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    this force took the form of God. Around this same time was when the Chesapeake and New England colonies were in the process of being founded. As a result, these two settlements did nothing without referencing their actions to God. Due to this heavy focus on God as the reason behind every aspect of their lives, chaos began to sprout soon after the settlers began settling and started living their new lives in the colonies. Since the colonist believed that God dictated their entire lives; they never felt

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    Throughout the New World many British colonies were established for various reasons. A few of those reasons being for religious freedom, farming, and gold. The way that certain colonies would succeed and develop depended on geographical factors. Eventually some colonies would flourish through farming, seaport trade, or industry. In the New England colonies such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, their economy succeeded through shipbuilding and trading. The soil up north

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    New England Looking for a new place to settle in come to the New England colonies which are Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. In the New England colonies religion is the way of life and being a Puritan is too. The New England colonies offer mountains with thick trees, rivers, rocky soil, and coastal ports on the Atlantic Ocean. We have a climate of cold temperature and long winters. This may sound bad, but this climate helps with preventing the spread of diseases. Our

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    two main reasons for the settling of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies were to obtain religious freedom and have a better lifestyle. In Massachusetts, which was part of the New England colonies, the majority of settlers were Puritans who were religious dissenters from England that wanted to gain religious freedom in the New World as well as live a better lifestyle through finding jobs and obtaining natural resources. In the New England colonies, there were many natural resources such as

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    The start-up of the New England colonies were religious, as they were making a pilgrimage from England as the only acceptable religion in England at the time was Anglicanism and most of these settlers were English puritans. Even though they left England for religious reasons, most of the New England settlers would only allow religions closest to their own, in order to settle with them. There weren’t any specific groups yet, knowing the fact that most people in New England were poor until the 1700’s

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    Northern Colonies, 1619–1700 Focus Questions 1. What religious turmoil in the Old World resulted in the little colony of Plymouth in the New World? 2. Why was the initial and subsequent colonization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony more successful than Plymouth? 3. How did the colony of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony contribute to the origins of American independence and government? What were the contributions to American independence and government from the New England Confederation

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    British colonies had three divisions which are New England, Middle, and the Southern. Each of these geographic regions had some developments which were unique and different from other sectors. Some of the stark differences were because of geopolitical, religious, economic, and social factors. Although all regions were marked by tremendous growth, they experienced differences in their management style and trading pact. The New England Colonies included the colonies of Connecticut, Colony of Rhode

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    In the early stages of developing America into a new political power, there were multiple colonies being built across the east coast by inhabitants from Europe. Among these colonies was the Virginian colony in the Chesapeake and the Puritan colony in Massachusetts. While both colonies share some similarities within their societies, they developed differently due to the type of people who traveled there, the religious and economic ideals, and the settlers reasoning for traveling to the American country

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    across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World and there were many reasons for the settlement in the New World. The primary motivations for the settling of the New England colonies and the Mid Atlantic colonies were similar while the colonies in the South had different motivations for doing things. The New England colonies included New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the New England Colonies searched for religious freedom and new economic routes and also for the natural

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    As England became increasingly unbearable to a variety of faiths, people such as the Puritans began to look to the New World as a haven. Eventually multitudes of Puritans flooded the east coast, mainly inhabiting the New England colonies. Though many factors contributed to characteristics that defined the New England colonies, Puritan values caused the colonies to grow and expand throughout the 1600’s. Their belief in a driven and productive lifestyle gave New England surprising economical success

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