Essay 1There were numerous British colonies in the New World, many founded by people with different goals and beliefs. Due to ideological differences between colonies, such as the Chesapeake Bay and New England colonies, political, economic, and cultural development differed between them. Despite very different ways of organizing life, various colonies ultimately managed to resist British policies after the French Indian War by coordinating their forces. The cultural development of the Chesapeake Bay colonies and the New England colonies differed greatly because the people who were attracted to each were very different. The New England colonies were founded by Puritans who crossed the Atlantic to gain their religious freedoms during the Great Migration, away from the threatening climate of England. The people who came to America were mostly families hoping to start a new life. Because the Puritan religion unified them and their goal was to create the Kingdom of Go in America, the founding families were able to organize centralized urban life. The colonies grew rapidly due to the sex ratio, but the family structure of the colonies remained largely the same where men were the heads of the household and women had to obey the decision of the men, even though women enjoyed of certain rights such as divorce. The Chesapeake Bay colonies to the south had very different purposes and were therefore fundamentally different in their cultural development. These colonies were originally founded for economic purposes, and instead of families, most of the early inhabitants of these colonies were men looking to make money. Many aspects of the culture of the Chesapeake Bay colonies contributed to the structure of the city being very different from that of the Puritan colonies. The main paper subject was cut and the Massachusetts Agency attempted to repeal the law, which all but 4 colonies signed. Benjamin Franklin reused his political cartoon "Join or Die" and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" helped rally the colonies in cooperative resistance. The colonies sent representatives to meetings such as the Virginia House of Burgess and the First Continental Congress, which eventually issued the Declaration of Resolutions, a petition against the intolerable acts that was sent to the king. The first British colonies in America were founded and expanded. by people with different ideas and beliefs. Through their development, they enjoyed freedoms and opportunities that would not have been available in England. When the colonies felt these freedoms were being violated, they resisted British rule and eventually realized that the best way to resist was to do so cooperatively...