Both New England and Southern colonies were settled largely by the English. By 1700, the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. The Southern colonies developed many characteristics differing from the New England colonies. The focus of the two regions was different. Their society varied greatly based on the people who settled the regions. The government differed because New England had town meetings and the South had county government. These differences were mainly based on the very reasons settlers came to the New World. This affected the colonies focuses, social attitudes, and political ways.
New England became a refuge for religious separatists leaving England, while people who immigrated to the Southern colonies gen
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