COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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They were located along the Atlantic Coast.
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They were established by farmers and artisans.
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They were home to many American Indian tribes.
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They were protected by the Appalachian Mountains.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What geographic factor contributed to the colonization and rapid development of the North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts Bay colonies? They were located along the Atlantic Coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -Natural harbors contributed to the development of commerce. Appalachian Mountains served as the western boundary for British colonial settlements prior to the Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-3: -European settlement patterns were influenced by geographic conditions such as access to water, harbors, natural protection, arable land, natural resources and adequate growing season and rainfall.
Detailed explanation-4: -What were the major factors that contributed to the demographic changes in the English colonies during the eighteenth century? Cheap land lured poor immigrants. The initial shortage of women eventually gave way to more equal gender ratios and a tendency to marry earlier than in Europe.
Detailed explanation-5: -Like the other European countries, England was motivated in part by the lure of both riches and the Northwest Passage. In 1606, King James I granted a charter to colonize Virginia to the Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company of investors who believed there was a profit to be made.