The New England and the Chesapeake regions were both from English origin. However, they had completely different societies. Each settlement had different intension of why they wanted to settle in the new world. New England and Chesapeake colonies had political, economic and social differences. The New England colonies consisted of puritans who wanted to purify the church because the Church in England was corrupt. They wanted a place where they could worship freely and work together to make a perfect society. New England consisted their government around religion. John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity quotes “God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, in all times some must be rich, some poor,..” (Doc. A) This document shows their importance in god freedom and working together.
The Chesapeake colonies wanted to settle in the new world because they wanted to find gold and riches. In Document C it show the comparison in men and women. There were many more men than women because their only goal was to find gold. In Document B, it shows that in the New England colonies many families were wanting to settle in the new world. For the Chesapeake colonies it was very hard for them because when they settled they did not plant any crops because they were to focused on finding gold so by the time winter came around they had no food which was called “The Starving Time” John smith in, history of Virginia quotes “Our ordinary was but meal and water so that this… little relieved our wants, whereby with the extremity of the bitter cold frost… more than half of us died.” (Doc F.) In the New England colonies they planted crops and one farm could feed a whole family
The Essay on A Comparison between New England Colony and Chesapeake Bay Colony
In 1607 the first British colony was founded in North America and settled in Maryland and Virginia. This colony, known as the Chesapeake Bay colony, was colonized and settled by the English men of Anglican Church beliefs. Later in 1630 a wave of English men, women and children settled in the areas of Main, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island , Connecticut and Vermont who were all believers ...
