Comparing the New England and Chesapeake Colonists
The New England and Chesapeake colonists settled in the new world for different reasons like religious freedoms in the North and quick profits in the South.
Jamestown was originally an ideal place to strike it rich for the colonists. They didn't plan on staying long, therefore not bringing many women, as seen in Doc C. The early colony began to expand after the governors imposed laws and kept things running smooth. The Pilgrims who were seeking religious freedom from the Church of England established the Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. The New England colonists brought more women because they planned on more of a permanent settlement; this is illustrated in the passenger list contained in Doc. B. They lived their lives for their god, not like the Chesapeake region, which was in it for the money.
The colonists in the Chesapeake region started to make a profit with Tobacco and Indigo. Both products had a market in Europe. Many farmers moved farther and farther out of the colony for more land. This way they could produce more products, which would ultimately lead to overproduction and a decline in the selling price. The geography to the north around Massachusetts was a lot different. The soil was not very good for farming, but there were a lot of forests and natural ports. These features made that area ideal for shipbuilding and fishing. So the northern colonies became a big shipbuilding industry. So the North's output ...
The Chesapeake and New England regions were settled by people of English descent, but by 1700, they had become two distinctly different societies. They had evolved so differently, mainly because of the way that the settlers followed their religion, their way of conducting politics and demographics in the colonies. Even though the settlers came from the same homeland: England, each group had its own reasons for coming to the New World and different ideas planned for the colonies.
A community is a group of people who work together towards a common goal and share a common interest. Lack of such a quality can and most likely will cause a struggling town or city to fall into the extremes of poverty and wealth. The New England community was so strong and so supportive in comparison to that of the Chesapeake Bay, that it is no wonder they developed into two distinctly different cultures before the year 1700. The Chesapeake region developed into a land of plantations and money-driven owners, with the elite wealthy, almost no middle class, and those in poverty creating the population. New England, on the other hand, had developed into a religion and family based society comprised of mostly middle class families by 1700. Looking at the terrain, ethic, government, and even the people themselves, reveals clues about how the drastic split in society came to be. It was one America, but two distinct societies had developed in it by the 1700's.
Q 1. The American colonies were divided into three distinct regions and these regions were different from each other in their origins, populations, economics and agriculture, religious makeup, and connection to England .write an essay comparing and contrasting the New England, middle, and southern colonies with specific examples.
Levitt, S. D. (2004). Understanding why crime fell in the 1990s: Four factors that explain the
“Where have All the Criminals Gone” tries to construct the primary cause of a drop in crime rates recorded in the 1990s. The chapter considers various causes, but the authors are more inclined towards the assertion that abortion is the primary cause of a decline in crime rates during
However, chapters one and two differ. In chapter one, it focuses on the plummeting crime rates in the 90’s. Then goes on to explain the factors that caused this decrease. Some of the factors include a drop in unemployment due to economic factors, an increase in incarceration rates, a decrease on the demand of crack, and mandatory arrests. It also provides three steps people can take to prevent future
In the early stages of North American colonization by the English, the colony of Jamestown, Virginia was founded in 1607 (Mailer Handout 1 (6)). Soon after the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1629 (Mailer Handout 2 (1)). These two colonies, although close in the time they were founded, have many differences in aspects of their lives and the way they were settled. The colonies have a different religious system, economic system, political system, and they have a different way of doing things; whether that be pertaining to making money, practicing religion, or electing governors. Along with the differences, there are also a sameness between these two colonies. Each colony has been derived from England and has been founded by companies
The Chesapeake region of the colonies included Virginia, Maryland, the New Jerseys (both East and West) and Pennsylvania. In 1607, Jamestown, the first English colony in the New World (that is, the first to thrive and prosper), was founded by a group of 104 settlers to a peninsula along the James River. These settlers hoped to find gold, silver, a northwest passage to Asia, a cure for syphilis, or any other valuables they might take back to Europe and make a profit. Lead by Captain John Smith, who "outmaneuvered other members of the colony's ruling and took ruthlessly took charge" (Liberty Equality Power, p. 57), a few lucky members of the original voyage survived. These survivors turned to the local Powhatan Indians, who taught them the process of corn- and tobacco-growing. These staple-crops flourished throughout all five of these colonies.
