Bay colonies

New England 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

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

of years, usually between four and seven, in exchange for transportation to the colonies. The Chesapeake Bay colonies, Virginia and Maryland, where especially condition to use indentured servants. During this essay I will explain why the Chesapeake Bay colonies were in such need of the servants and why eventually they turned to slavery to fill the void left by the indentured servants. In the Chesapeake Bay colonies the English colonist found that tobacco grew very well in the warm environment, but

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the thirteen colonies of North America found on 1630. John Winthrop, founder of the colony, brought along the Puritans on the Arabella to settle in the New World. The Puritans strived to establish a religious society in which they can practice and express their beliefs and ethics freely. One in which was required to be strictly followed throughout the entire community. The belief of god was very important to the Puritans. They believed that the Anglican Church

seeking religious freedom and economic gains, immigrants from different nations fled to the New World to seize the upcoming opportunities of a new life. Once a profuse amount of settlers had arrived and with adequate time, leaders within various colonies created several documents and early attempts of autonomous government, such as the Virginia House of Burgesses (1619), the Mayflower Compact (1620), and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639). Also, two large events; the Enlightenment, a philosophical

One of the main reasons English citizens moved to America was the prospect of freedom from from religious persecution. Many colonies were founded solely to be a safe haven for religious minorities. For instance, Massachusetts was founded by a segment of extreme Puritans called, in hopes of practice their religion without being harassed. The Separatists believed the Church of England maintained too many similarities with the Catholic Church, and it was their job, as saints, to purify it. Their religious

Commonwealth or a church government. Fur trading, fishing, and shipbuilding allowed the Puritans’ Massachusetts Bay Colony to prosper economically. Additionally, the importance of church and family was evident in close-knit Puritan communities. The migration of Puritans to the New World laid the foundation for the political, economic, and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s. The Puritans designed a theocracy with their government enforcing God’s laws. The

and knew this was their opportunity to further the nation by expanding through colonization. Mainly the settlers came to the New World for gold which lead to the first settlement in Jamestown in 1607. About a decade later, they founded the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts. The development of Massachusetts and Virginia prior to 1700s were different because Virginia was founded for economic reasons and Massachusetts was founded for religious reasons yet they are similar because they wanted improve their

Massachusetts Bay Colony an engrained eschatological belief of millennialism that was only further strengthened as they faced increasing religious persecution while in the Colony. Yet just a few years after the persecution, and cases of martyrdom, the Quakers began to shift their dogmatic principles from those emphasizing the impending end times, to messages of pacifism and peace. The wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid-seventeenth century and religious intolerance of the Massachusetts Bay Colony served

be able to find work in the colony in Virginia and create and export rare commodities back to England. In 1585, Sir Walter Ralegh sent around one hundred colonists to Roanoke in North Carolina. Commanded by Ralph Lane expecting to be fed by the Indians as the colonists became ever more demanding and