...Christina Claxton HIST-B1 Essay 1 The Northern and Southern Differences The Northern and Southern Colonies of North America were politically, economically, and culturally very different from one another. The origin of these differences grew from the differences in religion, economics, and social structures between the Southern and Northern Colonies. Slavery, manufacturing, education, and agriculture influenced the everyday way of life for the colonists. Agriculture and environment were factors in the way each culture grew. The fertile land of the south along with a warmer climate made it possible for the colonists to grow cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo. However, this was not the case with the northern colonies. The poor soiled, rocky and, mountain area and long winters made it hard for the colonists to raise enough food to feed there families. This made it necessary for the northern colonists to look their natural resources as a way to make a living. These natural resources included fish, whales, trees, and furs. The southern colonists did not have to develop all their natural resources because the farmland proved to be very reliable and profitable for them. Trade and manufacturing were ways that the colonist got the English goods they needed. It was also a way that they earned money by selling the products that they had grown, made or acquired. Since farming was not as important in the northern colonies as it was in the southern ones, a greater focus was placed...
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...Revolution. As the Revolution ended, Americans felt overjoyed and united. They managed to overlook some of the differences between them that would eventually lead to an intense conflict in the years to come. Social, economical, and political differences between the two regions would eventually become so intense that they would cause one of the bloodiest battles of all time--- the Civil War. Differences began as early as the years of the colonial period. To begin, the Northern and Southern colonies developed vastly different economies. The Chesapeake colonies' most important staple crop became tobacco. Tobacco affected nearly every aspect of their lives. The colonies were able to collect many duties on tobacco. Harvesting tobacco called for a great deal of work. However, the colonists were unprepared for this work. They were lazy and greedy. Whenever possible, planters in Virginia and the Southern colonies purchased able-bodied workers who were capable of getting the job done. In all of the Southern colonies, white planters forced African slaves to produce staple crops for the world market. In Virginia and Georgia, colonists were granted land for each additional servant they transported to their colony. Along with tobacco, wood, naval stores, and rice were also strong factors in the economic success of Southern colonies such as Georgia and the Carolinas. In contrast to the...
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...gain power. In the 1600s, colonies were being set up by England to fulfill mercantilism, the belief that a nation can become rich and powerful by either getting gold and silver or selling more goods than it buys. English immigrants came to the Americas for many different reasons. Their common belief was hope in the new world to have a better life. The north and south colonies were settled largely by English origin settlers where two distinct societies developed. The English settlements had varied reasons for coming to the Americas which led to the different developments in their societies such...
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...Justin Baker R. Brogan US History 1865 Midterm Essay #1: Question #1: Northern, Middle, and Southern Colonies Compare and Contrast America has always been a land of diversity but also a land of unity. This statement also applied to the first English settlements that were established here in North America. In the beginning years of America, the colonies could be divided into three regional areas: New England colonies, middle colonies and the southern colonies. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island comprised the northern colonies; New York, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania made up the middle colonies; and Virginia, Maryland, Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia composed the southern colonies. These three colonial areas had both similarities and differences that will be analyzed in respects to their economic base, political structures, and attitudes toward slavery established in these three regional areas throughout this essay. Although many different types of Europeans founded the colonies throughout the eastern seaboard they were some similarities as to how they were established and how they made their economic bases. Throughout the Norton text I’ve noticed that all of the colonies were established through some sort of business enterprise, whether it was through the Massachusetts Bay Company, or the Virginia Company, or even a lone entrepreneur, looking to make a fortune for them. These businesses were all expected to turn a profit, some of them...
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...America, the colonies could be divided into three regional areas: New England colonies, middle colonies and the southern colonies. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island comprised the northern colonies; New York, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania made up the middle colonies; and Virginia, Maryland, Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia composed the southern colonies. These three colonial areas had both similarities and differences that will be analyzed in respects to their economic base, political structures, and attitudes toward slavery established in these three regional areas throughout this essay. Although many different types of Europeans founded the colonies throughout the eastern seaboard they were some similarities as to how they were established and how they made their economic bases. Throughout the Norton text I’ve noticed that all of the colonies were established through some sort of business enterprise, whether it was through the Massachusetts Bay Company, or the Virginia Company, or even a lone entrepreneur, looking to make a fortune for them. These businesses were all expected to turn a profit, some of them did and some of them didn’t. However all of the hard work that was done and all of the profit made usually went back to owners of these companies like the Massachusetts Bay Company and the Virginia Company or the profits went to the King of England or to the individual entrepreneur. Another benefactor in having the colonies established...