Why the decline in crime in the 1990s? Many plausible explanations have been reported (and given short shrift by the authors), including higher conviction rates and longer prison terms which are keeping repeat offenders off the streets, more police and better policing strategies, decline in the crack cocaine trade and higher expenditures in victim precautions like security guards, alarms, car theft devices, etc.
The national report will show an increase or decrease in crimes being reported by local police agencies. Uniform Crime Report is used in almost every state which allows the program to track various crime trends metropolitan areas. Depending on the crime and population the statistics will vary from state to state. Large U.S. cities have been chosen to compare the statistics on robbery and murder rates. “Bruce Alberts, chair of the National Research Council, urged participants to use the research knowledge contained in the reports in combination with the experience and wisdom gained from practice to suggest new approaches and interventions against the various manifestations of violence” (Skolnick, 1994 pg.2).
Even though there are many explanations as to why crime declined in the 1990s I feel scholars do not really know the real answers as to why. Every explanation that is mentioned could be a potential factor as to why crime declined, but no one really knows why crime declined in the 1990s. I do believe that the potential factors of hiring more officers and the increase of incarceration could be two big factors that really contributed to the decline of crime. As mentioned above, in the 1990’s it was decided to hire more officers, and when that occurred crime seemed to go down. The reason it went down was because now there was enough officers to cover many areas that before officers were not able to patrol because they were so limited on staff. Areas with the highest crime rates seemed to be in areas like New York but when more officers were hired, the rate went down. With the enforcement of more officers it was possible now to spread the officers in different areas, especially in hotspots where crimes seemed to occur the most. When there is a lack of police officers to patrol it is difficult to keep our community safe due to officers been on calls, and not been able to show visibility to prevent crime. Another factor I do believe had a lot to do with crime decreasing was the increased of incarceration because now that more officers were hired in, they were able to tackle down all the offenders and incarcerate them. Basically, in the 1990’s as soon as more officers were on the job, they put all the bad guys behind bar which could explain why crime went down. All the offenders were now locked up, and baby bloomers were all grown up to be committing
The Webster dictionary defines crimes as a serious offense against the public law, and statistics as a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of masses of numerical data (Merriam-Webster, 1999). Crimes statistic are vital to the Criminal Justice system for numerous reasons. Not only do law enforcement agencies use it as a tool to assign resources and plan their budgets, but it is vital in tracking the latest trends in criminal behavior. Crime statistics also aide criminologist and law enforcement agencies to predict crime, analyze crime, and even prevent crime. For this assignment we will be using the (FBI), Uniform Crime Reporting website and choose two cities and discuss various crime statistic for each city. The discussion will cover violent crime as well as property crime. We will discuss the demographic breakdown of both cities and draw conclusion as to what affect it
Crime within today’s society is recorded for analysis through criminological statistics. These statistics can be used for a number of reasons, some of which include, police performance assessment, the evaluation of crime prevention programs and crime trend forecasting (Morgan & Clare 2012, pp 25-52). However, due to substantial weaknesses in the methods in the way crime statistics are gathered it is highly likely that the data often does not represent the true rates of criminal activity emerging within each area (Morgan & Clare 2012, pp 25-52, Weatherburn, D 2001 pp 416-420). Thus, this research essay will explore the discrepancies and shortcomings of three common methods of gathering criminological statistics. These methods will include official
In order to understand the attitudes towards police work and the actions of police officers one can make use of the Structure-agency debate which has three distinct perspectives; structure, agency and structuration. This essay shall argue which position is best to apply by drawing on sociological theories and concepts.
In the article “Blowout! Firestone’s Image Restoration Campaign” Blaney, Benoit, and Brazeal (2002) discuss how Firestone failed in its recovery efforts. The authors claim that Firestone’s attempt to shift blame was “poorly conceived.” (p. 379) Also, they claim the use of celebrities to support their products and reputation was unsuccessful due to the obvious financial relationships between them. This discussion leads up to the application of Benoit’s image restoration theory. (2002). This theory states that “communicators who need to restore damaged reputations have five general rhetorical options: denial, evading responsibility, reducing offensiveness, corrective action, and mortification.” (p.380) The author’s conclude that this case study displays “denial and, sadly, concealment of incriminating data, are common responses to wrongful action. Had corrective action been implemented immediately, it seems likely that many deaths and injuries could have been avoided.” (p.388-389)