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development of the middle and north colonies

New England and Chesapeake regions were settled by the English in 1700 and they both developed differently. The Northern Colonies were settled by immigrants and the Middle Colonies were settled by the non-primogeniture. The Northern Colonies’ religious beliefs led to human rights and rebellion. While the Middle Colonies built up a new source of labor as slavery and servitude. The motivations of the Middle Colonies and Northern Colonies had many differences between rights, religion, rebellion, and slavery.
Religion was a major motivation which played a great role in the settling of the immigrants in the Northern Colonies. Greed was the motivation of the Middle Colonists when only the Primogenitures got land. In the Northern Colonies the Separatists, which were just extreme Puritans, left England to break away from the Church of England because they believed that only “visible saints” should be allowed, but the Church of England was open to all comers. Puritans believe...

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