1. Note the pattern of settlement in the Chesapeake region and in New England. What geographic features contributed to the placement of these settlements? Why did these geographic features make a difference to early settlers?(Please look closely at the maps, as well as, the reading from pp 28-48)
2- Notice the differences in the geographic features of New England and the Chesapeake region. Consider the different motives for settlement and the societies that settled in these regions. Now describe how geographic conditions in the New World, combined with cultural attitudes brought from the Old World, shaped the pattern of settlement in these English societies.
3 Discuss how military considerations influenced the planting of settlements and colonies in British North America.
There were many geographical differences between New England and Chesapeake. In Chesapeake, the land was hard, and hadn’t been worked with unlike that of New England. The new settlers had to learn how to farm, and manage life on their own. This is where the Indians came to play. They had tons of knowledge about farming because they were farmers. They are basically the main reason the first settlement, Jamestown, was even successful. There were many motives for moving into the new settlement. Freedom of religion, land claims, trade routes, wanting to own land, or just start a whole new life. Whatever your reason, it helped to have a good attitude and open mind about culture when traveling to the new world. If you were to keep your life exactly the way it was, the new world would basically be the same as the old world just smaller. I for one am glad that people were willing to change their life to come explore, and try to make a better life for them, and their family.
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Well in Chesapeake Bay there are some advantage of living there. First, they can watch the land and see if they were getting attacked or not. So if they are getting attacked by land then they can just sailaway into the ocean in their ships without getting caught. If they are getting attacked by sea they can make their gettaway inland. Second, they can park their ships and make it easier to load stuff on. Plus, they need water and that's why they wanted to make a settlment near water. The pattern the settlments made was thet they started almost at the bottom and worked their way up.
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There were many geographical features that contributed to the economy and placement of the colonies. The Chesapeake region had many rivers. Humans must have water to live. Rivers were good for drinking, bathing, and other things you need. The Chesapeake Bay was an excellent place for the settlers to park their ships, rather than on the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean where it could almost get destroyed by winds and other natural happenings. The New England Colony also had bays, but the major economy was fishing. They didn’t have the right climate to grow crops like the southern colonies did, so they would fish for food. The southern colonies actually had the perfect climate for crops. All these geographical features made a difference to the settlers because the features were making them successful and rich. Being successful and rich was all the settlers wanted when they sailed to the New World.
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Geographic features were a big part back then. All people wanted to go to the New World because of gold and land, but when they got there, there was no gold to be found and if so very little. The Chesapeake region chose the land because it was bigger, more land, more food, more money. When they arrived, the growing season was long because they were closer to the equator which makes more heat. So the Chesapeake region was making more money because it could grow tobacco and have staple crops. On the other side was New England. New England consisted of Rhode Island Connecticut and all those up in that area. They were farther away from the equator so they had a shorter growing season. When they got there, the soil was bad. And they had to live off stuff like carpentry, shipbuilding, and printing. So overall the Chesapeake was better because they were making more money because of land, staple crops and growing tobacco.
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Building a settlement in the Chesapeake Bay region was a very good thing. They can always know if they were getting attacked. Settlers could flee in their boats or just run if they are getting attacked by enemey ships. Fishing back in the thirteen colonies was a very big source of their food and peoples jobs. settlements near Chesapeake Bay had the prefect fishing spot. In class we talked about how if you your settlement was near the water, a lot of jobs would include biulding ships. In the Chesapeake region, I think that settlers can build boats for a living. Since they live out by a body of water, they can easily set sail and trade without much trouble. I noticed how there are much more settlements in Virginia than in Maryland. I think that is because it is easier to dock you boats in open water than where St. Marys is located. So overall the Chesapeake region is a great place to live because you can tell when you are getting attacked easier, there are more job options, and you can trade with others faster.
