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    The New England, and the Chesapeake region were settled by englishmen of the same ethnicity, by the 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. The different characteristic among the colonies developed due to religion, economy, and motives for colonial expansion. The Chesapeake colonies was Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jerseys, and Maryland. Jamestown, was the first colonie in the Chesapeake, When they first settled their first thought was to find gold as stated in Document 6 until

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    The similarities between the Middle colonies and the New England colonies were that they both had settled to escape religious persecution, they both practiced democracy and the relied on trade, farming and shipbuilding. The differences between the Middle colonies and the New England colonies were that they had different social structures, different tolerations, different governments, and were settled by different people. Both the New England and the Middle Colonies were settled for religious freedom

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    Differences between the New England and the Middle colonies In the early 17th century, colonies were being established by outside settlers from European countries. The Middle colonies consisted of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Each colony had their differences when it came to religious beliefs and the economy. The Middle colonies had a higher tolerance for religious beliefs. There

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    New England Colonies were made up of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The Middle Colonies consisted of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Both regions have a rich history, often overlapping, yet diverging at many points in history before uniting in the American Revolutionary War. Both the New England and Middle Colony regions have a strong European history, complete with conflict known to their originating countries. The Middle Colonies of New York and

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    the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. In 1607, the three ships brought 104 English men and boys to North America to start the Jamestown Colony. The following years, many of the settlers died. There are many reasons why the settlers died in Jamestown, but there were three major causes. Many settlers died in the early Jamestown Colony from disease, Indian attacks, and drought. Winters were harsh and summer sickness spread. Indians attacked because of the English’s careless attacks. Drought

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    Three major colonies set up by England were Jamestown, New England and Maryland. Although they had a few similarities, each colony had different goals and different ways in which they were set up in order to reach those goals. Jamestown was a major England colony. It was also a Royal Colony which meant that they were directly controlled by the English monarch. Their main goals were God, gold and glory. They wanted to spread the Protestant faith, stop the expansion of Spain, discover gold or some

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    it is separated into states, but back then the states were part of colonies. Some of the main colonies were the Chesapeake colonies which consisted of Virginia and Maryland, the middle colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, and lastly, the New England colonies which were Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. In the colonial regions of New England, Chesapeake and the middle colonies they all share similarities and differences, most predominantly shown

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    New England colonies and the Southern colonies seemed as though they might be the same. They both started out with the majority of people being from England, they were both in the New World, and they were both ruled by England but, as time went on this theory was proven wrong. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies had many common characteristics but these two regions were very different geographically, politically, and socially. Geographically the New England colonies were the states

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    New England and Chesapeake were two English colonies founded in the New World. These colonies started in different ways and continued to function very differently. In the 1700s, New England and Chesapeake colonies developed in very different ways; this development was a direct reflection of the families, governments, and religion found in the colonies. The settlers of New England and Chesapeake came from England; however these people differed in many ways. New England brought over families

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    After the formation of New England, the Northern and Middle colonies, England retained control over them. As such England controlled development, religion and the government, just to mention a few. However, as the colonies developed, they began to covet their individual independence, and this was seen as a threat by English rulers. The most significant change that these American colonies had to confront was to create a society that was unique and different from that in England. Upon this background

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