Southern And New England Colonies Essay

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In Massachusetts the puritans were in a mission to purify the Church of England and were intolerant when it came to religion. Rhode Island viewed church and state as separate entities. The settlers here posed a challenge on the protestant beliefs and therefore granted religious freedom to everyone (Religion Shaping New England and Chesapeake Bay Colonies, 2011). When comparing the settlement of these two colonies it is seen that settlement in the southern colonies took a longer as opposed to the settlement in New England. Jamestown, Virginia was the first to be settled in 1607, followed by Maryland in 1634, North and South Carolina in 1663 and the last original colony Georgia was settled in 1732.the settlement in New England took place in merely eighteen years. Plymouth was the first in 1620, Massachusetts followed in 1630, Rhode Island and Connecticut were settled in the same year 1636 and New Hampshire was the last (New England Colonies, 2006).

Although there are differences between the southern and New England colonies there are also some similarities between these regions; both colonies had one colony that granted religious freedom as we have seen from the religious differences discussed above. There were many reasons for founding...

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Both regions were valued farming activities in New England the people grew their own food and some products like corn and wheat were shipped to England since they were grown in large numbers. Southern regions were almost entirely agricultural and the main feature was plantations. Another similarity was the slave and the status of the women in those societies. Women had no say in anything including their rights to chose who they wanted to marry. Slaves were used as a force of labor in the two colonies. The slaves and women in both colonies were controlled by groups of wealthy people.

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Academic America, (2012). New England Expands to New Colonies. Retrieved October 19, 2012, from http://www.academicamerican.com/colonial/topics/newcolonies.html

Sayar Udin, (2010). Religion Shaping New England and Chesapeake Bay Colonies. Retrieved October 19, 2012, from http://www.***.com/essays/Religion-Shaping-New-England-and-Chesapeake-611919.html

Nobleman, M.T. (2002). The thirteen colonies. Minneapolis, Minn.: Compass Point Books.


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