ReplyDeleteThe English settlements of the seventeenth century in the Chesapeake Bay area and New England owe much of what they became to the geographic and cultural traits of tehir locations. The economy and lifestyle in each settlement was greatly affected by this. In New England, the Quakers, Puritans, Jews, and other religious groups had come seeking freedom of worship. They did not come in search of wealth, and their lifestyles freflected this. The economy of New England was affected by the geographic features of the are. Rocky soil and a short growing season made large-scale farming difficult, so it was not a significant part of the economy. The European settlers, who were mainly farmers, had to adjust to this by finding employment in fur trapping, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade instead. Access to the sea also made the area a center of commerce. In contrast, the settlements in the area around the Chesapeake Bay were founded mainly for profit, though some people came to the region seeking religious freedom. The soil there was fertile ande the territory had a long growing season, making the deveopment of large plantations possible. On many plantations, tobacco grew very well and became a major source of income. The Native Americans also taught the English how to grow corn, which produced substantioal amounts of food. The Chesapeake Bay also provided a safe palace to bring ships for trade. However, the English were not prepared for the disease that the area's swamps brought, which took many lives. These cultural and geographic traits had a major impact on the way people lived in New England and around the Chesapeake Bay.
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When people came to the New World there were geographic features that would have influenced them to go there. For instance, the pilgrims tried to sail to the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay had multiple rivers and a big waterway to import and deport goods in a faster and easier way. But when they were blown off course and landed in New England there were not many rivers or a waterway to use. The pilgrims needed the water because, they were mostly farmers. Since there were no rivers or that much water they had to improvise on new jobs. Since there were no big rivers they used the ocean to become fishermen. In the Chesapeake Bay they had an advantage over their enemies. Since they were in the bay they could see when ships were going to attack them from water and they could just go to the land. If someone attacked them on land then they could go on the ships and escape from them. They had to improvise on some many things. All they wanted was to become rich and gain more land but unfortunately they were unsuccessful and had to adapt to the New World.
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2nd period(:
There are many differences in the geographic features of New England and the Chesapeake region. In New England, the soil was rocky making it so they couldn’t plant large crops. However, they were able to fish and trade furs. In the Chesapeake region it was more swampy with thick woods, and was bordered by the territories of powerful local Indians. However, tobacco made it a profitable region. There were varying motives for settlers in these regions. The first English settlement in Jamestown was chartered for business enterprise. They were searching for gold, and didn’t concentrate on establishing real households. The origin of Maryland was different in that they envisioned establishing a colony for refuge for English Catholics and hoped it to be a profitable venture in real estate. In New England many settlers came for religious freedom. Separatists, Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers all came looking for the freedom to practice religion the way they wanted to. The English settlers at first tried to do everything the same way they had done it in the Old World. They tried to isolate themselves from the Indians and create their own communities. They quickly learned that because of the difficult and different geographic conditions they had to learn from the Indians. They couldn’t isolate themselves from the world around them, and were influenced by those cultures.
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What makes a settlement like a kiss? Location. Location. Location. There were many geographical differences between New England and the Chesapeake region. But the biggest difference is location. New England region was close to the water and had easy access to it and the Chesapeake region had much better farming conditions. Being close to the water was a huge plus for the New England settlers because it was a lot cheaper for the stores to be closer to where the boats unload their stock. They didn’t have to pay for transporting across the land. Fishing was also ideal and a natural resource for the New England settlers. While the north was great for merchants and factories it was not so great for farmers. The Chesapeake region is closer to the equator so it provides much better farming conditions such as a good growing season and good soil. Because of those two differences the new world became very much divided. New England with its shops and merchants; Chesapeake with its farming.
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.The Chesapeake region was very different from the New England region. Chesapeake’s motives for settlement was so England could say that they have colonies in the New World and because they didn’t like the Catholic religion in Virginia. That is why Maryland was established. Almost all the colonies in the Chesapeake region were farming land. This was because there soil was very good and rich. So it was easier for the people to farm.
