In the first volume of *A People's History of the American Revolution* Page Smith summarizes the main things they had in common in one of his chapter titles -- "Common Grievances, Common Dangers".
For the first part -- they shared a language (English), loyalty to the Crown, and a conviction that, under the charters of each colony, they had "all the RIGHTS, privileges and immunities of Englishmen". Another thing that distinguished their understanding of these rights was the ERA in which most of the colonies were founded in the 17th century. They believed strongly in the Glorious Revolution of 1689
The sense that these rights, etc. were being VIOLATED by Parliament, and ultimately the King, in the period leading up to the Revolution was an important part of what drew them together.
As for "common dangers" -- these were chiefly the frontier dangers of the French and their Indian allies, which first spurred the colonies to devise means of mutual defense (leading, for instance, to the Albany Congress in 1754).
2007-08-13 12:28:57
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answered by bruhaha 7
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For starters, the colony at Jamestown WAS NOT started by people seeking religious freedom. It was started by the businessmen of the Virginia Company. However, I recall Maryland being viewed or advertised as a refuge for Catholics. Oglethorpe started Georgia to helped debtor's get a second chance at life so there are at least two Southern colonies that were started for ideological reasons. Other than that, I would go with the fact that only white, male property owners had rights in all the colonies. Also, slavery was present in all the colonies.
2007-08-11 09:49:55
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answered by grits9600 2
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I just took a US History Class and had to answer something like this. The first thing that comes to mind is role religion played in both Northern (New England) and Southern Colonies (Jamestown being one example) - Early settlers in both the north and the south were seeking freedom of religion.
Another thing that unified northern and southern colonies were their struggles against the native tribes.
Also, the American settlers, north and south, were involved heavily in a cross Atlantic trade relation with the Old World.
2007-08-11 07:20:43
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answered by Borislaw 3
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The use of indentured servitude was present throughout all the colonies.
The colonies were overwhelmingly Christian.
The treatment of women and children as property was not a phenomena confined to one geographic region; nor was the idea that a "citizen" was someone who was first, white, second, male, and typically a man who owned land and had some form of education.
Just some food for thought.
2007-08-11 07:22:13
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answered by Ghost 2
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There were indeed some similarities:
Both were populated predominantly from people from Britain
Both areas had mixed agricultural and fishing economies
Both areas were heavily wooded, at least initially
Both MA and GA, for example, were started with an ideal in mind, a theocracy in MA and a utopia in GA
How's that for a start?
2007-08-11 07:03:48
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answered by John B 7
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As far as I can tell the only thing they shared was a desire to escape Britain and the fact that they were all monotheists. Other than that, they really were completely different, unless you want to count the fact that all towns in the 13 colonies had a common as something they had in common!
2007-08-11 07:20:51
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answered by Judy L 4
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you're lacking something. Did they the two could desire to establish new societies? develop comparable vegetation? manage Natives in a matching way? How approximately mentions of slavery, up until the civil conflict era? actually, think of of how existence could have been an identical in the two places. it is not going to be too complicated.
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answered by louthan 4
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yes
2007-08-11 07:02:16
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answered by ||. 1 in 6 Billion .|| 1
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