New England Colonies Relationship

Between the years 1750 and 1776, England was locking down on the colonies, imposing lots of taxes against the colonists such as the Stamp Acts and Townshend Acts. Tensions were high between England and the colonies and the idea that a Revolution might take place wasn’t out of the question. And it was between those 25 years that colonists in America began to find a sense of unity and a sense of their own individual identities. To find both a sense of unity and their own identity, the colonists banded together in the face of adversity, they also found a sense of identity and unity due to a lack of a sense of belonging, and through the passing of the Townshend Act.

Colonies are considered important in earlier times due to many reasons. Colonies are vital in obtaining control both for economic expansion and for wealth. In the film “Economies of Early British Colonies”, the expatriate period had begun because of the need of these influential European power to increase territorial properties and at the same time permit access of assets unavailable or limited in the home country. This essay intends to present comparison and contrast of the two distinguishable colonies during the colonial era in America: the northern and southern colonies. The paper also intends to develop arguments to answer how these similarities and differences contributed to the rise and fall of these two colonies.

The chapters of our textbook, America: A Narrative History, written by George Brown Tindall and David Emory Shi, takes us on a historical yet comparative journey of the road to war and what caused the American Revolution, an insight into the war itself, and a perception to what life was like in America after the war was over. The essays of the book, America Compared: American History in International Perspective, collected by Carl J. Guarneri gives us a global context and a comparison between the North and South Americas in the dividing issues of labor, slavery, taxes, politics, economy, liberty, and equality.

Before the American Revolution, most colonists had traveled from England to the North American colonies considering themselves citizens of the British empire and seeking a better life. However, actions taken from the Continental Congress have begun to question British power. After the French and Indian War between France and Britain, the British government have abused their power and authority towards the colonies by taxing them without representation. As a result, between 1750-1766, the colonies of America have united and decided to declare independence from Great Britain to become a successful, self-developed nation.

The two colonies differed politically. “God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, [that]in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean and in subjection” (Doc. A).The New England colony was a representative democracy; they held town meetings. It placed emphasize on having poor and rich families because of the importance of an equal society with representation from all sectors of life. “We intend by God's grace, as soon as we can, with all convenient speed, to procure some Godly and faithful minister with whom we purpose to join in church covenant to walk in all the ways of Christ” (Doc. D). The New England colony believed they were called by God to start a colony. “Let us trace . . .[the] men

In the 16th the American colonies, governments took three courses, all based on English traditions. The colonies became a testing ground for developing governments, from which the founders drew heavily when they enlisted the United States Constitution. At the base of each colony was its charter, a written agreement between the dependency and the queen of England (or with Parliament in the case of George), which authorized its existence and set up rules of procedure. The three figures of colonial governments were: Royal Colonies, Proprietary Colonies, and Charter Colonies.

New England and the Chesapeake regions of the thirteen colonies were both settled by Englishmen coming for a better life than what they would have had in England. Although these settlers` came from the same place, their ideals and beliefs were all different in nature and resulted in two distinctly different societies. As the colonies became more populated and established their economic identity, an immediate difference can be seen in how the New England colonies maintain revenue in contrast to the Chesapeake. Politically, these regions were somewhat similar but immensely different in regards to the role of religion in the government. In regards to religion, the different types of Christianity in each region would come to play a major role

There are many factors that lead to a dual identity between the North American colonist and the British. One of the first factors during the 18th century was the colonial economy was growing rapidly. This was largely due to the immense immigration. The Dutch, German and Irish began to weave among the population. During this time, the colonial population was growing just as fast as the economy. Much of the population became farmers which provided imports to England. This helped to build a strong bond between Britain and America. The British relied strongly on colonial imports. Macmillan Learning states, “Despite the many differences among the colonists, the consumption of British exports built a certain material uniformity across region, religion,

Most colonies followed the Church of England’s teaching while Pennsylvania reflected on the Quaker belief

Prior to the start of the Seven Years War, the colonies of the United States had experienced a permissive relationship with Great Britain due to the act of Salutary Neglect. However, after the war, England felt they could no longer have such uninvolved relations with the colonists and began instituting stricter policies over them. Consequently, the Seven Years War marked a great turning point in colonial relations with England, with changes such as the legislation which led to the increase of British control as well as anti-British sentiment in the colonies. But despite these changes, continuities such as loyalty to Britain still remained after the war.

While under Britain’s rule, the colonists were used as revenue to aid the mother country. Although Britain took home the Seven Years War victory, the victory was costly and they needed money immediately. So

From their first involvement in the New World up until the early 1700s, Britain did not concern itself too heavily with the colonies. The colonies kept an amiable attitude towards the British due to this and thrived under their lax rule. This relationship unbalanced as a direct result of the French and Indian War of 1754 - 1763. The events of the war impacted both the political and ideological relationship that the colonies had with their king, as colonists felt the British imposition of restrictions encroached on their liberties. However, the most significant impact was made economically, the debt that the war created for the British was pinned on the colonists and they were

How or why did the colonists’ sense of a collective British identity change during the years before 1764? British colonists mainly felt connected to Britain for two reasons. One, they shared the same culture and beliefs, and secondly, Britain was once their home country at one point. As newly formed American’s however, they felt as though their rights were being violated by the British, and as such, their identity started to take a new shape and form a new purpose, which was revolution and patriotism, which in return caused them to fight for what they believed in more and more. The colonists' sense of identity and unity as Americans was further developed when they decided to unite in order to fight the British.

The establishment of the Carolina colony, later separated into North and South Carolina, was the introduction of widespread slave labor in the English colonies. They had been used in Virginia for years prior, but other then that it was a new development. Slave labor was used on large plantations where the slaves tended to labor intensive crops completely against their will. The conditions in which they were brought over were just as bad, if not worse then the slave labor itself. Nearly one fifth of slaves brought over on ships died on those ships. They were given minimal space, food, and water, and were often times stacked on top of eachother. Colonists used African slave labor because it was inexpensive and profitable, and the African slaves