Carolyn Essay

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CAROLYN KARAISHIST 1301JANUARY 31,2010 |
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Same or Different?
Greed for money, power, and religious beliefs all had their hands in the establishment of the colonies of New England, the Middle, and the South of North America.   The inhabitants of the motherland had their own different ambitions in setting their shoes in the land of America; whatever the reasons were for setting sail across the Atlantic, the destined view was common for all, the eye on a greener pasture.   Due to the increase of economic, religious, and political pressures knocking down the foundation of England’s stature, England joined the water races of the Atlantic.   They were late starters in the expeditions of the New World; however, this did not decrease the settlers’ stubbornness of learning from the prior mistakes the earlier settler’s, and this would result in a harsh outcome for the chartered colonies of the Americas.
The first expedition landed on an area off the coast of Virginia, which was part of the Southern Colonies that included:   Maryland, North and South Carolina and Georgia; this journey was funded by joint stock companies charted by King James I. (Keene, Cornell, O’Donnell, 2010) The funding of this expedition showed what the settlers of the Southern Colonies were mainly about, money; this differed from the New England and Middle colonies.   The driving force for the pursuit of the New England colonies was establishment of religion; the Middle colonies depended on the driving force of the combination of religion and money.   The King’s financial ties in the expedition of the first Southern colony led the settlers of Virginia to name the area Jamestown after the King.   The events that followed would prove to be devastating for the new settlers.   First, the settlers were not you common laborers; their desire was for a “get rich quick scheme”.   According to Keene, Cornell, and O’Donnell, the settlers viewed manual labor as undignified...