Differences between New England and Chesapeake Colonies DOC
When the colonists settled America, many of them had different reasons, beliefs, and accomplishments to set for themselves. Whatever the reason, North and South, (New England and Chesapeake, respectively), evolved into two distinct societies, because of social, political, and economic reasons.Social life changed both colonies dramatically. First off, you have the New England settlers, who came to the Americas because of religious persecution in England and surrounding areas. As seen in Document A, John Winthrop states, "We must knit together in this work as one man." This article basically defines the Puritan ways, and gave strength to the Puritans coming to the Americas. John Winthrop also states that their goal was to form "a city upon a hill", which represented a "pure" community, where Christianity would be pursued in the most correct manner. In Chesapeake, the reasons for coming to American
The economies of both colonies were different. While in the North, you had farmers breaking their backs farming on rough, rugged, hard land, and the Chesapeake were just taking so much advantage of their beautiful land. Tobacco started growing all over the Chesapeake community. So, while they're setting the future for long and mouth cancer, New England decides to get more urbanized. Because of certain political reasons, the colonies were both different. Chesapeake wasn't very strict at all. However, in New England, if you said the Devil's name, you could be crucified. However, based on Document B, one can see that New England was at least more uniform. They showed they cared about the land, and a convenient proportion for a house lot. The only thing was, God was running the show in New England, and well, if we look in the history books, lots of horrific things have been done in God's name. In Doc
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