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A 4 page paper which examines the settlement patterns of the colonists in America and then discusses whether or not America could have found a more peaceful separation from England. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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could provide strength and stability as the new land was developed. However, perhaps for the majority, British rule was exactly what the new nation wanted to be rid of. The
following paper examines where and why settlers laid claim, and then examines whether or not the following statement is valid: "America could have gradually and peacefully developed independence within the
British Commonwealth, as Canada later did, rather than engaging in a violent revolution." Settling America Many people imagine that most of the settlers in the United States came because
they wanted freedom from religious persecution. However, in all honesty there were many other reasons, not the least of which was the opportunity to own land and to start more
financially lucrative businesses, something that was not truly possible in England or much of Europe. In addition, the various colonies all seemed to have different attributes that lured one type
of colonist or another to that particular region. For example, the Chesapeake was generally settled for very different reasons than New England. As mentioned, one of the reasons for
settling the new land was freedom from religious persecution. For many colonies this was perhaps the biggest reason for settling, as will be discussed further on. But, for those who
settled the Chesapeake the reasons were not so simple or peaceful. One author provides us the following in relationship to the reasons behind settling the Chesapeake: "English interest in the
Chesapeake area had begun in the late sixteenth century as a prospective outpost for attacking Spanish ships, as a possible source of precious metals and semitropical crops, as a presumably
congenial location for English settlement and conversion of the Indians, and, perhaps, as the eastern terminus of a transcontinental passage. By the early seventeenth century, when English explorations farther north
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