Unit 1 Essay: 13 Colonies
Post date: Jan 08, 2012 9:3:44 PM
Unit Essay: The Thirteen Colonies
For this project you must write an essay on the following topic:
The Thirteen Colonies
By 1750 English settlement in North America had formed into two very different and distinct regions: New England/Middle Colonies and the Chesapeake/Southern Colonies. Although all Thirteen colonies were officially under English control, the people, the local government, and the economies of the regions were profoundly different and the deep divisions between the two would eventually break the United States apart in the 19th century. Write a five-paragraph essay of 500-750 words that describes and analyzes the economies, governments, and societies of these two regions in order to point out their similarities and differences.
Helpful links for this essay:
The Colonial History of the United States
At left is a map of the original 13 Colonies showing the various regions. Although on this map there are 4 distinct regions, New England and the Middle Colonies, both settled by Calvinists of one stripe or another, would eventually become "The North" during Antebellum times, and the Chesapeake and Southern Colonies "The South". For this essay, consider the four regions to be two regions.
