New England town

Lockridge, A New England Town: The First Hundred Years (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1970) Many historical texts about the American Revolution and the events leading up to it are generalized, unspecific and do not investigate the preliminary causes of the changes America underwent before the Revolution. However, A New England Town by Professor Kenneth Lockridge attempts to describe how the colonies in America developed by following the progress of a typical Puritan colonial town, Dedham

England began colonizing America in the 1600s, when religious and political dissenters of the changes imposed by the Stuart monarchy launched one of the largest migrations in written history – The Great Migration – in search of a new life free from persecution and open to numerous employment opportunities. Each emigrant brought with him/her a blueprint in his mind of recreating the culture he left behind, yet, by 1700, the regions of New England and the Chesapeake region had evolved into two distinct

New Towns and UDC's a) New Towns: Positives? • They bring employment to the area with new businesses. • They disperse the populations of large cities. • Good rail and road links close by to access the larger cities for commuters. • Higher employment rates in a lot of new towns due to industries setting up nearby. • Good public transport around the town. • Lots of green space in and around the town. • Generally lots of affordable housing. • There is a country feel whilst still being in a larger town

Jeremiah R. Blocker Final Term Paper December 3, 2013 Seaside: The Development of a Charming American Town There is a movement among architects, city planners, designers and real estate developers that desire to return to a simpler way of living. A way of designing communities that at its essence captures the design traditions of years past while also avoiding some of the pitfalls of modern city development. A desire exists to avoid the prefabricated homes and endless urban sprawl of strip malls

and good doings. Socially, the Puritans left a lasting influence on both religion and education. The Puritan ideals and values therefore strongly influenced New England’s political, economic, and social development between 1630 and 1660. Multiple Puritan ideals and values had significant impacts on the political development of the New England colonies. The idea of a representative government originated from Puritan ideals; They believed that governmental power should be centered around the people

New England is a region located in the northeast corner of the United States, which was made up of six different U.S. states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. New England’s economy relied a lot on the ocean. Fishing (especially codfish) was most significant to the New England economy, but whaling, trapping, shipbuilding, and logging were important too. There was also very few slaves in New England, because most households relied on the labor of their own

The New England and Southern colonial regions have many similarities and differences in their geography. The New England colonial region has mountains formed by glaciers during the Ice Age. This caused the soil to very rocky and difficult for farming. On the other hand, the Southern region had plains and rich, fertile soil. This allowed the South to create large plantations (doc 6). Even though they had differences, they similarly had a long Atlantic coastline. As a reso create large plantation

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

During colonial times, European nations quickly colonized the New World years after Columbus’ so called discovery. England in particular sent out a number of groups to the east coast of the New World to two regions. These areas were the New England and the Chesapeake regions. Later in the late 1700s, these two regions would go though many conflicts to come together as one nation. Yet, way before that would occur; these two areas developed into two distinct societies. These differences affected the

The New England colonies developed quickly and rapidly through the early 1600s. The colonies’ development was largely influenced by the Puritans, who had helped found most of the colonies in the region after emigrating from GB. The philosophies, ideas, and values of the Puritans greatly shaped the development of the colonies in a number of distinct ways. Politically, the idea of a united, representative government that later became a staple of the US was derived from Puritan ideals. Economically