Chesapeake Colonies Dbq Analysis
Primarily, the main reason for prodigious differentiation between New England and the Chesapeake region at the start of their existence was the separate intentions of the leaders of the two. The reasons why these colonists traveled to America led to the development of two different societies from the colonial period up until 1700. Factors sprouting from these intentions include social factors, political factors, and economic factors. These factors and motives are the basis of the two different lifestyles of people who were once, and would eventually be, of the same culture; of the same civilization. First and foremost, the piety of settlers of New England was the beginning of an inevitable dissimilarity among the two. These were people
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The Chesapeake's focus was mainly economic gain. The people of New England believed that everyone was entitled to "a convenient proportion for a house lot" (Doc. D). On the contrary, Chesapeake's were constantly worried about economic inequalities. They were always concerned about the disappearance of the public's money. In Bacon's "Manifesto" he stated that he public's finances had been "contrived away by unworthy favorites and juggling parasites" (Doc. H); Bacon uses this to justify his rebellion against Virginia Governor Berkeley in 1676. Even on John Smith's ship set for Virginia, there were sailors who's main reason was to seek gold. Among them "there was no talk but [to] dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, [and] load gold" (Doc. F). This shows the avariciousness of some New Englanders. Rebellions were almost unheard of in New England because the people lived an economically peaceful life, where everyone was a farmer, and everyone could have "a share of the meadow or planting ground" (Doc. D). They rarely ever worried about financial troubles; and if in the slight chance that there were people who were more profitable than others, laborers, artisans, and tradesmen were assured that "receiving such moderate profit [would] enable them to serve God" (Doc. E). Rebellions and such, or lack thereof, effected the lifestyles of Chesapeake and New England and elongated their apparent
The Chesapeake's focus was mainly economic gain. The people of New England believed that everyone was entitled to "a convenient proportion for a house lot" (Doc. D). On the contrary, Chesapeake's were constantly worried about economic inequalities. They were always concerned about the disappearance of the public's money. In Bacon's "Manifesto" he stated that he public's finances had been "contrived away by unworthy favorites and juggling parasites" (Doc. H); Bacon uses this to justify his rebellion against Virginia Governor Berkeley in 1676. Even on John Smith's ship set for Virginia, there were sailors who's main reason was to seek gold. Among them "there was no talk but [to] dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, [and] load gold" (Doc. F). This shows the avariciousness of some New Englanders. Rebellions were almost unheard of in New England because the people lived an economically peaceful life, where everyone was a farmer, and everyone could have "a share of the meadow or planting ground" (Doc. D). They rarely ever worried about financial troubles; and if in the slight chance that there were people who were more profitable than others, laborers, artisans, and tradesmen were assured that "receiving such moderate profit [would] enable them to serve God" (Doc. E). Rebellions and such, or lack thereof, effected the lifestyles of Chesapeake and New England and elongated their apparent