Colonization
Title: Colonization
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Colonization
Colonization
Although New England and the Chesapeake regions were settled largely by people of English origin, by
1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. I have described both societies in an attempt to
demonstrate their developments.
Virginia Colony
In 1607 a group of merchants established England’s first permanent colony in North America at
Jamestown, Virginia. They operated as a joint-stock company that allowed them to sell shares of stock in
their company and use …
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showed last 75 words of 1459 total…the Puritans built stable communities, developed the economy and constructed effective
government, their leaders, as early as the 1640s, complained that the founding vision of Massachusetts Bay
was faltering. Material concerns seemed to outweigh religious commitments and the individual prevailed
over the community. However, New England had achieved economic success and political stability by the
end of the seventeenth century. Towns functioned efficiently, poverty was uncommon, public education
was mandated and family life was stable.
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