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    findings of new created much curiosity in Europe to explore and conquer new lands in order to expand their empire. In the early 1600’s a surge of motivation to explore and settle new colonies came over England. The Result of this was the New England and Chesapeake colonies, who were both settled by immigrants from England. Many people decided they needed to escape England due to religious persecution and poverty. Hundreds of families, men, women, and their children, came in search of a New World where

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    century, two colonies emerged from England in the New World. The two colonies were called the Chesapeake and New England colonies. Even though the two areas were formed and governed by the English, the colonies had similarities as well as differences. Differences in geography, religion, politics, economic, and nationalities, were responsible for molding the colonies. These differences came from one major factor: the very reason the English settlers came to the New World. 
The Chesapeake colonies were

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    America was seen as a new beginning for all emigrants. Different societies migrated for very different reasons. Freedom of religion and the potential to own land are simply two of many reasons for emigration. In 1620, a ship named the Mayflower, landed in what will be known as the New England Colonies. The passengers were Puritans who came to develop a society with one religion and no restrictions on beliefs. Decades earlier, the Virginia Company sponsored the development of the first American settlement

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    Although the New England and Chesapeake colonies were settled by people of English origin, by 1700 they were two distinct societies. What accounts for these differences? Basically, the motives, the geography and the values of the people in the colonies were combined to form two very separate societies in Massachusetts and Virginia. Of course both societies contain settlers from Britain. However, the motives and the values in each society were drastically different from each other. Most people who

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    The New England and Spanish Colonies In a time when numerous countries were beginning to explore the new and exciting land of North America during the Age of Exploration, and groups of people from England and Spain were fleeing their home countries either for religious freedom or wealth, vast and civilized colonies began to form all throughout the New World. It is in this context that the colonies founded by the English and the Spanish began to develop and grow. There was a significant difference

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    the Spanish and the English started to colonize the New World with the Spaniards coming over first in 1492 after being approved by the Roman Catholic Church. The Spaniards started their colonization in present day Mexico, while the English colony of Massachusetts in 1630 by Puritans fleeing England due to persecution. It is in this context that there were two similarities and a difference from both European countries. The Spanish and New England colonies from 1492 to 1700 were significantly similar

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    New England in the Seventeenth Century All colonies developed in different ways New England colonies settled by Puritans Puritans believed God ordained the family and viewed family as essential to colony Reproduced English customs and traditions mainly because of family structure Key to growth - Huge population growth caused by long life expectancy good health - more than high fertility Longevity resulted in invention of grandparents multigenerational families strengthened social stability

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    the same country: England. By means of explanation, this paper will include four paragraphs cataloging the similarities and differences of the colonies to compare them to each other. For an example of a similarity between the New England and Middle colonies, one could look to the fact that many in both of the categories were created for religious freedom that they were not receiving in the home country. That is only the first fact of many. Starting in the north with the New England colonies, they

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    Chesapeake and New England occurred because one focused their views based around religion and the worshipping of God while the other region based their economy and region on working,farming,and ways to gain money. This development came about because of the different settlers that came from Europe and their purposes behind moving from Europe to the Americas and how people raised their children and came up with similar views . A piece of evidence from document A that shows New England was focused more

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    ships from England. Along with much needed supplies for the fort, these three ships also carried a new leader for the colony, Thomas West who later became known as Lord Delaware. Governor West brought a new way of thinking with him and a strong determination that the colony must not be abandoned but that Jamestown represented a future for English expansion. Despite Governor West’s arrival, some people still sailed back to England. One of these people, John Rolfe, brought with him a new strain of

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