ReplyDeleteNow the New England region all started with a Group of Separatists wanted to worship in peace. They sailed across the ocean and landed on Plymouth Rock. With more and more people coming over to Plymouth people started going deeper into the New World. The Puritans moved to Massachusetts. The people in Massachusetts were Puritans and came out to the New World because King James wanted them to. The New England region was mostly made up of different religions. There wasn’t much farming, because the soil wasn’t that great. Now you can see that The Chesapeake region and the New England region are very different
.The Chesapeake region was very different from the New England region. Chesapeake’s motives for settlement was so England could say that they have colonies in the New World and because they didn’t like the Catholic religion in Virginia. That is why Maryland was established. Almost all the colonies in the Chesapeake region were farming land. This was because there soil was very good and rich. So it was easier for the people to farm.
ReplyDeleteNow the New England region all started with a Group of Separatists wanted to worship in peace. They sailed across the ocean and landed on Plymouth Rock. With more and more people coming over to Plymouth people started going deeper into the New World. The Puritans moved to Massachusetts. The people in Massachusetts were Puritans and came out to the New World because King James wanted them to. The New England region was mostly made up of different religions. There wasn’t much farming, because the soil wasn’t that great. Now you can see that The Chesapeake region and the New England region are very different.
Emily Hopes
These regions provided the basics that people wanted; food, shelter, and jobs. Chesapeake had a lot to offer the new settlers. They had a lot of rivers running through the region. This water was fresh water so it helped them bathe, and have clean water to drink. Jobs in this region were farming, boat building, and fishing. They had salt water and fresh water fishing. Since Chesapeake was closer to the equator they had a better climate and a longer growing season. Chesapeake also had a huge inland bay that would protect them from the strong waves and storms. This bay also was a place where they could dock their ships from the huge waves and other natural disasters. They could also use the bays protection from attacks by other people. Chesapeake had big forests; they used the wood to build houses and ships. New England had other advantages, the shoreline offered places to build port cities allowing the people to trade. It had a bay like Chesapeake that served also as a protection. New England didn’t have that great of soil and climate, so they didn’t have a longer of a growing season like Chesapeake. The jobs that the people did in New England were mostly fishing. New England had a really big forest, so that helped them build houses, boats, and trade with other countries. Geographic features played an important role where you wanted to settle. These features offered; food, shelter, and jobs, made it possible for people to live there!
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I think people had several different motives for wanting to settle in different places. However, if it were me I would settle somewhere that was like where I lived before. Of course, the Pilgrims didn’t intend to land in New England, they adapted to it over time. From their further discoveries of the land, people in the Old World were probably interested in a colony that was similar to the land they lived on currently. When carpenters heard about the hardwood tree population they thought about possible success they might over across the sea. However, colonization in the Chesapeake Bay region was mainly set on the idea of farming and agriculture. This was always needed in this time. The settlers down south knew when they were being attacked. By where they had settled, they also had an easier escaping if needed from hostile tribes. While in New England. Fishing was their main economy. They had small family farms. But because of the rocky soil, it was harder to farm. In conclusion, the Chesapeake Bay region and New England had different economies, geographies and cultural attitudes.
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Question 2
In the Chesapeake Region many came for wealth, and when they didn’t find any gold like the Spanish they had to find a new fortune. The settlers tried everything. The geography of where they were didn’t help for farming. The soil was not good for farming. Without the help of the Indians, Jamestown and other settlements wouldn’t have survived or been the success they became to be. Indians showed them how to plant food for survival. Being in the bay helped their situation; they could see if others were attacking them from sea. This helped immensely it got them out of where they were before those could attack them. They as well could see inland and make an escape out to sea on their ships. By being by water they began to build ships and fish. They as well could travel on or along the rivers, and drink from them!
ReplyDeleteMany people of New England came for religious freedom. It didn’t matter to them exactly where geographically they would be, as long as they could worship freely. They planned on farming to make their money but when they got there the soil was bad and there was a short growing season. This didn’t work with their plans, and once again Indians showed them how to plant what they could. Because of the short growing season and bad soil they began to become merchants and shipbuilders. The settlers even started to fur trade like the French did.
