began as the “New World”, where European settlers arrived to the foreign land carrying their beliefs, religion and philosophy. They called it the new beginning, despite Natives already occupying the land. People from Europe hoped to move into the colonies in the Americas for religious freedom and to better their lives through promises of more land, property, and profitability. However, the settlers’ ignorance of the land and its environment led them to be faced with many trials and tribulations upon
outposts in three distant corners of the continent: the Spanish at Santa Fé, the French in Québec, and the English at Jamestown, Virginia. The settlement in Jamestown was the start of it all for the thirteen colonies, but the colonies began differently in the north, middle, and south. The colonies built the north and south
Colonial America is separated into three groups, New England, Middle Colonies, and the South. New England consisted of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Its colder than the other colonies, and made up of mountains, and rivers. The cold weather had a great effect on how houses in the New England colonies were built. The houses were normally plain rectangle 2 story houses, with a basement. The second story normally jutted out over the first floor, which kept the snow from
New England, the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, and the Chesapeake colonies. The colonists had their similarities such as that they were ruled by England, though their government was the majority self-governed, they were mostly Protestants who did not agree with the Roman Catholic Church, they had the same culture, and there was some religious tolerance. Despite these similarities, they were still quite different. The New England region contained two combined colonies. There was Massachusetts
forcefully at times, the more raw materials they were able to gather. These colonies became the source of goods that other nations were seeking to buy or trade for. This introduced the idea of Mercantilism to the new colonies and the people of Britain themselves. This process of mercantilism was not only helping the colonies, but the people who stayed behind too. There were new jobs due to the growing and flourishing of these colonies. As according to this website online,https://m.landofthebrave.info/colonial-times
After Jamestown, the first colony, thousands of people migrated to the New World to find religious and political freedom. The New World was a huge mystery; people were hungry for adventure. Slowly the New World turned into its own mini-country created by a collection of 13 colonies; although, they were still be governed by the British. These 13 colonies can be categorized into three: Northeast (New England), Middle and Southern colonies. The New England Colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode
The culture of Trinidad is very different from my home culture of Findlay, Ohio. However, I did observe a few similarities including the language. Although you may not be able to tell at first, the native language in Trinidad is english. The people can be hard to understand because they talk really fast with a strong dialect. On the other hand, I could go on and on about the differences of the culture of Trinidad from my own. For instance, the locals are very aggressive drivers who only use
Introduction The New England, Middle and Southern colonies were the part of the New World which used to belong to the British. Although the colonies all had good things, all of the regions had things that didn´t help them grow as a region. Some colonies had rocky soil for example. Having a good climate and a good topography is part of agriculture, having materials to work is part of manufacturing. If no one has the right materials than the most probable thing to happen is that people will not be
The American Colonies: A Life of Diversity For most colonists, new life in America meant exactly that, a new beginning. They weren’t travelling hundreds of miles across the globe to simply experience life in the “New World”. Uprooting a family was the decision that changed the course of many European citizens’ lives. Upon arriving in America, depending on where you settled life would be very different from your mother nation, and different from how other colonies lived; but also, very similar to
The three English colonies were known as: New England, Southern, and the Middle colonies. The colonies developed because economic and political institutions in the colonies were either typically European or distinctively American. Climate, soil conditions, and other natural resources shaped regional economic development in all the colonies. New England colonies made big profits from trade. The Middle Colonies had large cities and excellent harbors along the coasts. The merchants who lived in