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 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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There were a lot of differences between the Chesapeake and New England Regions. In the Chesapeake region, the farming was better because the soil was better. The weather was warmer because it was closer to the Equator. There are a lot of rivers near Jamestown and the Chesapeake which they can use to drink, bathe, and wash their stuff in. In the New England region, the farming is worse because of bad soil, and it was colder because it is farther away from the Equator. The New England region also was by the coast more than the Chesapeake so they had a lot of fishing, boatmaking, and trading. The New England region was away from the indians that surrounded the Chesapeake.
ReplyDeleteCasey Slaughter -- 4th Period
Queston 3:
ReplyDeleteWith military in consideration, it would provide protection from the hostile Indians. So more people went to settle in the New World knowing that they would have protection. People had heard of the raids that the Indians had caused and they were reluctant to go to the New World.
Spenser Potter-4th Period
In the seventeenth century, the colonies were unsure about what to do with the neighbors. They were competition, but they were also a protection from the natives. The British colony was a very tiny colony compared to the Spanish one below it, and on the surface, and not strong compared to the French’s land above it. Soon areas that were beside each other would join each other, and after a while split off and form with new ones. Soon, a war broke out with the Netherlands and Spain, and the Spanish navy went away, leaving the English in the Caribbean untouched. During the war, the productivity in the English colonies soon picked up by a great amount, leaving the British to themselves. Leaving a colony to alone is basically saying that they can do whatever they want to.
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question #3
I think there are some pretty interesting things going on in the Chesapeake and New England regions. In question one, the question I’m answering, it says to ‘note the pattern of settlement.’ One of the first things I notice about the Chesapeake region is where the cities are placed. Almost all of the settlements are next to rivers or the ocean. This gives the people water for cooking, drinking, and farming, obviously, and the ability to export and import objects. The bay lets large ships in directly to the cities. Another good thing about the Chesapeake area is the location is in the middle of the colonies. It provides a central climate and good soil for farming. These simple geographical features can make a huge difference for the settlers’ survival. They are able to grow food with a large growing season. They won’t freeze to death in the winter, and they have sufficient protection from the natives.
ReplyDeleteThe New England colonies are up north, farther from the equator. This makes the growing season shorter, and the weather colder. The first winter of the Pilgrims was very, very difficult. Their geographical place on the globe definitely made a difference. Half the colonists died that winter. When winter was over, they realized that with the rocky soil up in the Massachusetts and Connecticut area, the growing season doesn’t really matter. The Pilgrims, Puritans, and others who settled there realized they couldn’t farm, because, the geography wouldn’t allow it. This made an obvious difference to settlers, because they had to learn how to do other things. Also, the different valleys and mountains attracted people for different reasons. For instance, the Connecticut River valley attracted lots of settlers because of its fertile lands and its general separation from the Massachusetts colony, who were experiencing uprising because of religion. The Pilgrims were very strict in that area. Other settlers wanted religious freedom, so the colony began to expand. The Pilgrims believed they were elect in the sight of God, and other religions weren’t welcome. Add that to the rocky soil, and people were happy to leave the Massachusetts colony. The one thing similar in the locations is there water access. The New England colonies also had the advantage of exporting and importing.
The early settlers had to adapt to their surroundings, because their surroundings wouldn’t adapt to them.
Sydnee Davis -4th period
Question 1
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think the Chesapeake Bay was such a big hit for all of the settlers? First to start out with is that the Chesapeake Bay is a great place for ships to come and drop off supplies, and if you haven’t notice it is kind of hidden so it gives Maryland and Virginia a private place to exchange goods and receive goods. It also gives a great place to fish for food, and a place to get water for their everyday needs.
All of the rivers, bays, soil, temperatures, growing seasons, and the Atlantic Ocean would all contribute to why the settlers chose there. They wanted long growing seasons so they could grow lots of food to survive the winter and to not have to have food imported in. So that’s why the Southern Colonies were a great place. The Southern Colonies also had the best temperatures which they liked. They had lots of land, and if you look at the map it also shows that the Southern Colonies have a lot of rivers. It was a great place for farmers. All of those geographical reasons might just be why Jamestown in Virginia was the first successful settlement. The New England Colonies was the complete opposite of the Southern Colonies. They had a short growing season and cold temperatures. They had also horrible soil so they could not grow very much food at all. Not a good place for farmers at all, but they did have some rivers for water. The Middle Colonies had alright soil so they could grow food, and they had warm temperatures. All of the Colonies had its positive and negative things about them.
