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Different types of English! Many in the Mass. area were, in fact, "roundheads" (Republic/Cromwell supporters from the English Civil War days) looking for more freedom in America. Meanwhile, those settling in Virginia (at least most of the English who settled the area--more later on the Scots, Irish, and Welsh!) were well-off planters and merchants, looking to expand on their land--and crop--holdings in the New World. Much the same in South Carolina's Low Country, and in S.E. North Carolina, where I live. Different in most of the rest of N.C., however, as it--along with parts of Southside Va.--was settled largely by Scots, and some Welsh and Irish, who came over looking for freedom from the Crown's oppression. They tended to have small farms and metalsmith businesses, too.
The Mass. Bay colonists, meanwhile, became successful merchants, with work relating to commerce and trade by sea. The irony of much of this during the subsequent 18th Century was that slaves were brought to the American Colonies to work mostly in the South--but they were brought mostly by New England ship captains,eager to respond to economic demand.
One of the things that most united the Northern and Southern colonies to wish for independence from King George III was the Stamp Act. It took revenue from New England and New York merchants and traders, as well as Southern planters and traders. I always joke to people that there have been three things New Englanders and Southerners have actually, fully agreed on in their 350 years of side-by-side history: the Stamp Act/breaking from King George III; Opposition to Adolph Hitler, and electing John F. Kennedy. Other than those, we, and they, continue to see life in different terms, even though we share a coast, and the same span of history of the founding of the colonies that became America.
I'm glad my parents could at least be in on helping folks in Mass. with the last two!:D
LPFF, Here's hoping you ACE your essay! :toast:
B-)
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