Assess the validity of the following statement, "Although colonists both north and south were bound together by a common language and a common allegiance to Mother England, they established different patterns of settlement, different economies, different political systems, and even different sets of values."
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I think that the statement above is very valid because a lot of aspects of the different set of colonies differed extremely. For instance the New England colonies economy was based completely on different things then the southern colonies, the lived off fish and had a huge ship building industry and the southern colonies had a a farm based economy due to the soil being very fertile and the fact that tobacco was discovered there. The colonies differed so much because I'm sure you could really tell who was from North Carolina and who was from New York due to New York being a haven for wealthier people and North Carolina being a place for plantation owners and farmers. Not only that but I'm sure their cultures differed immensely because in Pennsylvania you were not allowed to play games or do anything but I'm sure it was a lot more relaxed in the southern colonies. Thats why i think that statement is very valid
ReplyDeleteI think there is a lot of truth to the statement above. Although the settlers were from the same country they created two regions that were like two different worlds. The northern colonies were mostly formed on the basis of religious freedom. The settlers of most northern colonies had the dream of living somewhere where they would not be persecuted for their religion. On the other hand there is the southern colonies that were formed mostly for profit. The colonists and the stock companies that helped them come to be were simply looking for a way to make money through cash crops and gold.
ReplyDeleteThe economies were as well very different among the two regions. In the north the economy was based upon lumber and ship building. The soil in this region is rocky and unsuitable for growing food. The south is quite the opposite, the soil in the south is much richer and better for growing crops. This fact shaped the south’s economy. The southern region was dependent on growing food in order to keep the economy going. Some important crops were rice, tobacco, and corn.
Finally the political systems in these two areas allows us to see how much these two regions contrasted each other. In the northern part of the country governments resembling democracies more commonly occurred. In the south most political systems were oligarchies, or governments run by a few men.
All in all the two regions of our early country were totally different, therefore I find the above quote to be completely valid.
-jordan tabor
Most colonists did share a similar language and allegiance. And although their settlement patterns, economies, political systems, and values did differ from North to South, there were key similarities that tie both regions together.
ReplyDeleteThe economy of the North and South differed primarily because of their natural resources, abundance, and overall climate of the region. The Northern colonies, like the Pilgrims and Bay Colony, had an economy based on fur, fish, lumber, and shipbuilding. The South however, given the warmer, drier climate and more workable soil, grew huge quantities of tobacco, rice, and indigo (the latter two primarily in the Carolinas). Both also depended on slaves and indentured servants, although the South had a slightly higher want given their labor-intensive economy.
The political factors are not as straight-forward, but I think there are more similarities than differences. Both colonies created rudimentary steps to self-government, the Mayflower Compact in the North, and the House of Burgesses and Fundamental Orders in the South. The South did represent a higher desire for self-government, considering the Bay Colony found democracy the worst type of government. Both colonies also had their "leftover" state; North Carolina and Rhode Island. Both regions used these states as a place to toss unwanted and radical colonists. However, one key difference of the North is the emphasis on the merging of Church and state, a system unlooked on in the South.
This also reflects their settlement pattern. Both regions created a few states with a "misfit" state. They all settled primarily around sources of water, somewhat near the coast. However while the ones coming to gain wealth and status settled in the more fertile and workable land, ones arriving for a religious haven settled primarily in the North.
So although there are important differences between regions, a share of similarities remains as well, making this statement somewhat valid.
I agree with the statement above, the Southern colonies compared to the Northern colonies were very different. The main reason for the differences between the Northern and Southern colonies was because of their geographical locations.
ReplyDeleteThe Southern colonies experienced warmer weather and shorter, less severe winters. Even though the Southern colonies experienced more preferable weather, the more warm and moist climate made it easier for the spread of diseases. Also the Southern colonies had more fertile soil and longer growing seasons which made farming a more popular way of life. The Southern colonies depended on great amounts of labor and the export of agricultural goods such as indigo, tobacco, and rice.
The Northern colonies experienced a harsher environment with long, cold winters and short growing seasons. Due to the colder climate and rocky soil the Northern colonist did not depend on agriculture to survive. The Northern colonies mostly developed their natural resources such as fish, timber, and animal hides.
Another reason for the colonies differences was due to religion. The Northern colonies major purpose was to support the Puritan religion. In the Southern colonies there was more religious freedom with no single dominant religion.