Velisity Oliver
Period 4th
Question 2:
ReplyDeleteThe geological difference is the latitude. There is about a four point’s difference between Virginia and New England, which has a huge affect on weather and growing season. This made it so the colonies in New England had to change their jobs from farmers, which they were in Europe, to carpenters. They became carpenters because of the abundance of hard wood. In the Virginia the many job was farming. The Virginia Company placed Jamestown in the New World because the Spanish were bringing back boat loads of gold, and the French were doing the same with furs. So when the English came they were looking for a money maker. Eventually John Rolfe found the cash crop of tobacco. When the Pilgrims came they were looking for religious acceptance, because they were persecuted in England.
Katie Jones 4th
There were many geographic features that made a difference to the settlers. The latitude, climate, natural resources, Indian tribes, and many more. The Chespeake Bay region was not too far north or too far south, so the climate was just right. They had very good growing soil in parts of the land, but other places were much worse. Some of the places they chose to settle in were low land and they were wet. Because of this, there was not much growing land. Also, they were surrounded by forests and Indian tribes. The forests made it easy to find wood and timber to send out on trade boats that came in at the bay. The Indian tribes helped them by teaching them how to grow certain crops and how to hunt animals. The New England was very high in latitude, therefore it was very cold. The people did not mean to land here but the wind from the sea blew them off course. They arrived too late, however to go farther south. So, they had to stay where they were. Since they arrived so late, there wasn't much time to build proper homes before the winter. Because of this, about half the population died in the first winter. Later on, when Massachusetts was formed, in their first winter, about 200 people died and many left. Also, the soil was very sandy and marshy, so people had to go farther west and south to find good soil. Because of the help of the Indians surrounding them, they were able to sell fish and fur for money. These were the impacts of the land on the settlements.
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Question 1
Question 1:
ReplyDeleteThe Chesapeake and New England regions are both have good and bad features. The Chesapeake region would be warmer than the New England. The Chesapeake has better farming climate therefore they can have better fresh foods. The bad things about the Chesapeake region would be the swampy parts like in Virginia. Swamps bring mosquitoes and mosquitoes bring disease.
The New England region is further north than the Chesapeake region. Further north means that it would be colder. It also means that it wouldn’t be as good for farming. Although, they have enough coastlines that they could make a living off fishing, but that would be the best fresh food.
There were some pretty good and bad things about the two reagions. The Chesapeake region was warmer than the New England region because it was closer to the equater. They had a larger planting season and good soil so that meant that they had more fresh produce. But, the area was swampy and there were lots of bugs that carried diseases. Like mosquitoes.
ReplyDeleteNew England Was farther away from the equater so that means it was colder with a shorter growing season. They didn't have as much produce as Chesapeake. On the other hand, They lived almost entirely on the coast line so they depended on fishing, trading, and pretty much anything that had to do with the ocean!
Blakeley Lemmon
October 9, 2010 2:22 pm
There where lots of geographical features that helped with the placement and economy of the colonies in the Chesapeake area. First of all, the bay protected the colonies from the wind and hurricanes; it also made a good harbor for unloading and loading ships.
ReplyDeleteThere were also lots of rivers that should have had good drinking water.
The land around Chesapeake Bay had a good growing season and a temperate climate. After the indians showed the settelers how to grow corn with beans next to it to keep the soil good, they were able to prepare vegatables to eat with the meat they could catch.
Once the settlers had some food, it was easier to make a profit.
Jared Read
Per. 4
10/9/10
The Colonies were very unsure of their neighbors. They knew that if the Spanish or the French felt pressured about them being there they would attack and pull the war signal (figuratively speaking). So they had to keep their distance, until they had enough people coming and then they could push them out. Gently at first and then, giving them a shove, sending them on their way. So that’s why they had to place the first colony, Jamestown just perfectly. And then when the Pilgrims came along they were placed in a great spot even though they didn’t know it they—in my personal opinion—helped a lot more than they knew. They helped keep the French where they were and keep them from coming down from Canada. So back to Jamestown, they established the Headright system allowing any man who came from England to have 50 acres of land, and an additional 50 per person he or she brings extra. And then there were the indentured servants who had to work 4-7 years for their passage over to the New World, then when that was said and done they were given land. So they gave so many people so much land that they pushed everyone else out. The Indians were also an issue, but the people of Jamestown took care of that easily by making friends with Pocahontas. And the Pilgrims made friends with Squanto. You may be wondering why I’ve said so much about the Pilgrims. Well, that’s just because of the question and just getting me thinking of them.
