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A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey, 1685 map of the Chesapeake region by Christopher Browne

The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British America and centered on the Chesapeake Bay.

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Chesapeake Colonies

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The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies...

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Southern Colonies

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(located on the expansive Chesapeake Bay in the Upper South) were also called the Chesapeake Colonies. The Southern Colonies were overwhelmingly rural...

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Creole peoples

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the colonies, children born of immigrants in the colonies were often referred to as "Creole". This is found more often in the Chesapeake Colonies. In...

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Middle Colonies

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the New England Colonies and the Southern Colonies. Along with the Chesapeake Colonies, this area now roughly makes up the Mid-Atlantic states. Much of...

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Tobacco colonies

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Atlantic Creole British colonization of North America Chesapeake Colonies Colonial South and the Chesapeake History of slavery Scramble (slave auction) Seasoning...

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Tobacco in the American colonies

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tobacco in the American colonies became a significant economic force, especially in the tidewater region surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. Vast plantations...

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Colonial South and the Chesapeake

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Caribbean. The culture of the Southern and Chesapeake Colonies was different from that of the Northern and Middle Colonies and from that of their common origin...

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Chesapeake Bay

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The Chesapeake Bay (/ˈtʃɛsəpiːk/ CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily...

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New England Colonies

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writing to Latin and Greek and more. Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Chesapeake Colonies Thirteen Colonies History of Massachusetts Historical outline...

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List of former European colonies

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North American colonies Province of East Florida Province of West Florida Indian Reserve Middle Colonies Chesapeake Colonies Southern Colonies Oregon Country...

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British colonization of the Americas

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the north of Virginia. Maryland and Virginia became known as the Chesapeake Colonies, and experienced similar immigration and economic activities. Though...

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Thirteen Colonies

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Thirteen Colonies Colonial history of the United States Colonial South and the Chesapeake Credit in the Thirteen Colonies Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies History...

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English overseas possessions in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

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war, fifty thousand Englishmen inhabited some twenty colonies in the Americas. Most of the colonies were founded in the decade prior to the start of the...

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Irish Americans

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families and died childless because the population of the Chesapeake Colonies, like the Thirteen Colonies in the aggregate, was not sex-balanced until the 18th...

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Colonial families of Maryland

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Colony of Virginia, and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies. First Families of Virginia American gentry Hammond-Harwood House...

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Colonial history of the United States

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its colonies were seized by Britain. On the eastern seaboard, the four distinct English regions were New England, the Middle Colonies, the Chesapeake Bay...

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Colony of Virginia

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tobacco in the American colonies became a significant economic driver, especially in the tidewater region surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. From 1616 to 1619...

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Igbo Landing

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First Maroon War (British Jamaica, victorious) 1730 Chesapeake rebellion (British Chesapeake Colonies, suppressed) 1731 Samba rebellion (Louisiana, New...

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Entertainment

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Houses and the "Need of Society" among Slave-Owning Planters in the Chesapeake Colonies". The William and Mary Quarterly. 70 (4). Williamsburg: The William...

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Old Stock Americans

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Scottish stock, from varying religious traditions. Conversely, in Chesapeake Colonies to the south, the Colony of Virginia had been settled by their Cavalier...

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Tobacco and Slaves

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South. During the early 20th century, the historiography of the Chesapeake colonies was dominated by the Cavalier myth. Studies focused exclusively on...

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European colonization of the Americas

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overseas colonies. During the 17th century, indentured servants constituted three-quarters of all European immigrants to the Chesapeake Colonies. Most of...

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Haitian Revolution

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almost equal in value to all of the products shipped from the Thirteen Colonies to Great Britain. The livelihood of 1 million of the approximately 25 million...

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Slavery in the colonial history of the United States

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States refers to the institution of slavery as it existed in the European colonies which eventually became part of the United States. Slavery developed due...

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Salutary neglect

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enforcement of parliamentary laws, especially trade laws, as long as British colonies remained loyal to the government and contributed to the economic growth...

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European immigration to the Americas

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000) and to the Chesapeake Colonies, in the southern United States (120,000). Only about 23,000 went to the North American-Central colonies and 21,000 to...

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History of tobacco

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traditional medicinal uses, tobacco was also heavily cultivated in the Chesapeake Colonies area from the 1620s on, where it was also used as a form of currency...

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African Americans

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(1997). "Tobacco Slaves: The Chesapeake Colonies". The Origins of American Slavery: Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies. New York: Hill and Wang....

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