Overall the Southern and the Northern colonies had many differences.
This statement is valid because all the colonists came from England, they all spoke the same language, and all have an allegiance to their mother country. However, the northern and southern colonies were completely different.
ReplyDeleteTheir economies were set up in completely different ways, mostly because of the geography of both regions. The northern colonies were mostly set up for fishing and shipbuilding because the land was not conducive to farming. However, the southern colonies had land that was very arable and many large plantations were set up. Virginia was very famous for its large tobacco supply and South Carolina was the main source of rice for the United States.
Their patterns of settlement were also different, because of the times they came to the New World and the reasons. The colonists in the Southern colonies came first, and many were wealthy men from England that wanted to be big shots in the New World. This made it difficult in the beginning to set up any kind of economy. Eventually, farming was set up. The northern colonies were settled later, and for entirely different reasons. Many colonists that settled in the north came over to escape religious persecution. They were mostly Puritans and they settled into small towns that were run mostly by the churches.
Both places also had different political systems. The northern colonies were much more democratic than the southern colonies and were mostly run by the churches. They also had charters that were some of the first steps towards self government. While the Virginia House of Burgesess was also a step in the direction of self government for the southern colonies, the House was run by rich white land owning men, which gave the southern colonies a very limited government.
All in all, the two regions were quite different in respects to political systems, economy and patterns of settlement.
First of all, the colonies were set up for different purposes. The northern colonies were founded due to religious injustice. King Henry VII broke away from the Catholic Church, and made himself the head of the Church of England
ReplyDeleteThe Pilgrims didn’t like this so they decided to break away from the church. King James I harassed the pilgrims out of England, causing them to migrate to the New world. The pilgrims started the northern Colonies. The north had long harsh winters, which made it hard to grow. Thus slaves were not essential as in the south. This also meant that agriculture could not be their source of income, instead they prospered in the trading of furs, fishing, lumbering and shipbuilding. The northern colonies believed in self government. The Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact, which were a set of rules they should obey. This document led the way for later constitutions. The people of the northern colonies were usually intolerant of other religions, such as the Quakers, Jews or even Catholics.
The southern colonies were founded in order to find gold and riches. In the southern colonies the climate was a great advantage, and the soil was good. Tobacco was the main source of income. They also sold rice, tar, turpentine. Tobacco needed large land areas because the farming exhausted the fields, and they needed a lot of people to work on these large fields. The first workers were indentured servants from Europe, and then they imported slaves from Africa to do this hard work. The slaves were forced to immigrate and were treated terrible beyond reason. Due to big plantations, communication in the south was not as easy as it was in the north. As a result, not many schools and churches were established because people were so spread out. In addition, toleration of religion was more common in the south than it was in the north. The south was not settled for religious freedom; therefore people didn’t mind one’s religious preferences, as long as you were Christian. In 1649, the Act of Toleration guaranteed religious toleration to all Christians.
In conclusion, the northern and southern colonies derived from the same place, but were different in economics, values and settlement. Therefore the statement is valid.
I beilive the statement is highly valid in all of its aspects. The motives for the immagration to the new world were very different. The settlers/pilgrims sought out the new world due to the religious conflict going on in England. King Henry VII broke Englands ties to the Catholic Church and made himself head of the new Church of England. The southern settlers ventured to the new world for wealth and plantation growing. Slaves and indentured would be inevitably used as the workhorse of this movement.
ReplyDeleteThe econemies were as different as night and day for the southern and northern colonies. The north had rocky un-fertile soil, so food was obtained from the sea(fish) and wilderness(deer, beaver, ect). The need for food from the sea also sparked the need for locomotion on it. Thus, the north creates ain industry of shipbuilding. Ships cant be had without wood, so this also triggered a lumber industry. If trade was to be established a valuble good would be needed, and so began the norths fur industry. The South did not have so many different things as the north, however, the plantaion practices of the south alone made them the wealthier colony. The most valuble crop was tobacco, it was so valuble in fact that it was called "black gold". Indentured servants immigrated to the southern colonies from England, all the way to Africa to work for it. However, the tobacco depleted the soil of many nutrients, so much land was needed to cultivate this crop.