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Question 3
Every settlement has ups and downs to the lands, the Chesapeake region had good soil and it was warm because it was closer to the equator which made it so it had a longer growing season. The Only problem with the Chesapeake region was it was right next to the water which made it swampy. With the swamp came mosquitoes which carry several diseases like malaria. They also had a place to park there boats for a while then when they need it to take it out. The reason they could do that is because the bay protected them from the harsh storms.
ReplyDeleteNew England is almost the opposite of Chesapeake Bay. New England is farther away from the equator which means it has a shorter growing season. They didn’t have as much produce like fresh fruit or vegetables. Since they were right by the ocean they had fishing and also trading.
Heather Jensen
Period 4
The military helped to provide protcetion for the English settelers from their French, Spanish, and native neighbors.The military made the English settelers feel good about coming to the New World because they would be safe.But others were unsure of wether or not they should go.
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4th Period
The main geographical features that shaped the settlers settlements, were bodies of water. In both New Engalnd and the Chesapeake Bay area, the first settlements were right by main bodies of water, either the Atlantic ocean or the Chesapeake Bay. Water was the main source of economy at the beiginng of the colonies. In New England the poor soil made fishing and craftsman paramount. In the Chesapeake bay area Shipbuilding was big, and the Chesapeake bay privided a perfect parking lot, so to say. So you can see that the water very is important. The settlers didnt know, at the beginning, how to work this new land, so they used the water to gain their fortune, and that made all the difference. Later in the colonies people started to push inward, but they still were very close to sorces of water, rivers.
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#1
For military reasons, the colonies were placed strategically in the New World. They placed them so that they were by water, and so they almost always had something to drink. They also placed them in certain places to stop, or alert the other settlemnets, an attack from the French or Spanish. An example of this is the Georgia colony, which was placed to stop a Spanish attack.They were also placed in areas that would be easy to defend from Native Americans and other threats like wild animals. Eventually enough people showed up in the New World that they were able to kick out the French and drive back the Spanish, so they weren't as big of a threat to the people in the colonies. These are the reasons that the colonies were placed where they were. If they were placed in different places, the French or Spanish could have overcome the colonies and America may not exist now.
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Question 3
They were placed there because they were far enough South from the French and they were also far enough North from Spain. Then that way they dont have to cause a war or fight among the other countries. They were also there becasue so if the Native Americans attacked them they could escape.
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Questin 3
Many geographical features altered the decisions of settlement placement in the New World. The one hundred and four men that survived the trip decided to settle on an inland peninsula, surrounded by woods that they thought would protect them from the natives.
ReplyDeleteSome people, like the Plymouth settlers had no choice in where they landed. They were "shipwrecked", or were damaged by stormy seas and forced to land up in the Massachusetts area.
Other geographical features were the Appalachian Mountains. The settlers were given land for the area east of them allowing for a natural boundary along them.
Geography was very important for the settlers in the early days, for protecting, feeding, and supplying them with necessities. Well, at least for some of them.
John Wright
4th Period
Some of the differences of New England and Chesapeake Bay are their placement on the east coast. New England is more northern while Chesapeake is in the middle colonies area. Both places are right on the water so they both have the advantage and resource of the ocean. They both had fishing and ship building economies. Chesapeake did have more water than New England though. Chesapeake had better farming and agriculture than New England because they had richer, better soil. New England had rocky, horrible, soil.
ReplyDeleteThe Pilgrims came to New England for religious freedoms. That was one motive for people from England to come to the new world. When the Pilgrims went to Holland the English government new they were there and continued to persecute them. So when they moved to the new world the only people that they had to really worry about were the Natives. One reason people came to Chesapeake Bay was for land. People who didn’t have land in England had a very bad future in front of them. In Maryland and Virginia which border Chesapeake Bay had the head right system. People who paid for their passage got one hundred acres and fifty acres for each additional person that they brought over with them to the new world.
There were some significant differences in the two places. People also had two very different motives for coming over.
Preston Olschewski
Period: 4
Question #2
I'm answering question 1.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the Jamestown settlers chose to settle in the Chesapeake Bay because they had good natural resources that would help them with the careers that they had experience in. For example, the Chesapeake area had fairly good soil for farming, so they farmed a little. Another example is that they chose to settle in a bay so they are right next to water which is really convenient for trading.