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...The Iroquois Confederacy was formed by the Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, and Cayuga tribes between 1570-1600. According to Iroquois legends, Hiawatha, the Mohawk chief, along with Deganawida, a Huron, convinced the chiefs of other tribes to make peace. The only way to keep peace between the different nations was to make them become one nation and give them similar goals. Those goals included improving trade relations, capturing land, become more resilient to invasions from other nations and tribes, and share their agricultural advances with each other. As far as being successful at achieving those goals, they were able to achieve them all. For example, they improved their trade relations when they became heavily involved with trade...
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...geography greatly influenced the economic development and overall success of the colonies that began to form. The Atlantic Ocean connected the colonial world to the old world, which helped colonists obtain goods like tea, steel, and manufactured products. When England creates its first permanent colonies in North America, an essential difference arose between the southern colonies, whose economy was dedicated to production of staple crops, and the more diverse economies of the northern colonies. Throughout the 1600s and 1700s, the New England colonies and the southern colonies in America were significantly impacted by their environment and surrounding natural resources, which is a primary factor of growth for lifestyle and production. The England colonies up in the north had a colder climate than the other two regions of America and greatly benefited because the weather prevented the spread of life threatening diseases. This climate had some drawbacks however. A negative aspect was that there were many harsh winters, which was horrible to early settlements and killed a lot of people. This cold climate also didn’t allow many cash crops to be grown. Many Puritans lived in Plymouth in 1620. They wanted religious freedom from England, did not tolerate other religions, and went to set up their first settlement. Their first years were terrible with lots of starvation and diseases killed many people. The infant colony grew slowly and soon produced corn and fur from nearby trade. The natural...
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...The Southern Colonies made up of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The first permanent settlement in North America was Jamestown, Virginia Southern Colonies in North America were established by England (later Great Britain), during the 17th and 18th centuries and consisted of the Province of Maryland, the Colony of Virginia, the Province of North Carolina, the Province of South Carolina, and the Province of Georgia. The English started the Southern Colonies. The Southern Colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Jamestown, Virginia was the first successful Southern Colony in America. The surrounding area was full of disease-carrying mosquitoes and the people who came...
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...Northern and southern Carolina are very different. In the Low Country they have big plantations, and in the Up Country there are small subsistence farms. In the Up Country they grew corn, beans, sweet potatoes, squash, and pumpkins. In the Low Country they mainly grew rice. In the Low Country they had a lot of Indian slaves that knew how to grow the rice, work on the plantations. In the Up Country they didn’t have as many slaves because they didn’t have big farms. They had different ports, in the Low country they had ports because they were close to the coast and needed to ship rice to the English. In the northern part they didn’t need ports because they didn’t have a cash crop until much later. The education level for the two colonies was much different. The Low Country were much more...
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...Back in the 1700s enslaved Africans were the backbone of manual labor. Although slavery was used throughout all the colonies, there were indeed notable differences between the way slavery worked in each region of the colonies. The amount of slaves in each colony, the labors they did, and the disciplinary systems were seemingly different between the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. If you were to look at the number of how many slaves were owned in each of the colonies you would see the huge differences in percentages of slaves in each colony. According to the first U.S. census in 1790 the population of the New England colonies was around 827,222 with 3,763 being African slaves so .45% of the population were slaves. In the Middle colonies...
