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    English settlement were the New England Colonies, and the Chesapeake Bay colonies, both of which developed differently, owing to the different terrain, climate, resources, demographics and intents. While the earlier Chesapeake colonies were started with the intent of spreading Christianity, they soon turned into commercial enterprises, maximizing profits through cash crops like tobacco. On the other hand, the Northern colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, etc. were

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    government of England, or start a new life with their family. Specific reasons for leaving England had its respective colonies to travel to. For this reason, the northern New England colonies and the southern colonies like Virginia and Maryland in the Chesapeake bay area started to establish ways of life that began to develop very different lifestyles. The reasoning behind the foundation of each colony is what created such a substantial amount of difference between two areas of English settlement. Following

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    The Comparison of Chesapeake Bay and New England Colonies Sonia Mendez El Paso Community College Professor: Robert Moyer History 1301 September 26, 2017 The Comparison of Chesapeake Bay and New England Colonies This essay is written mainly about the Chesapeake Bay colony and how it is that they were established. Comparison of Chesapeake Bay colony and New England. The comparison is between the purpose of settlement and climate. I will analyze each colony with details based on purpose of settlement

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    INTRODUCTION The Chesapeake Bay is the most massive estuary in the United States of America. Spanning lengths over 300,000 meters, this it is a watershed that extends over six states, the District of Columbia, and meets the needs of over 15 million individuals. With its high rate of productivity, its economic and social importance to the surrounding areas, and its close proximity to the U.S. capital, the Chesapeake has the recipient of significant attention for quite some time(Boesch, Donald). One

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    the most challenging classes available and absorbing all that I can. After taking AP Environmental Science I realized just how perilous our environmental situation is, and my two year long research project on the effects of climate change on the Chesapeake Bay only reinforced those concerns. I know

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    World settled the New England and Chesapeake Bay colonies. These emigrants were driven by a variety of motives, ranging from economic liberation to religious freedom. The New World was seen as a hotspot for disease and brutality, but also a catalyst to creating a new life, whether one of piety or one of riches (document 10). As the century progressed, the colonies of New England and Chesapeake Bay followed divergent paths. The diversion of New England and Chesapeake colonies occurred due to differences

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    Columbus’s “discovery” of the Americas and the Great Migration, that the population of North America began to stabilize and grow to form the two distinct regions. These two distinct regions eventually became known as the New England colonies and the Chesapeake Bay colonies. Some of the differences between the two regions included motivation of colonists, immigration patterns, and settlement patterns. Those who moved to the new world had one of two motivations: the hope of free worship or to gain profit

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    and the Chesapeake Bay region had evolved into two different sectors due to clashing roles politically, economically, and socially due to the fact that one found bliss in wealth and gold and the other glorified god in all aspects of their lives. The Chesapeake Bay province embodied a legislative assembly while the New England colonies were founded based on religion and were more democratic. Land in New England was deficient and had manufactured goods unlike the south of them, the Chesapeake had proficient

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    explorer of the Chesapeake region, who wrote a piece about the abundance of resources and wealth of the region in a propaganda piece, A Description of New England, in 1616. However, the “New England” region that is known today is nowhere near a literal new England. Due to differences in religious beliefs, climate and geography, and economies, the New England colonies were vastly different from their Crown and home. However, a few hundred miles south, the colonies around the Chesapeake were strikingly

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    Distinct societies developed in New England and the Chesapeake bay by 1700 due to the fact that they had different motives . From a social perspective, New England’s intent was to explore and discover new lands where they could in search of religious freedom, while the Chesapeake society explored their new lands in a quest for material wealth. Economically, New England aimed to profit from nature, by lumbering, fishing, and trading, yet the Chesapeake society wanted on to make their fortune through

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