Meleah Sanders
Where you were located depended on how you lived. If you lived on rocky land, like up North, it was harder to plant. And it was colder and a shorter season to grow. Then if you were in the South, you were a farmer. Plenty of lad to grow on, it is actually good soil. You would have a longer growing season. Then if you were in between the two areas you were just in between, didn’t have as long of growing season like the south, but it was longer than the North’s growing season. When the people were near rivers, ocean, etc. They could export and import things. And they would be able to fish and stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteSo where you were located depended, if you had to make a new way of getting food, living, and what you did. The people in the South were lucky because they didn’t have to change how they lived as much, as the others, unless they weren’t farmers.
Katelyn Spence
New England and the Chesapeake region seemed to be working in the same patterns, the settlements would start out fine, but after a time they would start to have problems with starvation, disease, and making their colonies profitable. I think part of the reason the settlements seemed to struggle, was that they really didn’t know what was in store for them, so they weren’t prepared. People would come to the settlements because it was rich in natural resources, the placement of the settlements depended particularly in that. Settlers would establish their homes where they could easily find food, water, safety, and natural treasures. For example: lumber, tar, pitch, and iron, all these things they used for export to England. Finding these items would mean better living, they could use the lumber for houses, tar for their ships etc. Discovery of these things also meant better economy in the settlements, and prosperous trading.
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How did the layout of the land affect the Chesapeake and New England regions? Well first, the climate and growing seasons made a huge impact on how the people there where going to farm. Down in the Chesapeake region, the soil was much softer and easier to work with then the New England’s rocky and hard soil. Therefore, farming was much easier in Chesapeake and their harvests were probably much more fruitful. Also Chesapeake had a longer growing season than New England, so their crops had longer time to grow and were most likely bigger. Second, bodies of water created many different jobs for the people in the New World. However, the Chesapeake region had more rivers going into the state and they also had the Chesapeake Bay. Because they had these bodies of water, it provided many jobs including fishing, merchants, and shipbuilders. As you can see not only did the layout of the land affect the people living there, it also was a huge impact on their decision to come here.
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Both areas had many advantages and disadvantages on where they where and how the land around them was. The New England area had a lot of disadvantages. First they were farther away from the equator giving them a shorter growing season. When the pilgrims set out to the new world they wanted to farm and the place they landed was a really a bad place to farm because they had bad soil. The good points on landing in New England for the pilgrims are the native peoples. The Natives helped the pilgrims a lot. They helped the pilgrims new about the area and what to plant in their kind of Soil.
ReplyDeleteThe Chesapeake area had some good things and some bad things. Some bad things are they planted next to very strong Natives that were not very nice. Unlike the pilgrims the people of Chesapeake got almost no help by the natives. When they set foot in the swamp area they were not considering about where they were. They got tons of bugs they gave them many sicknesses. Plus they had to leave their fort to plant crops because of the swamps they put their settlement in. The good sides are they had rich soil that they could put their crops in. They could have longer growing seasons because they were closer to the equator.
Both barely survived and we Americans are very grateful because of it.
Josh McBride 2nd period
The geographical features of the Chesapeake region and the New England colonies, greatly contributed to the placement and economy of the thirteen colonies. For example, the New England colonies, are located in a higher, colder region, and it is therefore harder for the people to farm because of the short growing season. It also are located right along the Appalachian mountain range, and has hard, rocky soil. In the Chesapeake region the soil is better, and the region has a longer farming season due to the climate. The Economy for the Chesapeake region is mainly farming and agriculture, whereas New England's economy is more in the fishing and trade area based on their climate and the geographical features around their area. Almost all of the colonies were located somewhat by the ocean, which then made it easier to import and export goods, such as tobacco, sugar, rice, and slaves. The fact that they were right on the shore was a great advantage for trading with other countries.
