living in the New World all started with the Protestant Reformation. In the 1530’s, Henry VIII wanted to split from the Catholic Church, since he wanted to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, because she did not bear him a son. That started Protestantism. In 1546, Martin Luther did not like how the Catholic Church was acting and he created and he created Lutheran. During the 1550’s, John Calvin also found Calvinism, which believed in predestination. However, all of the colonies were not the
societies, especially the New England and Chesapeake regions. Socially, families and individuals from the colonies were different in number, beliefs, and social mobility. The economies of the colonies differed in their foundations and various industries. Concerning politics, each region had a their own form of self-government and extent of political authority. Although the New England and Chesapeake regions were settled by people of English origin, by 1700 the colonies developed to be uniquely diverse
to the colonies. In this passage you will be learning about the history of colonial trading, the triangular trade route, and the poor treatment of slaves. The History of Colonial Trading: Colonial trading began in the 15th century and was a prosperous means of exchanging necessary goods that the Colonials used in everyday life. Colonial trading first began as part of the widespread slave trade when Portuguese and Spanish settlers transported slaves from Africa to the American colonies they had