Colonial Comparison

Colonies, colonies, we all should know that a colony is a region of land that is under the political control of another country. According to the passage, "the colonies began with the founding of Jamestown until the beginning of the Revolutionary War." The author explains, that there is are 13 colonies divided into three groups, Northern, southern and middle. The reason for this is that they all have idiosyncratic backgrounds. The New England (Northern), Southern, and Middle colonies are different, particularly in terms of land, labor, religion, native relations, and etc. The colonies, although they were all British they had some similarities, but mainly they had differences.

When we think of our country now, we think about how it is separated into states, but back then the states were part of colonies. Some of the main colonies were the Chesapeake colonies which consisted of Virginia and Maryland, the middle colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, and lastly, the New England colonies which were Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. In the colonial regions of New England, Chesapeake and the middle colonies they all share similarities and differences, most predominantly shown in family life, rank and status.

The colonies of Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay each were different by nature, goals, successes, and failures. There were numerous similarities as well as differences. However, each colony was looking for something better that was missing in their main land. Members of each colony had a vision of what they expected the New World to look like. When they arrived, they were given a sense of reality. Each colony had challenges that it would have to overcome to thrive as a new establishment in the New World. The three colonies succeeded at different levels in the New World.

Between 1607 and 1733, Great Britain established thirteen colonies in the New World along the land’s eastern coast. England’s colonies included Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Though the colonies were classified as New England, middle or southern colonies, the colonists developed a unifying culture. With this new American culture, the colonists throughout the colonies began to think differently than their English cousins. Because colonial America displayed characteristics of a democratic society and, therefore, deviated from England’s monarchic ways, it was established as a democratic society.

The three different categorizations of colonies were different in a lot of ways, but also quite similar in many as well, being as they were all eventually ruled beneath the same country: England. By means of explanation, this paper will include four paragraphs cataloging the similarities and differences of the colonies to compare them to each other. For an example of a similarity between the New England and Middle colonies, one could look to the fact that many in both of the categories were created for religious freedom that they were not receiving in the home country. That is only the first fact of many.

For the people of Europe the Americas was a place to prosper, worship in there own way, and expand there kingdoms. The only problem is that they attempted to settle in their own way and all failed dismally. The New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern Colonies grew differently in various ways, but each with the same state of mind, “do it our way”. Examining the three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different in religion, government, and ways of expansion.

Starting off as a single colony, the New England colony eventually expanded to form the Middle colonies, Southern colonies, and the Chesapeake colonies. The Chesapeake and New England colonies both stemmed from England, but developed in a way that made them each very unique in the way that they developed. Developing around different intentions, the New England and Chesapeake colonies were unique due to their different economic and social structures.

From 1774 to 1789, the 13 American colonies used the Continental Congress as their form of a government . Many things that the Parliament did gave the colonists enough reason to be angry with the King. Starting with the Navigation Acts and the Stamp Act. Britain was no longer allowing the sale of any good produced in America to be shipping to anywhere other than Britain. Even though the States were farming more Tobacco than could be used in all of Britain, they still were not allowed to sell it to the Dutch, or other European nations. When early America began, the King or proprietors appointed Governors for all the states, except Rhode Island and Connecticut. In each colony, with Pennsylvania being excluded, there was two houses; the King chose

The existence of colonial legislatures meant that the colonies were in many ways independent of the crown. The legislatures were allowed to levy taxes, gain troops, and pass

In 1607, the thirteen colonies were founded. These colonies were classified into three different groups, the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. The states included in these groups were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The thirteen colonies played an important role in expansion, farming, politics, religion, and freedom. I

While all the colonies were essentially under the same British rule, their way of self governing was drastically different. The range of differences is due to many variables, the leaders who ruled, the type of people who settled their, their beliefs especially those about the purpose of government, and the charters that allowed them to settle. The colonies ideally held the same protections and benefits as their mainland brothers, as can be seen in the Massachusetts Bay charter, but their vast separation from their parent country allowed them to rule each colony separately and differently.

Self-Government: During the time period in which all the colonies were being developed, (1600’s) each of them would practice self-government which means the ruler was able to make his own decisions without having to refer, ask for permission or approval from anyone from England.

Colonial times was a period that was very different from the way of life now. Just because it is so different now does not mean they do not have similarities. There are lots of similarities between now and then but doesnt mean theres not differences. Our ways now are just modified ways of before, making them better so people aren't destroying our world. The past two years i've been told history repeats itself I find that very true. Now because there are so many things I could talk about i’m gonna narrow it down to the similarities and differences of our government in colonial times and now.

The American colonies served an important role in the British Empire during the first half of the 1700’s. King George III ascended to the throne in 1760, and took control of the empire and its vast territories. The British Constitution provided for the monarchial rule, and two representative bodies – the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. None of the British colonies had representation in these houses, and this proved to be the issue with the American colonies. The colonies administration technically fell under the Privy Council and Secretary of State. Parliament made policy regarding the colonies, and defined the economic relationship between England and the colonies. Governors acted locally in the King’s name and enforced the laws. The colonies also had their own political institutions in the form of local assemblies, legislatures, and county, city and town governments. Most of the colonies

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