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The Chesapeake region and New England both had some problems with starting out, death mostly. New England was not as quick to attract settlers because the Plymouth comapany wasn't all that successful. The Chesapeake region was placed inland and that was a mistake because of the Indains surrounded them. The New England colonies were placed further north. Both of the groups had an okay start. But things got bad fast. It wasn't until they each had a new leader that forced them to get everything done to survive. The placement of both of these colonies had some good things and some not so good things. The geographic features that attracted the settlers to choose the place for Jamestown was that there was a bay of good water near. It also helped that it was a good place to import and export food and supplies. When they found a place to settle the New England colonies some things that helped were that there wasn't people to drive them away beause of their religous decisions.
ReplyDeleteThe New England colonies didn't have the best soil and so they didn't do much farming. They were also closer to the North Pole and so it was colder and so there wasn't a long growing season. The advantage for living farther north was that it stopped life threatening diseases from spreading. The disadvantage though was that the harsh winters killed many people. Since it was so cold, they couldn't farm or produce as much as the South. This resulted in having to find a new trade depending on their environment. There was a lot more trees there so they used them to make houses and ships. The trees they didn't use were shipped back to England. They did more manufacturing than the South and so they had many mills and factories to make up for that. They had many ports so that encouraged trade which was their main source of wealth.
ReplyDeleteUnlike the New England colonies, the Chesapeake colonies, Virginia and Maryland, had great soil. They had many plantations and their main crop was tobacco. Most of the people there were men that were indentured servants. The indentured servants were eventually given their own land which equals more cash crop. The reason the population slowed was because of deathly diseases ( which didn't happen much in the New England colonies). They also had a huge water source which was good for them because water is important. The water was probably one of the reasons why the soil was so good compared to the New England colonies. The bay also allowed them to see other ships coming to invade so they could set up a protection force using the bay.
The thing that brought the two areas/colonies together were the treatment to the Indians. Bacons rebellion was a huge deal that killed many Indians. Finally the government butted in and said no to Bacon, but this is a huge common link between the two.
Many of the people brougt to the New World were in for a treat. I don’t think they realized what they were getting into. Take Roanoke for example. They flatout failed. They were gentlemen who didn’t know how to work and so they starved. Because of their old way of life, it really crippled them. It was not only the gentlemen but the farmers and Pilgrims suffered too. When the Pilgrims were told that they couldn’t really farm, that hurt them bad!!! Luckly the Indians saved their sorry lives because they would have failed like Roanoke (It really didn’t help the Indians that they were friendly to the English and the Pilgrims because today their aren’t many left. Which brings us back to the common link-BACON’S REBELLION. It sad that they were just being neighborly). It is a good thing they made it through though and they overcame their hardship by adapting. Adaption was a huge key to their success especially to the New England colonies.
Taylor Thompson :D
There were many advantages for living in Chesapeake Bay. They could always watch their settlement and see if anyone was attacking. If they were under attack, they could quickly sail away in their ships. Also, when the wind was blowing heavily, the inlet would protect them and not let their ships crash against each other and get ruined. It was also easier for loading and unloading. You see, if they didn't have loading docks it would be very difficult for them to get everything loaded and sent over to England. The last reason is water. This is one of the main reasons they settled there. They would always have fresh water to drink and to water their crops.
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New England and the Chesapeake region were very different in a lot of ways. The Chesapeake region fished a lot making the economy very different from the Middle and Southern Colonies, As well as the Chesapeake region's soil was a lot harder and rockier than the other colonies, which made it harder to grow crops, but the Indians helped a lot by showing them how to grow crops effectively using their fish. They were also in the perfect spot to see if someone was attacking them. If they were attacking from the land, they could simply sail away on there ships long before the attackers got to the region, and if the attackers were attacking from the sea they could run inland.
ReplyDeleteNew England also had bad soil, and fished a lot just like the Chesapeake region. New England was mostly made up of people who wanted religious freedoms. All the New England colonies didn't really care where they settled, as long as they got their freedoms. Making the Chesapeake area a lot better defensively.