On the aspect of religious freedom, the south was full of it, while the north wasnt all it promised to be. The south was settled for wealth and the neverending conquest for gold. Therefore, it was very laid back in ones religious preferance. The north was a little more radical, Christianity was basically law in the north, and other beliefs would be shunned and the follower persecuted. The Act of Toleration as instated in 1649, which guarenteed religious toleration to all Christians. The other religions were left out.
In short, the northern and southern colonies were born form the same Mother England, but the seperation and enviroment differences created a massive difference between them.
"Although colonists both north and south were bound together by a common language and a common allegiance to Mother England, they established different patterns of settlement, different economies, different political systems, and even different sets of values."
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with the statement above. First of all, the northern and southern colonies had different patterns of settlement. The southern colonies were founded first, starting with Jamestown, followed by the northern colonies. The Virginia Colony was founded at Jamestown in 1607, whereas the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth Bay in 1620. The growth of the colonies' population also differed depending on the colony's success. The northern and southern colonies also had very different economies. The different climates made the south great for growing crops and soon the plantation system developed. The soil was also very fertile in the south. The north had more rocky soil and so prospered from fishing and ship building. There were smaller family farms in the north instead of the huge plantations in the south. The political systems also differed greatly in the north and south. The northern colonies tended to have smaller sized town meetings, and the southern colonies tended to have bigger assemblies. The House of Burgesses in the Virginia Colony was large, but was less democratic than the systems in the north because the assembly consisted of wealthy planters, and so the average person's opinion was not represented. Finally, the northern and southern colonies had different sets of values. The people who settled in the northern colonies most likely settled there for religious freedom whereas the colonists in the southern colonies were there to make money off of the plantation system. For example, the Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious freedom and so established society based on their values and customs.
I think this statement is very true because they are both coming from the same land so they are obviously going to speak the same language, but what they are presented with in the New World changes their work labor they were used to doing. This forces all the settlers to adapt to their new style of money making, for example, New England colonies did not have great soil to plant crops in but they did have lots of rivers and bays to fish from. New England colonies also had a huge lumber business set up and they also had boat building companies for fishermen. This was the general way the northern colonists made their economy run efficiently. The south had a completely different way of making money, they did not have as many rivers or bays or good fishing docks, but the south had great soil for planting crops and that’s how they kept their economy stable. In the south, their main crop of production was tobacco, in fact the southern colonies eventually depended on this crop to grow, and they called it their cash crop. The land would eventually be depleted and less tobacco would grow, thus totally wiping out the land the tobacco grew on. Tobacco was one of the things that kept the colonist warm during the winter. The Northern colonies would fish, lumber, and use deer skin to keep themselves warm. The colonists in the south were in need of indentured servants and slaves due to the fact that the crops were more work then fishing of building boats. I do disagree that the economy was different like night and day because even though they were different styles of producing goods and money, they were still selling to each other and back to their mother country so they could trade with other counties.
ReplyDeleteAs for religion, the south was not very strict, they were greedier for money and cared more about slavery and indentured servants to work for them. The colonists were very strict on religion in the northern colonies, Jews and Catholics were accepted in Pennsylvania, but with strict rules and guidelines. The religion “to be” was Christianity due to the fact that it was accepted everywhere in the northern colonies, in fact, the Act of Toleration in 1649 gave every Christian colonist his freedom and rights as for other religion, it was put aside and they were not given any rights.
All in all, the south was a place to live for non-Christians and money goers. The north was a place made for Christianity and peace with the Indians. These two settlements really only share their motherland, language, and the will and ability to adapt and adjust to new land they were not familiar with
-Michael Khoury
The statement is quite valid, especially in later time periods. Despite an allegiance to mother England, the goals of the colonies differed in all respects except survival, and this, in turn, made it such that all aspects of life were further differentiated.
ReplyDeleteThe south was all about money. That was what they were there for, and that was what they would get. The climate of the south is quite favorable for this purpose, as the large expanse of land between the coast and the Appalachians is quite fertile, perfect for growing all kinds of cash crops. As the cash crops flooded into England, prices went down, forcing plantation owners to expand even further. This created vast swathes of wilderness and fields of slaves and indentured servants, with occasional giant manor houses dotting the landscape. There was no need for a township, as one family could do well on their own. The urban professional class was therefore slow to develop due to lack of big cities, and there remained no sense of camaraderie, of kinsman ship. The south was all business.
