I’m here to tell you the differences between the north and the south
in the late 1600’s, early 1700’s. There
were many differences between each side of America. The people were brought in from the same
place, but had different views. The
north was the first part of America that was founded up in New England. I’m going to now tell you the history about
each side of America, and how life was for the puritans and cavaliers. By comparing and contrasting hopefully I can
show you that both sides were different in many ways.
The north was first colonies of
America founded. The people who occupied
this space were known as puritans. The
puritans are also known as pilgrims, that is what we refer to them as now. Puritans were settlers from England who didn’t
believe in the Church of England. They
had there own views on life, they didn’t want to do exactly as England
did. They disagreed with the Church of
England. After finding America, they
needed a place to settle. They decided
to settle in Cape Cod, which was then called the Plymouth Colony. The needed a leader, the elected William
Bradford the governor of the Plymouth Colony.
Bradford was a non-conformist, which meant he didn’t want to follow the
Church of England; he was perfect for the job in many ways. The city on the hill is what they named the
town. Everything they did was based on
what scripture said. The first winter
for the puritan people were hard. They
didn’t expect what happened. It was
cold, and they had no food, and little shelter.
Many of the people died that year because of the conditions. The Plymouth colony began to grow, but many
of the people decided to leave and headed towards Boston.
The south and north were similar in
many ways. The north and south were both
populated by settlers from England. Both
sides were there for different reasons.
The puritans were there because they didn’t agree with the Church of
England. The cavaliers were there as a
reward. The south had better life for
the people. They had many ways of making
good money. They had a lot of fertile land, which was great for farming. In the north there was little farming because
of the rocky land.
The cavaliers came to America in
1660. They came as a reward from the
king of England. The cavaliers were the
opposite of the puritans. They believed
in the Church of England. The king (from the church of England) gave them the
land in 1660. They received a lot of
land in the southeast colonies. A lot of the English people, who were living in
the south, got their education in England before they came to America. Most of them were renaissance people. The climate in the south was much easier for
the people, because they had much better winter conditions than up north.
I believe that the cavaliers had a much
easier journey to America. They settled
in a much better area also. They had a
lot healthier farming conditions, and the king gave them a great deal of land. The climate was much different in the south
it was warm year round. In the north
people were dieing because of the cold conditions. I think the puritans should have moved down
south and settled in a much better area, were they would better chances at life
and jobs.
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