and Maryland. Although the regions were very close to each other on a map, by the 1700’s both regions had evolved into two very distinct societies. This was due to the colonists reasons fro coming to the New World, their belief systems, the colonists themselves, and the geography.
The New England colonies were a completely different story. The New England colonies were formed by large groups of English families and some from other countries. These people came to the new world for a new start. They sailed the seas in large family units and followed their leader from their
There were many different early American colonies.The settlers in these colonies came from many different places such as; England, France, Spain, and The Netherlands. Also, the settlers in these colonies settled for many different reasons. The New England, Middle, and Southern colonies developed a different way of life because of differences in aspects of life such as; government, religion, and geography.
When people from Europe and other countries came to the new world they made many colonies believing in different things, but also some of the same things. There was the Southern Colonies which included Virginia, Maryland, South and North Carolina, and Georgia. Another Colonial Region was the Middle Colonies that included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island were all part of the last Colonial Region, New England Colonies. They had many beliefs of the same thing, but they also had different ones
The colonial region of New England was made up of Plymouth, Massachusetts-Bay, New Haven, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. This region was made up of a primarily puritan population, which affected every aspect of life in the region including how towns in this area were set up, social interactions in the area, and the level of education. Towns in the New England region were all set up around a centralized town square, in which people had to live a mile away from. People also lived in relatively close together in the region because they believed that the sins of one counted as sins of them all causing them to all watch each other closely. Much of the population in this area were not new immigrants once established, rather families who settled there permanently in the region so that they can have their religious freedom. The colonial region of New England was also one of the most educated areas of the world at the time. This is because the highest amount of people could read and write because of their religion and the fact that they all
Many people traveled to the colonies to escape the Church of England and join the Puritans. A ship’s list of emigrants bound for New England in 1635 is evidence of this. Those aboard the ship were traveling to New England, which is where the Puritans settled. Most likely, the emigrants would not move out of
During the 1600s, England founded the 13 colonies in America. The first settlement was in the southern colonial region called Jamestown, Virginia. The settlers traveled to find gold. The next settlement was in the New England colonial region named Massachusetts establish religious freedom. The New England colonies and Southern colonies had many similarities and differences in their geography, economy, and culture.
It is the year 1765, we shouldn’t be taxed on silly things such as paper. I am upset that the British Parliament believes that they if they have debt, they can automatically just tax us and everything will be fine. The Parliament is doing the wrong because they did not have the colonies consent to tax us. The British Parliament should not be able to tax our colonies without our consent. I am a man who believes in freedom, we should not have to follow everything that they say.
The area that was colonized by those of New England shared specific similarties in their reason of immigrating, but was separated into four different colonies.; Cheseapeake Bay, New England, the middle colonies, and souther colonies, due to their differences in types of settlers and lifestyles. New England was founded by the puritans and came by sailing in the mayflower compact. The colonies had different believes that cause each one to be created by different groups of settlers. Most of the people in the colonies were English form.
During the 1600s and 1700s, the English colonists established colonies in North America. There are many reasons and people that were responsible for this movement.
The development of the American colonies had six different factors contributing to it. They were the Enlightenment, European population explosion, Glorious Revolution, Great Awakening, mercantilism, and Religious tolerance.
From 1607 to 1754, people’s views on governing themselves changed greatly. It began in 1607, with the settlement of Jamestown. They were a corporate colony, working for the Virginia Company, they were whole-heartedly British. The Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, and the Tradition of Neglect all introduced new ways for the American colonies to think of themselves as more independent. Although they still considered themselves part of the British Empire, by the end of this era they had discovered that they could make their own laws and constitutions that fit the way that their world worked as opposed to Great Britain.
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Beginning from the discovery of the colonies in 1634 until the state abolished slavery in 1864, enslaved African Americans were important to shaping Maryland’s history. During the 1660s the life of slaves changed drastically. Many of the white European servants became scarce and expensive, while Africans began dominating the labor force. Slaves who arrived in Maryland in the 1670s would be slaves for life. They would face a harsh environment in which they were subject to volatile diseases, shortage of women, abusive masters, isolation from other Africans, and restriction of mobility. The slave labored on the tobacco plantations which fueled the economic growth between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In the nineteenth century, slaves had evolved in all parts of Maryland. During the Civil War, African Americans reclaimed their freedom, but the burden of slavery’s history wasn’t over. The circumstances of slavery changed over time and the opportunities for slaves to live free and as a unit fluctuated. Many African American abolitionists contributed to the freedom of slaves throughout history. Abolitionists were people who advocated the abolition of slavery in the U.S., especially prior to the Civil War. There were many abolitionists, most in northern states, that would dedicate their life’s work to the abolishment of slavery. African American abolitionists such as Josiah Henson and Denmark Vesey paved a way for many African Americans freedom of the white supremacy.
As you should already know, the 13 Colonies were colonized by Great Britain. This meant the colonists were still British citizens and had to listen to the king’s orders. What government there was in America wasn’t very good. The king appointed a governor for every colony. He was given the power to do whatever he wanted. He could even overrule the assembly of that colony. The British Parliament decided to redo everything in America, mostly because they were in debt and needed money bad.