The north, on the other hand, was originally settled by Puritans seeking to purify the church of England. Unlike the south, they arrived with entire families in tow, so right from the start it was more about survival, creating a thriving new world on the rocky soil. Money was second to establishing a firm foothold in the new world, and spreading their religious zeal. Because of the terrain, large farms were not feasible. Small families may farm, but for the most part, the economy was structured around logging, furs, shipbuilding, and fishing. None of these really require continual exploitation of a giant tract of land, and thus small townships would more easily form. "Yankee towns" of 20-100 families sprang up everywhere, and those that had fifty or more were required by law to have an elementary school. In addition, the tight knit communities held together by their religious fervor had no qualms about having giant families. The laws in the New England colonies were quite strict about keeping the integrity of marriage, and so it wasn't uncommon for a wife to be pregnant 10 or more times throughout her life, usually bringing about 8 children into the world. One notable example was William Phips, governor of Massachusetts, who was one of 27 children to a single mother. With a population boom such as this, small towns quickly became large towns and small cities. Port cities like Boston and New Amsterdam (New York) became thriving metropolises with a democratic religious center. They began to resemble old England much more so than the sparse plantations of the south.
The lifestyles of these two groups differed completely. In the south, if you were not rich, your life expectancy was around 30 years, a harsh reality that many could not bring themselves to face. Conditions were poor, and you worked from sunup until sundown. Whereas in the north, life expectancy actually outstripped that of old England itself, reaching a peak of 70 years. Family ties, with grandparents and many siblings, fostered a preferable environment.
The statement that "Although colonists both north and south were bound together by a common language and a common allegiance to Mother England, they established different patterns of settlement, different economies, different political systems, and even different sets of values." is very much true.
ReplyDeleteThe North and South differed in their settlement patterns in that the North established colonies in search for religious freedom mainly away from the Church of England, while the Southern colonies were established for economic purposes that started with the search for gold. For that reason, many of the Southern colonies were not successful at first because they focused too much on digging for gold rather than planning for the harsh winter by storing food and learning useful skills to survive. Also, the settling of Southern colonies was not very well planned because at first, only male merchants came in search for money, and therefore did not bring their wives and children. Which meant that they could not reproduce, and did not know how to do a lot of the daily chores around the house that were usually performed by women. Because they also could not reproduce, the first
Southern settlers died very quickly.
This brings to the point that their economies also varied greatly. The South had fertile soil that was suitable for farming, and many colonies found their "gold" in growing tobacco, rice, and sugar on plantations. Meanwhile the North such as the Massachusetts Bay Colony prospered from fishing, fur trading, and lumber/ship building for the soil was not suitable for farming crops.
Most importantly, the political systems and moral values greatly contrasted from the North to the South. Because the Northern colonies were founded on religious basis, religion was a very big part of the colonists' lives. Their religion was basically their government. But the South was founded merely on an economic basis, religion was less of a problem because everyone focused more on earning money than any godly pursuits. Similarly, due to the the fact that the Southern colonies depended largely on agriculture on plantations, slavery was prominent. Africans slaves outnumbered the white masters and were treated horribly. However, few Africans were shipped to the North because it wasn't necessary for the Northerners to use slaves as much as farmers in the South. So the two sides were very divided on the issue, and it continued to be a controversial issue long afterwards (the Civil War).
In conclusion, even though the thirteen colonies of the New World were all established by the same country, all spoke the same language, the lives in the North and South were differently like two different worlds.
In many ways, the statement is very true. Most colonists came from England and spoke english. However, other than their origin and language, the colonists from the north and south share very few similarities.
ReplyDeleteTo begin with, the reason of settlements differ. Most colonists from the north came for religious freedom that they couldn't attain in English. Religious dissenters such as the Quakers, the Pilgrims, and the Puritans colonized in different parts of New England. They wanted to break away from the Church of England and have a place where they can practice their religions without the fear of being persecute. Southern colonies, on the other hand, were founded mostly by aristocratic Europeans. Southern colonists, mainly merchants and gentlemen, came to the New World for economic purposes. They came searching for land and gold, and were mostly men who thought themselves of being too good for lowly labor of farming. Because of this, the mortality rate during that time was high since everyone was too lazy to get themselves food. Nonetheless, the south had great soil for planting and they eventually found their "black gold", tobacco, in which they will earn great profits from. They started planting an enormous amount of tobacco and other cash crops such as rice. Because farming required so much labor, the colonists in the south started using indentured servants and slaves whom they treated harshly.
