Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by the people of English origin.....?

Question

by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur?


Please help me find a thesis, and any other information.. PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Another thing to consider is the nature of the settlers. The Virginia settlers were people looking for adventure and to better themselves economically; younger sons of nobility, indentured servants, etc. They were religious (see writings) but religion was not what motivated their coming to the New World. In the New England area, many of the early settlers were in quest of freedom of religion specifically: that is why the Puritans came, for example. They wanted to set up a society in which they could not only worship freely but integrate it into their daily lives. Now note that other religions also came, people who suffered persecution for being Quakers or whatever.

Your thesis might be secular verses religion in the founding of the colonies.

Answer 2

You can already tell by now the Civil War was going to happen. Two different cultures aroused due to the climate and economy. The big cash crops (cotton, rice, sugarcane, tobacco) could only be grown in the Southern climates. Slavery became an essential for to maintain all the large plantations there. In the North, small farming fishing areas started because the ground was only fertile enough for crops like wheat and barley. By the 1700's, however, the northeastern seaboard lead to the rise of cities and industrialization, which meant many different cultures met in the streets. There wasn't any need for slavery, so the North abolished it. The North became an urban and foreign culture while the South remained a rural and primarily white dominated culture. In other words, the early United States already looked like two separate countries.

Answer 3

We could make a few generalizations.
New England was more centered around community life. The farms were smaller and there were more tradesmen in the communities. Fishing and Shipping were more common in New England which helped concentrate communities geographically. In contrast, the colonies towards the south were more agricultural with more self-sufficiency on larger farms and plantations.
Technology was a factor even before what we generally consider the "Industrial Age". The "Yankee Traders" of New England were a little more sophisticated in development of commercial and labor saving devices.
The rocky geography of the New England colonies put a premium on high quality efficient agriculture and trade. Land further south was so abundant that that farmers could grow a few crops for substance but still develop large "cash crops" to fuel their economies.

Answer 4

Economics. New England became mercantile and the mid atlantic and South became agrarian. I am sure this is in your American hstory textbook.
PrincessMikey's suggestion is interesting, but unfortunately it is wrong. There were just as many religious refugees outside New England as within. I know this because the great majority of my European immigrant ancestors, who all arrived between 1630 and 1750, came for religious reasons and they settled in Virginia, the Delmar peninsula, and the Carolinas.

It was really economics. mercantilism(trade) as opposed to agrarianism or farming.

Answer 5

Jamestown and how America started.

http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/AH/jt/jt.htm

http://cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/journey/___thebeginning.html

http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/AH/ca_intro.htm

http://www.apva.org/history/

http://www.academicinfo.net/usearlycolonial.html

Although there were other Europeans who had visited and even tried to establish colonies on the eastern coast of the New World, the British were the first to establish a permanent colony. They named their fort Jamestown.

http://www.dasd-ew.org/kirk/jamestown.htm


The American Colonies

The history of the original 13 colonies is a tangled tale indeed. There are many ways to view the events and, in hind sight, it is easy to think you understand. But no one knew where they were headed at the time and it could have ended up very different.

http://www.dasd-ew.org/history.htm#colonial

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/index.html

http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

http://www.kidsolr.com/history/

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Around_the_World/Countries/United_States/History/Colonial_Life__1585_1783_/13_Colonies/

http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/

http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. Collect clues to uncover answers to 7 questions about colonial life in the 1700s. Then prove your skills as a history detective by discovering "What's wrong with this picture?"

http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html

Explore the Colonial Period of our history through the Internet. You'll find maps, lesson plans, bibliographies and curriculum content materials here.

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Colonial.html

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Colonial.html#Colony

http://www.aresearchguide.com/crucible.html


Rare Map Collection - Colonial America

http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html

http://www.civics-online.org/library/formatted/images/13_colonies.html

Good luck.

Answer 6

distinctive climates, distinctive meals, distinctive stressful circumstances to lifestyles additionally, New England grew to become industrialized and grew to become crowded quicker; collectively as the South became extra farming and human beings could very own extra land. Thesis: the effect of Geography on Societal exchange

Answer 7

I don't know that area well. However, I do know that early American accents and cultures developed individually due to natural barriers that allowed some contact with each other, but not daily contact. Natural barriers such as a river or large body of water. Or a mountain chain. Maybe this will help in your research.

Answer 8

There are several websites that discuss the differences, the whys and the wherefores ad nauseam. All you have to do is search.

The colonists were from Great Britain, and a rift had split them to develop differently. Thank god! Otherwise , everyone would be the same.

Here are some of those sites.
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http://www.bookrags.com/essay/Thirteen_Colonies
http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/97941.html
http://www.essayboom.com/essay/Differences_between_Cheasapeak-129550.html