Similarities Between The Mid-Atlantic Colonies And New England Colonies

During the 17th century, many different economic, geographic, and social factors shaped the Chesapeake region and New England. After 1700, 7 Years War, and the Great Awakening, the colonies became more similar. However, during the 17th century, the colonies had many differences in their purposes, economy, governments, and ways of life. The difference in development between New England and the Chesapeake region occurred because they were founded for different purposes, they had very different political organizations, and their state of unification was very different.

The thirteen colonies had a major impact on the independence of what is now present day United States of America. Of the three different types of colonies, there were two colonies: (the most northern colonies)New England colonies and the Middle colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The Middle colonies included New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The two separate colonies had both some similarities and some differences.

Being amongst the first thirteen colonies in North America, it would be assumed that there were a vast amount of similarities amongst all of the colonies. Due to every exploring the land, most would think that they would have to rely on the information that they heard from people who had previously colonized the new land. Instead and due to different motives for the land, there ended up being more similarities than differences for many of the colonies. Two of the colonies that show more differences than similarities are Virginia and Massachusetts. In the 17th Century, there were more differences in the demographic statistics and economy than there were similarities amongst the two colonies, but similar to all the eleven colonies in the nation during the time period a similarity shared between the Virginia and Massachusetts was the economical use of slaves.

These factors not only produced differences between the colonies and England, but among the colonies themselves. Brinkley writes that, “Many distinct societies developed in the colonies, but the greatest distinction was between the colonies of the North and those of the South” (81). This resulted in the colonist not only developing their own identity from that of England, but in many ways from each other. The same distinct factors such as population, economics, and society and religion, and political ideas that differed between the colonies and England, were the same factors that differed from each of the colonies. Although, while it is true that the colonist differed from each other they were always more alike than they were with England.

There were similarities and differences in the economy of New england and the Southern colonies. New England colonies had small farms, lumberjacks, and shipbuilders. The colonies were near the Atlantic Ocean to help with their jobs. The coast helped the colonists trade. New England did not have slaves instead they used indentured servants to help with labor. These servants in a passage to the New World and after about 7 years they are given land and freedom. On the other hand, to make money in the South they would sell slaves to make a profit. The slaves did most of the work on their plantations. The slaves would do all of the work so their owners could make the money from the crops they grew. When they were traveling on the ship to be sold the conditions were terrible. The ship was very crowded and many of the slaves got sick. According to “The Slave Flyer” it states that they made sure the slaves didn't have smallpox because they would be able to sell them for more money if they seemed to be in good condition. They didn't care if they were not healthy they just wanted them to look healthy (Doc 8). Many people came to the South only to find gold. They only cared about finding gold so they didn't build houses or get prepared for what might happen to them. They just looked

The New England colonies didn’t rely on land to make money because they had a diverse economy and also tobacco and other cash crops needed a specific climate to be grown in. Although no one became as wealthy as those in the south, they had a very constant economy. They didn’t have to rely on one crop instead they were able to rely on rum, fur trade, fishing, trade, logging and shipbuilding. The next difference is religion. The south had religion but it wasn’t as big of a deal as the New England colonies. This was because the south spent most of the time farming that although they did have church agriculture was more significant. The New England colonies, especially Massachusetts, had a very strict religious system. Failure to follow this system could result in death or banishment. The last difference between them is the labor. In the south they needed a lot of slaves because crops like tobacco required constant attention like making sure it was healthy and also doing a lot of watching over those plants to make sure they were being grown properly. The south was also a slave society in that in order for it to be successful they would need a lot of slaves. On the other hand the New England colonies didn’t need slaves because the crops that they used didn’t need the attention that cash crops needed. Another reason is because they

The Massachusetts Bay colony and Virginia had a sundry amount of differences as well as similarities. Each of these colonies was founded upon different ways of living. Digging deeper, there are many more differences about these colonies than there are similarities. Although both colonies eventually experienced the help of the natives, each colony set separate rules and laws for themselves. Virginia is more geographically spread out and more focused on obtaining gold for personal profit, whereas Massachusetts is more of a united, small farmed colony that focused more on the efforts for religious freedom.

Early life in the Americas consisted of great diversity as well as some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s, the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Geography was a primary influence on the colonial way of life. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies vary

Although the Chesapeake and New England colonies were the earliest English colonies to flourish in the New World, they were both extremely different in the ways that they developed. Similarities between the colonies can be found, but the colonies were mostly different. The colonies differed most in religion, society, culture, economy, and their relationships with the American Indians of the region. The reasons for such differences can be understood by realizing that the colonies were settled by incredibly different people who possessed different cultures, religious beliefs, and motivations for settling in their respective colonies in the first place. The Chesapeake and New England colonies had similarities and differences in their development, including how each colony affected nearby American Indians. Their differences and similarities can be understood by analyzing each colony’s geography, economy, religions, and cultures.

In 1607 a group of English settlers built village in Jamestown, Virginia. King Jaime I of England founded a colony in the first seven months after its arrival. Within these colonies we find the New England colonies and South Carolina colonies. We will analyze and compare the government systems, religious and economic development of both colonies and how they were related.

Slavery is an association of authority and respect where one individual, the plantation owner, owns another individual, the slave. The owner can command the individual to various jobs around the plantation. Slaves were brought from Africa to work in the home, babysit plantation owner 's kids, and the most popular , to work on farms. Women were more common for working in the owner 's homes and watching after the owner 's kids. Where men were more likely to work on farms picking cotton. Slavery was serious and diminishing towards the African American race. Punishment toward slaves included numerous gruesome activities such as being whipped. Slaves had no legal rights. Slaves could not own property, vote, or have control over their family. There was so much expected from slaves to keep the plantation running like it needed too. Without slaves the South would not

Some differences between the colonies are, they came to The New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies because they were businessman and they came to make money off the natural resources. Refugees traveled here to get away from their debt so they wouldn’t have to go to prison. Many religious people went to these colonies to have a free religion and to be able to study their religion freely,

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to find the Indies, but instead he found an undiscovered continent which would soon be called the New World. The New World was full of fresh possibilities, promises of treasures, and religious freedom; it was a place that could be called home. After years of conquest and settling, four regions came about on the East Coast of North America: 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 development of the New England and Chesapeake Colonies differed drastically from social, to political, to geographical and religious aspects. First and foremost, they had different reasons for colonizing The New World in the first place. The settlers of New England wanted to escape religious persecution, while the Chesapeake Colonies essentially sought anything they could bring back to Europe for a profit, such as riches, or a cure for syphilis. Additionally, their respective regions were different and attracted varying groups of people. The colonies of New England included Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Haven, and it primarily attracted devoutly religious families (Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics).

Virginia and Massachusetts Bay were slave owning colonies; however, their practices were very different. The roots of these differences were the reasons that Europeans left their home countries to travel to the New World. Due to their strong patriarchalist social order, Virginia leans towards a more economical society. On the other hand, Massachusetts Bay was influenced by a large group of Puritans and a relatively small group of egalitarians; hence it was more of a religious society. These distinctions based on their lifestyle resulted in very different kinds of life experiences for the slaves in these two colonies.