The political systems of the north and south were also different. The New England colonies had a more theocratic government where the church controlled the government. Non christians had little say in the government. The south, on the contrary, was an oligarchy. The government was controlled by wealthy plantations owners. Those who didn't own lands were excluded from the government.
In short, the north focused more on religion and they did not care much for wealth, even though some did profit from trading of fur, fish, and lumber. They did not use slaves. In fact, most northerners did not approve of slavery. The south depended heavily on African slaves to work on their plantations. Religion was not as important there, so there was more religious freedom.
I agree with the statement above, the northern and southern colonies differed mainly on the motivation for settling in the New World and their different climates. The first colonists that settled in the colonies didn’t have a good idea of how to grow food or hunt for it, so they asked the Native Americans for advice. The different tribes along the east coast obviously had diverse ways of getting food for themselves.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason was that the climate in the south was a lot warmer than it was in the north so the south was able to grow plants like tobacco and cotton unlike in the north. The north mainly fished and had shipping ports to support themselves. The north was also known for being the more educated colonists because they went to school and didn’t run huge plantations.
The colonists that came to the northern colonies came for religious freedom so they usually came in groups. The groups that settled in the colonies would combine their religion with their government. The southern colonists were entrepreneurs that would come to try to make some money which was the beginning of huge plantations.
This statement is very true. Both southern and northern colonies which were formed came from England. Coming from Engalnd, they spoke the same languages. Although they spoke the same language, they did differ a lot as stated in the statement above.
ReplyDeleteThe southern colonies were founded for economic reasons such as gold, and other valueble resources. Because of this, the early settlements were failures because the people who came over didn't know how to take care of themselves. Most of these people were higher ups of the society in England, and didn't know how to do the work of farmers and lower class people. The northern colonies were founded for mainly religious reasons. Colonies in the north acted as religious havens for many people including the quakers, puritans, and other religions.
The economies of the two regions also differed. For example, the southern colonies relied on farming and plantations for profits. The southern colonists made the most profits off of "black gold" which was known as tobacco. The colonists had also planted other cash crops such as sugar canes, cotton, and rice. Since farming was a lot of work, southern colonists began using indentured servants and eventually moving onto slaves to work for them. The soil in the north was unsuitable for planting crops. Thus making the northern colonies rely on fishing, ship building and industry, and fur trade for business.
Political systems of the northern colonies and southern colonies were also vastly different. Since religion was very important to northern colonies, people that weren't christian couldn't contribute to the government. On the other hand, the political systems in the south were mainly oligarchies. The wealthy landowners of the south had the most power in the government. People that didn't have much money didn't have a say in the government.
Even though the northern colonies and southern colonies were comprised with people who came from England, the colonies were very different. The north was comprised of religious dissenters who were trying to break away from the Church of England, and the south was made up of people who wanted to be wealthy.
This statement is mostly true, but not absolutely true. First of all, not all colonists were British. For example, New Amsterdam (later New York) was originally Dutch. Even after it was taken over by the English, it retained much Dutch culture. In addition, one traveler noted that "eighteen different languages were being spoken in the streets (of New Amsterdam.)" It is true that the colonists were predominantly British, but not that ALL colonists were "bound together by a common language and a common allegiance to Mother England."
ReplyDeleteIndeed, patterns of settlement and economics varied greatly between the northern and southern colonies. In the north, most settlements began as small towns based on fishing, shipbuilding, and small manufacturing. Reliance on slave labor was relatively uncommon. The south, by contrast, was characterized by large plantations which were dependent on the labor of slaves and indentured servants. Cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and cotton were the main focus.
Political systems varied greatly, but there were similarities as well. In the north, government was closely linked to religion (though there was distinct separation). Systems of government tended to be relatively democratic, with most adult church members eligible to vote or speak at town meetings. However, government was sometimes tyrannical, such as the rule of Peter Stuyvesant in New Amsterdam. In the South, government was more based on the interests of wealthy plantation owners. However, governments in both the north and south were showing the beginnings of independence. They operated largely outside the power of England, created their own assemblies (such as the House of Burgesses) and their own alliances (such as the New England Confederation.) Thus, there were both similarities and differences in political patterns in the north and the south.
