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    New England: A Matter of Perspective      John Smith's A Description of New England and William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation both present a picture of the same pre-colonial land of New England. Mr. Smith's writing, out of necessity, painted a rosy picture of the new land, while Bradford's historical account shows early New England was not Heaven on Earth. Mr. Bradford and Mr. Smith are writing about one land, but they present two different accounts of the life in the

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    countries such as, England, Scotland, Ireland, Russia, Spain, and France. The environment created many challenges for early settlers looking to start a new life in the ever expanding new world. As more immigrants settled in the colonies, they were becoming more and more like the country they had fled, but at the same time they were becoming different form one another, which resulted in two different social groups separated by a region, New England and Chesapeake. New England states included, Plymouth

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    Autumn in New England means foliage, fairs, and delicious, crispy, local apples. Whether you crave the sweet crunch of a Honey Crisp apple, the juicy sweet flavor and vivid red color of a local favorite, the Macintoch apple, or love the Cortland apple, ideal for an apple pie or apple crisp, apples are a fall favorite. Autumn in New Hampshire means foliage, fairs, and yes, picking your own apples at one of the state's many orchards. At a lot of farms, "pick-your-own" or "PYO" is much more than an

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    Leading up to the preseason, the main story for the New England Patriots is how would Jimmy Garoppolo do in the preseason to get ready for the first 4 games of the season starting at quarterback. In the first quarter, Garoppolo did not look that great, missing receivers and not completing a lot of his passes. During his last drive of the first quarter, he looked well throwing the ball to Marcellus Bennett but it did not make a difference since the team did not score on that drive.  In the second

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    settled by men women, and children by the 1700’s both the new england colony and the chesapeake bay developed into two very distinct societies. The differences in the economy, society and politically in the New England and chesapeake regions caused many great differences in the development of each region. When the region started developing New england had men sought refuge from religion. Even though this happened the people from new england still tried to share their beliefs in religion. Shown by

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    city to fall into the extremes of poverty and wealth. The New England community was so strong and so supportive in comparison to that of the Chesapeake Bay, that it is no wonder they developed into two distinctly different cultures before the year 1700. The Chesapeake region developed into a land of plantations and money-driven owners, with the elite wealthy, almost no middle class, and those in poverty creating the population. New England, on the other hand, had developed into a religion and family

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    Facing the New World Entering a new territory filled with countless opportunities and possibilities came with prices to pay and times of hardships for the pioneers from England. They quickly came to realize that the grass was not always greener on the other side. They settled in different areas along the east coast, such as New England, which included New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The other settlers came ashore just south of New England called the Chesapeake region

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    The South, Middle, and New England are all amazing colonies with great customs and ways to live their live. They all have their own special way of doing things. There are many similarities but there is also a lot of differences. Each of these colonies are unique because of how they run their colonies. In the the New England and Middle colonies they have ship and boat building. They also had advanced schooling just for the boys. They had bg town meetings so people could freely

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    The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. These colonies were settled by Puritans in the 1600s. The tension between Puritans and the Church of England caused England to divide, and the Puritans decided to go to the New World. They left their native lands to go to a place where they could practice their religion without getting in trouble (OER Textbook “Settling New England”). The Middle colonies were New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware

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    European colonists traveled to colonial New England for a variety of reasons, they embraced Christianity as the primary purpose for their journeys. Furthermore, religion had a profound effect on everyday society and political hierarchies. From enforced morality to Indian conflicts, religion tended to destabilize numerous colonies and even led to unjustifiable atrocities like the Salem Witch Trials. Nevertheless, without a religious influence, the timeline of New World progression and territory would

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