The Plymouth area didn't have as successful of natural resources as the Chesapeake area. Plymouth was the place that the Pilgrims sailed to so they could worship freely. Plymouth was up north though, so it was cold. Most Pilgrims were farmers, but it was hard for them to farm in the Plymouth area because of the bad soil. The only reason the pilgrims survived was because of the Indians. The Indians gave the Pilgrims food to survive.
Anyway, the point is that the Chesapeake area was much easier to live in than the Plymouth area, especially with their occupations that they had before they came to the New World. It was very hard for the Pilgrims to live in the climate that they settled in. As for the Jamestown settlers, it was a little bit easier for them to live in the climate that they settled in. So the people sailing to the New World probably wanted to live in the Chesapeake area rather than the Plymouth area.
Josh Gladwell
4th Period
10-9-10
Question 1:
ReplyDeleteThe geographic features of the new world greatly contributed to the placements in the New England and Chesapeake Bay region. For instance, when the colonists first founded Jamestown they believed it would offer protection from the natives because it was located on a peninsula on a river and offered an easy escape if the Indians were to attack. It also offered a trade route. The settlers were eventually able to send things from the New World to England using the River James. These people that went to the Chesapeake region also saw all the rivers and thought they would find a fresh water source (even though they didn’t since the bay was very swampy). The soil, however, was good for growing crops. Jamestown was settled by the Chesapeake Bay because their main goal was to set up a prosperous colony, and the geography of the land allowed them to do this. Many people went to Jamestown because they were offered land by going, and land was power in those days.
On the other hand, the Pilgrims in the New England region didn’t have the same nice, rich soil to plant their seeds like in the Chesapeake Bay region. Their growing season is shorter than the Chesapeake Bay region because the winter is colder and starts sooner, so it makes it harder to grow crops there. However, their settlement was along the East Coast, so they were able to make a living by catching fish and making things out of fur. Luckily for the Pilgrims, the Indians in that region were fairly friendly. The Indians offered advice and showed them how to grow corn. Another geographic benefit was the distance from Europe. They liked living there because it was outside of the king’s reign. They could now worship freely without persecution. Both the New England settlement and the Chesapeake Bay region settlements had many advantages and disadvantages as to where they were located.
Kaili Robison
4th period
Question 1:
ReplyDeleteWhy did the English first settle in the Chesapeake region? First of all, no one had really explored much of what now is the United States, so they had to make their best guess. The first English settlement in the new world, Roanoke, was on an island. Although no one is exactly sure why Roanoke failed, it is said that it might have been taken over by Indians. So they chose to settle inland, thinking it would offer protection from the Indians. They chose very badly; the land was low and swampy and they were surrounded by a very powerful Indian tribe. The people learned to plant food that would grow in that area, such as corn which did much better than the grains the English knew from home.
The first people in New England landed there by mistake. Some Puritan Separatists and “Strangers” (people who were not Separatists) were headed to Virginia. They got caught in many big storms and were blown off course, and it was too late in the season to sail south. The first winter was harsh. It was very cold. They had much trouble planting anything for the soil was sandy and marshy. They learned to fish and get furs to trade. The Indians showed the Pilgrims to plant corn and hunt animals for meat.
Even though the Chesapeake region and New England had different geographic features they both managed to survive. They each had different ways of establishing themselves and managing their colonies. I think it’s good that they both, eventually, were able to get used to their geographic features, so they could survive.
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ReplyDeleteNew England’s and the Chesapeake region’s pattern of settlements were each shaped by their own geographical conditions in the New World and the different cultures from the Old World. The people in New England had come to the New World mostly in search of religious freedom. They just wanted a place to raise their families, be able to practice their own religion, and call home. The soil was poor up there, and not good for farming. Soon people started to spread out in search of better soil or because the government was church-dominated. Many people fished or traded in this area. In the Chesapeake region it was warmer and the soil was rich. Therefore people could make a lot of money off of farming. People planted tobacco, indigo, and many other crops. The farmland was very large, and was mostly made up of plantations. Many African slaves were sent over to help with the vast amount of farmland. Many plantation owners became very rich. This is why the Chesapeake region’s colonies were so big. New England’s colonies were small due to the fact that they only had small farms, fished, or traded. New England’s and the Chesapeake region’s pattern of settlements were very different.