Values in the north and south tended to differ greatly overall, but there were some notable similarities. The north tended to be more strict regarding religion and morality, whereas the south was more relaxed. However, neither climate was supportive of non-Christians. The north was particularly inhospitable to Catholics. One notable exception was Pennsylvania, which welcomed Jews and Catholics. The north tended more to disagree with the "morals" of slavery, whereas in the south it was a common practice. However, slavery could be found both in the north and the south. In addition, Pennsylvania and Georgia were both colonies which had a negative attitude toward slavery. North Carolina and Rhode Island were also parallels in that both were liberal-minded and founded by outcasts from other colonies.
Clearly, there were both similarities and differences in the political and economic patterns of the northern and southern colonies, as well as in trends regarding settlement and values.
The statement "Although colonists both north and south were bound together by a common language and a common allegiance to Mother England, they established different patterns of settlement, different economies, different political systems, and even different sets of values." is very valid. Firstly, the patterns of settlement in the North and the South differed. Colonists went to the North for religious freedom. For example, many Puritans went to Massachusetts to practice their religion, and Quakers who were prosecuted in England went to Pennsylvania. Colonists who went to the South set out for economic opportunities. Originally, men went to the southern colonies to become instantly rich by finding gold. Although this was largely unsuccessful due to the gentlemen, who believed they were above labor such as farming, failing to prepare for the future and succumbing to starving. Later however, numerous people went to Virginia to make money planting tobacco and to the Carolinas to plant rice.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, the economies of the North and South were drastically different. The South depended mainly on cash crops, such as tobacco, rice, and corn, grown on plantations. These plantations were massive and required a lot of labor to maintain, which resulted in indentured servants and later slaves from Africa. In fact, the Carolinas wanted to import as many African slaves who knew how to cultivate rice as possible. The North did not have soil as fertile as that of the South, so their colonies depended more on shipbuilding, fur trading, and fishing.
Thirdly, the political systems of the northern colonies were slightly more democratic overall than the political systems of the southern colonies. Also, the governments of the North were mostly based on religion; churches often had huge influence over the administrations. The South tended to let only the few aristocratic, and not the common people, have a say in the government; however, there was no main religion, and all Christians were tolerated.
Lastly, values were different in that the South cared mostly for money, and supported any way to get it. Slaves were very common, and were forced to work in appalling conditions and treated horribly. The northerners did have the same use for slaves as their southern counterparts, and many frowned on the idea of slavery. Religion was also much more important to them than to the southern colonists.
The above statement is very true. Although the colonists were all tied together because they (mostly) all spoke English, the colonies developed in many different ways. All of the colonies had their own reason for being formed. Because of this, each colony grew in its own way.
ReplyDeleteOne factor that changed the development of the colonies was their geographic location. Some colonies, like the Southern colonies, had very fertile soil, as well as long harvesting seasons. For that reason, colonies like the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland had agricultural economies, and many of the colonists there focused on growing tobacco, called "Black Gold". However, colonies that were further North had less fertile soil and longer, colder winters. That meant that they were not suitable for agriculture. In these areas, there were a lot of fur trappers, traders, and ship builders.
Another reason that the colonies all developed differently was that they all were founded for different reasons. Many colonies, like New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts were chartered for religious reasons. The colonists who wanted to go there sought religious tolerance that they could not find in their home country. Other colonies were formed for purely economic reasons, like the Carolinas and Virginia. Once the colonists learned how to grow tobacco and other crops, they were heavily focused on making profits by selling these goods to England.
Clearly, both of these reasons impacted the development of the colonies greatly. This is why, although many of the colonies were similar and they spoke the same language, there were clear differences between them all.
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ReplyDeleteI think that this statement is true on most parts, because both of the regions are similar in some ways but they are different in some ways. Like for example, not all of the colonies were settled from Mother England. Some of the colonies were settled for different reasons such as religious freedom. Like Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Rhode Island, and even Plymouth was settled for that particular reason. Well I think the Northern colonies were mostly based off relgious freedom. All of the colonies focused on religious freedom was part of their government. Since they focused so much on religious freedom they used that as part of the government. And since that was a part of their government the colonist's views started to change more and more. The government made people started to attend church everyday and they even made people pay to help the church. But eventually in Maryland the government had to set up the Act of Toleration to help settle the difference between the Puritans, Catholics, and even the Separists. And that didn't help on bit. The paper pretty had a favor to the Catholics more than everyone else. And this even causes even more of a religious clash more than ever. Two famous people started to change some people's ways of life. We had Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson that made people to change their minds. They both had different views of God in Massachusetts Bay and they both were even banished from the colony. Roger Williams moved and colonized Rhode Island as a place for religious freedom for the colonist, while Anne Hutchinson died on the way to the prilgrimage to Rhode Island. But these two people were prety unique for their radical ideas about God.