-Brayden Carlson
The newly developing Chesapeake region had many rivers and easy access to the Atlantic Ocean. It was a natural entry point for the newly arriving settlers from Europe and other countries. The land was fertile and good for growing crops with a longer growing season than their neighbors to the North. New England had a similar access point to the Atlantic and was also an area for incoming immigrants. It also meant supplies could be easily shipped in and out for trading and transport. The sea also gave them the needed natural resource of fish since their growing seasons were shorter and the land was rocky making it a less ideal location for farming. Their main jobs were fishing, trading, and ship building. In conclusion both regions were important for their resources and their locations.
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Many settlers came to Chesapeake Bay when they first arrived in America. Maryland and Virginia were surrounding Chesapeake Bay almost completely. The English people believed it would be good to settle in this bay for three reasons. One, if they were attacked from the land they could easily retreat to their ships and sail into the Atlantic Ocean. Two, if they were attacked from the water they could easily retreat inland. And three, it was easy to unload and load ships if their settlements were right next to the ocean. The first successful settlement in The New World, Jamestown, was located in Virginia near Chesapeake Bay. Virginia had good, rich soil so the people could farm easily. A lot of the settlers were farmers in England so they already knew how to farm well when they came over to America. They would also go out and fish in the nearby ocean. Since they were closer to the equator than the New England colonies they had a much better climate and a longer growing season. Chesapeake Bay was one of the best places to live in the New World because it had such great resources.
ReplyDeleteMany settlers came to Chesapeake Bay when they first arrived in America. Maryland and Virginia were surrounding Chesapeake Bay almost completely. The English people believed it would be good to settle in this bay for three reasons. One, if they were attacked from the land they could easily retreat to their ships and sail into the Atlantic Ocean. Two, if they were attacked from the water they could easily retreat inland. And three, it was easy to unload and load ships if their settlements were right next to the ocean. The first successful settlement in The New World, Jamestown, was located in Virginia near Chesapeake Bay. Virginia had good, rich soil so the people could farm easily. A lot of the settlers were farmers in England so they already knew how to farm well when they came over to America. They would also go out and fish in the nearby ocean. Since they were closer to the equator than the New England colonies they had a much better climate and a longer growing season. Chesapeake Bay was one of the best places to live in the New World because it had such great resources.
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Period 2
I think that the geographic features contributed to the settlements in many ways. First, the Chesapeake region hadn't been establised yet, there was basically nothing there but the new land.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the people really didn't know how to plan for this new world, they didn't excatly know what they were going up against so that probably had some effect.
The land in the Chesapeake area made a difference because it was a lot better for farming where as New England's soil was hard and rocky. The natives helped the English learn how to grow better crops by placing fish or meat in with the seeds, acting like a fertalizer.
Another big difference is Tobacco. The English soon began to grow and havest this crop. Soon the demand for land in Jamestown grew rapidly and people sold tobacco to the English back home, transporting it by boat.
-Abby Madsen
There were a lot of differences in the geographic features of New England and the Chesapeake region. The Chesapeake region had a lot more rivers meaning more water for their crops and water for themselves. In the New England region they have much less rivers, so they aren’t able to support much of their crops. The Chesapeake region has flatter land to grow crops on. They had better soil and a better climate for growing crops. The other region had rocky land so they didn’t have much room to grow a lot of crops. Their soil was bad and had many rocks in it. So they focused on fishing. Their growing season was short because they were farther from the equator.
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Morgan DeGooyer
ReplyDeleteThere were many differences between the Chesapeake Region and the New England Regions. Quality of soil was one of those differences. The Chesapeake Region had good soil. They had lot of rivers for water, to irrigate crops and transport farm goods. The New England Region had bad soil. The people who lived in that region mainly focused the ports of sea for fishing and trading. Another reason they didn't farm that much was not only was their soil bad, they had a shorter growing season because they were farther away from the equator. The Chesapeake Region focused mostly on farming because they had rich soil and a longer growing season due to their being closer to the equator. I think that the people who came to the Chesapeake Region wanted to farm, and brought their farming knowledge with them from the Old Country. The people who settled the Chesapeake Region had to adapt and use their knowledge of the sea to their advantage. All together New England and the Chesapeake Regions had a lot of differences and a lot of benefits that helped each other prosper.
