Chesapeake and New England DBQ

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Chesapeake and New England DBQ
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Key points

• Three possible lines of argument
• The motives and incentives of the English
  settlers.
• The composition of the respective regional
  groups.
• Forms of governance they established in North
  America.

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Themes from the documents

• Religious vision (doc a) v. gold seekers (doc f)
• Family oriented (B) v. single (C)
• Sense of community NE (D E) v. men of estate (G
  H)

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Not mentioned in documents.

• Geography.
• Evolution of regional economics.
• Labor forces.
• Influences from England and Europe