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Why were family patterns in the Chesapeake colonies than in New England?
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Why were the Southern Colonies all in the same region?
Why were the Southern Colonies all in the same region? Well, here's why: There were environmental differences, religious differences, family cultural differences, and governmental differences that distinguished the Southern Colonies, and helped them stand out from all of the other colony regions. "One of the major differences between the colonies of the Chesapeake Bay region and the New England colonies is in their view on religion. The very reason that the Pilgrims journeyed to this new land was to escape religious persecution and set up a haven for people of their faith. In contrast the colonies of the Chesapeake Bay region where established by people who where looking for fame and fortune rather than spiritual enlightenment. This fundamental difference is one of the major reasons that these colonies developed so differently. People in the New England colonies generally knew their neighbors because they worked and prayed with them. In a Chesapeake region so dependent on the cash crop of tobacco, plantations served to separate the people and slow the process of socialization. Although church attendance was required in both the New England colonies and some of the Chesapeake Bay colonies it was enforced for much different reasons. The New England colonists where very concerned with education and spirituality while generally those colonists in the Chesapeake Bay colony where forced to attend church only as a tool to suppress crime among the youth. As a result religion developed quite different in both the New England colonies and the Chesapeake Bay colonies, they would have a dramatic affect on the shaping of the culture of each region. Although all of the colonies where under the control of the English King governmental systems where still required to maintain some control over the people. The forms of government used by those people in the Chesapeake Bay region and those in the New England colonies where quite different. In the Chesapeake colonies government was still practiced much as it had been in Europe for centuries. This is because of the importance of land to an economy so dependent on the cash crop. The men that held all of the land therefore would have most of the political power. This was not the case in the New England colonies; many people owned land and the ideals of the founders of these colonies shown through in how they regulated themselves. The Pilgrims in fact introduced a form of democracy to the New World as soon as they set foot off of the Mayflower. They did this in the form of the "Mayflower compact" which set the precedent for democratic government in the New World by binding all to conform to the majority. So also in their form of government we see a vast difference, the Chesapeake colonies where controlled mostly by wealthy landowners while the New England colonies regularly held town meetings. In addition these governments had different goals the Chesapeake governments where established to collect taxes and make sure that the wealthy stayed wealthy. The governments in New England in general where started for the good of the people and worked toward a common goal. No where can we find the characteristics of a culture more fully on display than in the family. The Chesapeake colonies suffered in this from the beginning as there where very few women or children with them to begin with. The absence of families did not help those people in the Chesapeake region establish very strong traditions regarding family. As in government the family practices in the Chesapeake region followed the original European pattern. The New England colonies had strong family traditions from the moment that they stepped off of their ship. This tradition only strengthened as they adapted to life in the New World. As in all things the New England colonists where influenced greatly in their family conduct by their religion. While values and traditions where quite different between the colonies of Chesapeake Bay and New England, there marked differences do not stop there. The cold hard facts of economics played very much into the development of each set of colonies into what they would become by the revolutionary war. The Chesapeake Bay colonies having found that they could grow large quantities of Tobacco and at great profit invested most of their land in the growing of these cash crops. The plantation ruled at this point in history and large amounts of cheap slave labor where required to run these vast plantations. In contrast the New England colonies where unable to grow these cash crops and so settled mostly in small farms as opposed to huge plantations. Natural resources where abundant however and the colonists used this to their advantage. This huge supply of natural resources, particularly timber helped to establish several New England cities as trade centers for the New World. A large part of the New England economy depended on this trade. However both the Chesapeake colonies and those in New England had to import the majority of their finished products from Europe, this was to be one of the common threads that pulled the colonies together during the revolutionary war. Nevertheless the economies of the New England colonies and the Chesapeake Bay colonies where drastically different in their early days. Perhaps the most basic difference between the two regions does not lie with the people but rather the land that they inhabited. There can be no question that the land occupied by each of these colonies is quite different. The Chesapeake Bay colonies where situated in a climate very favorable to the harvest of tobacco. While in New England the soil tended to be rocky and suitable only for smaller farms. The entire land was rich with unused natural resources at this time, the difference is that the colonists in the New England colonies took the greatest advantage of this. While there are undoubtedly a number of similarities between the Chesapeake Bay colonies and the New England colonies their original purposes for being here set them on different paths from the moment that they set foot in the New World. It should also be said that not only the people's disposition has an affect on the direction of the society, you must also take into account the geography of the region. The differences between the Chesapeake colonies and the New England colonies are numerous and varied. However if all of the colonies established in the new world had the same culture it is far less likely that our ancestors would have been as successful in their bid to change the way civilization operates. They accomplished this with the American Revolution, which relied heavily on different characteristics from each of the thirteen colonies and has been more than successful in blending the very different values and beliefs of the Chesapeake Bay colonies and the New England colonies." You can find more on: http://www.appraisercentral.com/research/American%20Colonies.htm
Economic and social differences between Chesapeake and New England Colonies?
The New England colonies and strict severe, democratic law. Each town, which was filled with educated people, had a local authority and held monthly town meetings in the meeting hall. The Chesapeake Colonies was a legislative owned by aristocrats. The county governments were more spread out, therefore the backcountry farmers were underrepresented
How did family life in the early chesapeake bay differ from family life in England in the colonies?
Many of the people that settled in the Chesapeake Region were men who came for money. Specifially to find gold. With very few woman coming along on this trip woman were valued and had more power over their husbands as to the New Englanders. People that came to The New England Region were both Men and women because they were seeking Religious Freedom. Thus fmailies were more common and there was more of a balance.
Subsistence farming was practiced in what colonies?
It is a farmer that only has enough crops for his family to eat and not enough to m ake a profit out of their crops. :)
Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distincts societies. Why did this difference occur?
new England was a place for the puritans separatists. chesapeake region was just for the colonists to strike gold and get rich. new England was against slavery and the Chesapeake region wasfor slavery. new England didn't invest in cash crops. new England was mostly English and whites while Chesapeake was mostly slaves. new England formed the congregrational church whereas Chesapeake formed the Anglican church. new England was rich in fur, timber and fish. Chesapeake was good with farming [tobacco] fishing and shipbuilding. the new englanders were family oriented and one farm was Enough to feed one family.hi
Which region had small farms that provided just enough food for the family?
New England Colonies.
What was new England colonies social life?
Talking when washing in the same area. You mainly talked to family.
How did patterns of family life and attitudes towards women differ in the northern and southern colonies?
Try doing a little bit of undergraduate research! Firstmate
How did patterns of family life and attitudes toward women differ in northern and southern colonies?
Try doing a little bit of undergraduate research! Firstmate
Why was life expectancy in colonial New England considerably higher than life expectancy in the country of England?
Life expectancy in colonial New England was higher than in England due to better sanitation, access to clean water, and a more balanced diet. The harsh conditions in England, including overcrowding and poor hygiene, led to higher mortality rates compared to the healthier conditions in the New World.
How were farms in the middle colonies different from the colonies in New England?
The middle colonies had good soil and were able to produce cash crops. This means they grew enough to sell and make a profit. The New England colonies were only able to grow enough for a family or just a bit trade or to sell, but not as much as the middle colonies did. They had to go to other things like fishing and building boats.
How did kids in new England colonies get education?
They were taught from wat theyre parents knew or wat family and other relatives new :)