The geographic features mattered very much. If you wanted to be able to farm, you had to find a place with rich soil, fertile enough to help the crops grow. This soil was found down in the Chesapeake area. So, of course they were the big farmers. They had only a few colonies on the Bay area, so they still did ship building, just not as much as the New England Colonies. The New England Colonies were all along the shore line, so they did alot of ship building. But their soil was rocky, so they did not do much farming.
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There were many differences between the Chesapeake area and the New Enland area. One of those differences was the soil. In the Chesapeake Bay the soil was nice and soft, so they relied on farming. while in New England the soil was hard and rocky. They mostly relied on fishing and trading.The Chesapeake area also had a lonfer growing season then the New England colonies. So these guys had a lot of differences in how they lived. Austin Koos
ReplyDeleteHere are a few geographical feature differences between New England and Chesapeake. Chesapeake was very swampy and had thick woods. They also had Powerful local Indians that eventually attacked them. Chesapeake was good because you could see boats coming and leaving. They were expecting to find gold there but all they found was lumber, tar, and iron. Chesapeake was good for fishing because they are by water. New England was way different! Virginia is in New England and they had good soil for farming. One winter didn’t have enough food so they all starved, and lots of people died during starving time. They got so hungry they started eating dead people! They discovered that tobacco was a good crop for Virginia and they made a lot of money off of it. The reason most people moved to New England was for freedom of religion because a lot of people from England wanted their own religion and couldn’t have their own in England. The king prosecuted them for making their own. So there you have it!
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In Chesapeake you can see if anyone is attacking you. The good thing about that is that if they are gatting attacked the can sneak in to the land. They would most likely not get cought. If there getting shot at from the land they can just sail out to sea.
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The Chesapeake and New England regions had two different kinds of land. The Chesapeake Region was extremely swampy and had a lot of trees and woodlands. Because of the bay the Chesapeake Region could see boats coming and leaving the New World. By seeing the boats they could see who was coming into their teritory and who was leaving. They also knew what was being traded. The people who came to the Chesapeake area were hoping to find gold but only got lumber, iron, and tar. Another advantage of being in the Chesapeake area was that you could do a lot of fishing since you were next to the ocean.
ReplyDeleteThe New England Region was not the same. There was good soil, which made it easier the farm and grow crops. One of the crops that was very succesful was tobacco. In Virginia a lot of tobacco was harvested. Some of the people in Virginia became very rich from growing tobacco.
There are many differences in the geography of the Chesapeake and New England regions. The Chesapeake colonies were closer to the equator, that made the growing seasons longer and better than in New England. Chesapeake also had the bay making it better for trading, and also making it less windy around the bay area. The New England colonies had pretty rough soil compared to the Chesapeake's rich soil. Overall, if you were a farmer, it would be better to live in the Chesapeake region just because you had better growing seasons and were able to export your crops easily. New England was better for people that wanted wood because there were big forests in that region. The Chesapeake bay was good for fishermen because you could take a big boat out and catch a lot of fish and make some money. The people that discovered the New England colonies were farmers, and they were actually trying to get to the southern colonies where there was good farming. The ship they were on got off course and they got to Jamestown instead. Because they were farmers, they had a hard time surviving in such a swampy place. Most farmers would go to the southern colonies, and people looking for other ways to make money like lumber would go to the Northern Colonies to settle.
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Period 2
Between the New England and Chesapeake regions, the New England colonies was mainly used for fishing and lumberjacks, for their soil was hard and rocky, which wasn't very good for plantation. But when they had a chance to grow crops, they would grow tobacco and ship it off to England. But the Chesapeake's region had tar, iron and alright soil. But the very best geographical feature was that they lived off the coast of an ocean, so they could see who was coming, traders or enemies. They also had a very powerful Indian tribe next to them, so that helped them become what they are.
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