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...10/22/15 Period 4 Jamestown and Plymouth: Differences After the 1400’s two men by the names of John Smith, leader of the Jamestown settlement, and William Bradford, the Governor of the Plymouth, decided to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a ship in search of the "New World.” The Puritans and Jamestown settlers left England in search of a new way of life. While the individuals in both settlements were English, they were different in many important ways. They both had different climate conditions, religious preferences, and had different relationships with the Indians. To fully appreciate our Pilgrim heritage, it is important to understand the differences between Plymouth and Jamestown. One important point that suggests the differences between Jamestown and Plymouth would be the climate. In the introduction to the Byrd journal account, the reader learns that “The Southern climate was kinder” (52).Jamestown was located around a swampy area along the James River where there was a warmer climate and the soil was fertile; however, Plymouth Colony was founded off the Massachusetts coast, with a cold climate and rocky soil. According to the article, “The Southern Planters” the Southerners had a softer and warmer weather, the land was enormously fertile; however, the Northern climate was harsh” (52). Springs and summers were brief and winters were long and colder in the North. As stated in “The Southern Planters”, the land in New England was hard; it's outcroppings and bedrock broke plows and ...
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...The introduction The Chesapeake and New England Colonies: A Comparison Beginning in the 1600s, England colonized the newly discovered Americas. numerous groups came settled in two regions, the Chesapeake and New England. From the beginning, both had very separate motivation and unique identities. These motivations affected the colonies in every way, including economically, socially, and politically. The Chesapeake and New England attracted different types of settlers and, by 1700, the populations differed enormously. Clearly the Chesapeake and the New England regions did differ in numerous ways. These differences included population, religion, and economy. But also the differences were on a wide-scale range involving almost every aspect of the society, they all sprouted from one initial difference between the two: the very reason the colonists came. Life in colonial America was difficult for all, but more so for some than others. While some colonists struggled to scrape by, some managed to live well and be happy. It is very apparent that health, family, and growth helped New England to be more prosperous and a more enjoyable place to live than in its southern neighbor, Chesapeake Bay. History has proven that these factors have a major effect on the quality of life for people, and this instance is no exception. New England New England was north of the Chesapeake, and included Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Haven. In Puritan...
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...The colonies in the eighteenth century had a massive increase in population. As some of this is due to natural increase, there was still immigration from all across Europe, mostly as indentured servants, and the importation of slavery from Africa. Since the colonies were becoming so diverse, there were many tensions that came about. Some of these tensions caused a significant event in history known as the Salem witch trials. One of the most important tensions that arose is the difference of inequality between the rich and the poor. As indentured servants were released after their obligation, they were left with no money and had to fully fend for themselves. There were also many different religions as immigration extended beyond England to other European countries. Each religion found theirs to be the true religion and therefore many people had many different beliefs and arguments. Since there was becoming a greater distance between the rich and the poorer, the two groups had a hard time agreeing upon certain things. The wealthier residents were considered to be more privileged and therefore things went more their way. This lead the poorer residents of Salem to at times, to lash out towards the richer, or their servants, with what was...
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...rebellions. At the time of the America’s beginning, there were about half a million slaves in the United States, mostly in the southern states, where they made up about forty percent of the population. Slavery is a system which people are treated as property to be bought and to be sold. Slaves were held against their will from the time of capture, time of purchase or sale, or at birth, and most of them were forced to work without having any right to refuse work or the right to demand compensation. Most slaves worked long hours, they weren’t properly fed by some, didn’t get enough rest, and weren’t treated fairly as a human being. At a young age, Thomas Jefferson took the honorable but challenging task of drafting the Declaration of Independence. This was around the time when the American colonies had conflicts with their British colonies. The Declaration of Independence states some of the grievances that the American colonies had against the British. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”(Declaration of Independence), the second sentence of the Declaration, was the most important statement that was argued before, during, and after the Declaration. The contradiction between the claim that “all men are created equal”(Declaration) and the existence of slavery attracted many opposing arguments about...
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...The Societal Differences Between the Chesapeake and New England Colonies After the voyages of Columbus in 1492, the western world began to establish colonies in North and South America primarily for economic, political, and religious gain. This transitioned to three major powers dominating North America, the Spanish, the French, and the English. This threshold on power was solidified by the English after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Due the English’s new found power and confidence, many more English colonies started to develop such as the New England and Chesapeake colonies. The two regional colonies, were vastly different economically, socially, and politically even though they had the same county of origin. Their sharp contrasts...
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