Thought New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled with a majority of English origin. By 1700 the region had evolved into two completely different societies. When talking about New England and the Chesapeake region, you have to consider the differences in motives and geography. Consider economic situations (reasons for settling where they did, reasons why they came to New England in the first place). One has to think about the family development and demographics, as well as the government structure. All these differences helped sculpt the colonies into their own significant and distinct ways of living.…
When the pilgrims came to New England they set out for their own religious freedom, even though they didn’t always believe other religions had the right to do so as well. In England the puritans, both separatists and non-separatists, were harshly treated by the theocratic government (government controlled by religious aspects). The puritans were locked up or even killed for disobeying the church and government. In the 1620s, puritans in England heard about the Plymouth colony of separatists and wanted something similar. The Massachusetts Bay Company was an organized group of adventurers and puritans that were set for going to New England greatly for economic interests. The company received a charter from the king that allowed them to leave England to set up a colony in the new world. At the time the king didn’t know they were puritans or he may have not allowed the charter to be issued. The puritans in the company sought this venture to be a chance to create a perfect Christian society of their own. In 1630, 1,000 people (including families) sailed over headed by John Winthrop, an influential leader of the expedition. Winthrop was later to be an elected leader year after year in the colony. In the port of Boston was where the central colony started. The colony was greatly influenced by…
The English had no desire to colonize the new world prior to defeating the Spanish Armada. However, once they defeated the Spanish in 1588, thus ending Spanish colonization, the English became the rulers of the Atlantic and a newly found patriotism flourished in England. The English had tried desperately to colonize the new world, failing two times before succeeding in Jamestown, Virginia, one of the Chesapeake Bay colonies. The northern most colonies such as Massachusetts were known as the New England colonies. Although both regions were settled by English people by the 1700s the regions developed into two distinct societies. The New England colonies were settled by families that sought…
The New England and Chesapeake region colonies were the two early established colonies in America. Despite both consisting of predominantly English immigrants, the colonies grew to be two distinct societies. The two colonies developed differently because of the difference in immigrant ages, the laws made regulating economic equality, and the difference in geography.…
While the settlers of the Chesapeake region were motivated primarily by objectives of wealth, the New England puritan settlers were in an entirely different mindset. They sought out and expanded in hopes of dodging sanctified persecution. The puritans spent their days spreading their religion and working to be a spotless society in God’s eyes (Model of Christian Charity, Document A). The New England settlers had finally escaped England’s religious persecution and had formed a new life here, where they could practice freely. As for the Chesapeake region, they were in constant mercantilism mode. Their goals were not to be a perfect society, rather to be a wealthy society. They sought out in developing new technology, ideas and agriculture. The development of Tobacco plants was one of many cash seeking ideas of the Chesapeake region (Document F). The differences between the motives of the two societies are inevitable.…
From their very genesis, the New England and Chesapeake Colonies displayed stark differences and contrasts. The former was founded mostly for religious reasons and the latter for purely economic ones. Though both regions were in relatively close proximity, comparably, they greatly differed religiously, politically, socially, and morally (in so far as their perception/exploitation of Native Americans was concerned). The exploration of these different colonies will prove to be particularly fruitful due to the fact that we can understand how their early influences shaped the modern day east coast.…
In the year of 1607, Jamestown, Virginia was inhabited by a group of British settlers. Thirteen years after the colonization of Jamestown, a league of Puritans, who attempted to escape the English’s religious government, bumped onto the rocky shore of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Their goals were not the same, but many similar events occurred in both regions.…
The strongest agent for the phenomenon is that the two regions were founded for different purposes. Although both were founded by the Englishmen, colonies in New England area were formed for religious reason, while Chesapeake was settled for economic one. For example, it was stated in A Model of Christian Charity, John Winthrop, 1630 that “the city upon the hill” of Massachusetts must be the model of God’s worthy servants, walk in the way of God and work in favor and support of his most holy and wise providence (Doc. A). On the other hand, Virginia of Chesapeake region was founded by and attracted mostly laborers and workers for solely trade and industrial purposes, especially gold mining (Doc. F). Additionally, take into account the contrast of the abundance of people migrating with their whole household to New England (Doc. B) with the overflowing amount of single, young-aged citizen of Brooklyn to Virginia looking for jobs (Doc. C). The difference in emigration adds to our understanding of the difference between the two regions’ population, which consequently attributed to their development direction. But population was not the only reason explaining why the two groups of colonies were so different from each other.…
Family Size: Families in New England were much larger, and consisted of both males and females. In contrast, families of the Chesapeake were primarily men brought over to work the fields.…
The Massachusetts Bay Colony, a haven for puritans escaping from religious prosecution, proved to be prosperous and a foothold for America. Mass migration of families to this colony occurred between 1620 and 1640. The land was suitable for farming as was the climate, resulting in very livable conditions for the new peoples of the new world. Families were able to grow and the settlement expanded. On the other hand, the Chesapeake Colony, created in a more swamp-like area began with Jamestown. Sending primarily males to settle the area, no families were created or grown in this settlement. Though, in 1611, John Rolfe saved what he could of the colony and started growing tobacco, a huge cash crop. Unlike New England, Chesapeake was more interested in profit.…
Before the 1700's the New England and Chesapeake regions were both largely settled by people of English origin. Slowly, they began to evolve into different societies. Fantasies of the New World had largely appealed to troubled England. English citizens traveled to the New World for religious, economic, and various other reasons. Though the settlers of the New England and Chesapeake regions were of English origin, each region soon evolved into distinct societies due to social, economic, and religious reasons.…
By the 1700s, New England and the Chesapeake region had developed very distinct societies. This dichotomy can be traced from the very foundation of the colonies. The New England colonies were founded as examples of pure religion, each was to "be as a city upon a hill."1 In contrast to this worthy cause, the Chesapeake colonies were originally founded during the great search for gold, and later continued as slave-supported plantation colonies. The New Englanders would come to prosper through their hard work, thrift, and the quality of their commitment to God and each other. The South, conversely, prospered because of the quantity of her land and the great staple crops harvested there.…
The Americas, once discovered were a vast pot of wonders for the European people’s .The eastern coast of the Americas, settled by Englishmen searching for a new start. But in the end they turned into two very separate distinct societies. New England area with fewer opportunities for vast wealth, but attracted more of a family setting. While Chesapeake Bay area had a very high mortality rate but was more appealing to the average man for the chance of vast wealth.…
During the late sixteenth century English settlers began moving to the New World in search of a new, prosperous life. There were two main areas in America that the English settled in, New England and the Chesapeake region. These settlers voyaged to America for either religious freedom or to start a new life. Religion seekers came to the New World to escape the oppression of the Catholic Church. Others came in search of a job, or because of their low social class. The New England and the Chesapeake regions became two distinct regions because of these social, economic, and religious tragedies.…
The Massachusetts Bay colony was more into religion than as a land where people settle. It all started around the year 1620, a time when a large group of people as we call Pilgrims settled in Plymouth (Tindall & Shi, 43). These pilgrims were known as separatists, which were the more radical group of Puritans (Tindall & Shi, 42). Plymouth was the name that the Pilgrims used as it remind them of England with the fact that they chose a settlement closer to the cold Atlantic (Tindal & Shi, 43).…