The southern colonies really didn't focus on that as much as the Northern colonies. Instead they mainly focused on the economy. They wanted to have a really good economy! The southern colonies had pretty much slaves to do all of the hard labor. The treatment was fair to them, but they didn't care. They really didn't consider them as people. But anyway since they had slaves to do their work they could have more money. And that's why in the southern colonies they had more slave planatations than the Northern colonies. The Nothern colonies had more of a manifucultural economy than the Southern colonies. They pretty had fur trading, shipbuilding, fishing, whale oil, lumbering, and etc. But the southern colonies had more of a agricultural economy. They had cotton, corn, tobacco, slave trading, and etc. As the economy starts to change the colonist's minds starts to change as well. They start to have more of a competitive attitude more than the Northern colonies. They wanted to have more money, more power, and even more glory.
I truly agree with this statement, as it points out basically every valid point of the colonies.
ReplyDeleteThe colonists were all similar in terms of their origins, all being from the same mother country and speaking old English. However, that is where the similarities between the North and South end.When the Southern colonists first came to arrive in the New World, they came for gold, the abundance of natural resources, virgin lands, etc. This differed drastically when compared to the northern colonists, who mainly came for religious freedom to escape their oppressive motherland.
The colonists differed in the economical sense as well. The south, being plentiful of natural fertile land, encouraged cotton plantations, sugar, tobacco, indigo, rice, and other crops. And those who made the bulk of the farming were African slaves, who also made up a large portion of the Southern economy. Whereas in the North,(where the soil was mainly rocky and no where near as fertile as the south) the colonists made their share from timber, shipbuilding, fishing, hunting, and small time farming.
Clearly, the statement above generalizes the characterisics of the colonies quite well. Although these colonies possessed mutual traits, both sides have considerable differences.
Sorry this was late, I don't really have a valid excuse like the people above me do, just got full of myself this weekend.-Eric
This following is a valid statement: "Although colonists both north and south were bound together by a common language and a common allegiance to Mother England, they established different patterns of settlement, different economies, different political systems, and even different sets of values." While all of the colonists were English and spoke English, they came to North America for different reasons. The Pilgrims were Separatists and wanted to break away from the Church of England, while the Quakers founded Pennsylvania after being persecuted in England. Because Pilgrims and Quakers were settling in America for religious freedom, they brought their families. This is different from the colonies in the South that came to set up plantations and to search for gold (mostly men came to these colonies at first). Although farming contributed to all of the colonies’ economies, the style differed between the North and South; The North was full of small farms while the South was full of large plantations. Due to the size of farms and the climate, the type of economy varied between the North and South as well. The North relied mainly on fur trapping, trading, and fishing while the South grew cash crops like tobacco, rice, and corn. Because the South had more labor-intensive work, slaves were more common than in the North.
ReplyDeleteThe social aspects of the colonies were also very different. The political systems varied by colony; however some patterns between the North and South existed. For example, the North was far more democratic and inclusive than the South. The Aristocrats typically ran the government in the Southern colonies. The North also tended to allow a heavier religious influence in the government.
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(In response to the prompt for Sunday the 13th, "What would we like to review?")
ReplyDeleteCould you please go over what about Pocahontas is myth and what is fact?
Kiaya Robinson-
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I would love review about World War 1 and World War Two, I love going over these two wars. I think these two are probably the most important wars in U.S.A.
I would like to go over the differences of the colonies, and Spanish Indian relations.
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Can we go over the big picture, especially important dates, events, places, and people again?
ReplyDeleteCan we just go over in chronological order of everything that happened... like a summary. So that things connect together?
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Thanks~!!!
I don't know where to post this, so I'm putting it here too.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to learn about the Civil War because I think it's really interesting, so can we go over that?
can we go into more detail about the new england and middle colonies with their economys/ realations to indians
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i would like to go over the economy and norhtern colonies about their religion struggles.
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-Michael Khoury