Question 1:
ReplyDeleteMost of the early settlements were on coastal regions and on rivers. Settlers came by ship from the European countries and relied on additional supplies and people from returning ships. They tried to find things that were profitable to export, but were not successful until they began growing tobacco.
The rivers provided fish and hunting for furs and other animals. They needed water sources for their own survival. They used the water for farming, and for traveling and transporting people and supplies. It was easier and faster to trabel by boat, than through forests and unknown lands by foot. The canoe was particularly valuable and useful due to its easier navigation.
Immigrants struggled for a long time trying to create successful colonies. Even though they sought security from the natives, it was the knowledge from the friendly local natives that saved the early settlers.
In the new settlements especially in Jamestown they English looked for places to settle that would be safe from Indians. I think that being far enough from the French and the Spanish played a part too. Jamestown was more like a military camp. I remember the pilgrims trained in their use of weapons to protect themselves from Indians. Although they did not need their training at first. People liked to live closer together to be same from the Indians. More people provided a better military.
ReplyDeleteAshley Layton
Period 4
Question 1
ReplyDeleteThe New England colonies were up north where it was colder. Because they were up north meant they had shorter growing seasons. The settlers came so they could farm. There were a lot of farmers in the community and they expected they could plant crops. They ended up farther north where there weren't long growing seasons. They decided to take something new up and made money by fishing and building ships. So in the New England colonies the water was a big geographic help. The Chesapeake Bay region was also close to water so that helped them out. They were located in a relatively good planting area so they planted tobacco which made them a lot of bank. This really helped them progress in their colony.
Megan Sanford
Period 4
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 because of their religious decisions. Ashly Hanson
ReplyDeleteChesepeake Bay was the perfect place to settle in terms of trading. The ships from England could come in and park, so to speak, their ships without the nasty winds and everything that could put the ships out to sea and not where the settlers could load them. Up north where they settled it was very cold. The geographical pheatures helped shape what they did as jobs. The settlers fished mostly because the ground was too hard for anyone to even plant the seeds, let alone grow them.
ReplyDeleteThe Chesapeake Bay was a good place to settle in because it was by the ocean so the people could fish and trade. It was also very warm because it was by the equater so they had a good planting season. The people in the Southern Colonies had it petty good! They also had water that they could use for drinking and bathing and stuff, but with all the water it was swampy so that brought bugs including moscitoes which brought diseases. Then where the New Enland Colonies were it was colder because they were further away from the equater so they had a very short growing season. And because they had a short growing season they didn't have fruits and veggies and other crops to eat so they mostly relied on fishing and traded goods. taylor welch
ReplyDeleteThe Indians made use of the flintlock rifle instead of the matchlock rifle. The matchlock rifle was harder to work with than the flintlock rifle which was lighter in weight, more accurate, easier to use, and you didn't need to take the time to light it with a match. The Indians were using bows and arrows which were quicker to fight with than the Eurepeans which were using matchlock rifles. The Europeans hesitated to give up their matchlock rifles. The Indians knew the advantage of the flintlock rifles and ordered large quantities from Europe. The indians had the technology for building forts to fight from.
ReplyDeleteThe Indians could defend their land until the English caught up with their technology. Once the English caught up with their weaponary the English could overtake their land and build more settlements. The English outnumbered them and overcame their firepower.
Samantha Jardine
Period 4
The New England area was not the best place to settle if you were planning on having a lot of crops, because it was farther away from the equator, so it got a shorter growing season. Also, the New England area had rocky bad soil, that would be hard to grow things in. But, the people that lived in that area would be good fishers, shipbuilders, and traders. The middle colonies had it pretty good, they had better soil than New England, but not as good as the south's soil. They grew things there like wheat and corn. They also chopped down trees for lumber. The southern colonies had nice rich soil, and had a long growing season, because they were closer to the equator. They raised tobacco, rice, and turquoise. The southern colonies were also by the Chesapeake Bay, were there was a lot of fishing, and such. These facts would play a big part of were the settlers would choose were to live, which job to choose, whether or not there used to cold or hot weather, and whatever climate they prefer. Some people didn't get to decide were to live though.
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period 4
I think that they should have not settled there because one there were alrwady people there. Second because its kind of crappy for growing there crops and the people near the cheasapeak had better conditions and were kind of a competition. Gavin Hilbig 4th
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