• Discuss the Establishment and Development of the Chesapeake/Virigina Colonies from the Mid 1650s to 1763

     

    Essays2 History, Culture

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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Extract

North American British colonies were divided into New England, Middle and Southern. The Chesapeake/ Virginia region was extremely well established and developed from the 1650's to 1763. They had great relations with their parent countries and flourished in trade. It was quite different form the Spanish and French colonies in North America.
The British had a much larger population than the French who by the 1680's only had about 10,000 settlers compared to the British 40,000 in 1670. Population growth was mainly due to enhanced slavery trade.…

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