Cultural Differences Between the Chesapeake and New England
There were many differences between the colonies settled in the Chesapeake and New England, the differences that separated the two different geographical areas, however, were not as dissimilar as one would think. (the topic sentence is a little shady...i don't know what it is...but it's confusing...might be a little too wordy)While many would blame the environmental separation as a primary explanation to the differences between these two colonial areas, historians have argued that these(the???) differences stemmed from something much closer,; the household. These(The??) differences ranged from religious beliefs, everyday household chores, how women fit into the different societies(women's roles in society), and what tasks were expected of them.(child rearing???) The contrasts which originated in the household ultimately filtered out into the colonies and helped to shape these peoples lives, which in turn led to differences among the colonies. > Perhaps one of the biggest differences among these two colonies was their immigrants. The immigrants traveling to the Chesapeake's colonies were interested in the huge tobacco boom, while the immigrants traveling to New England looked for religious comforts. Family life differed greatly b
etween the two colonies as well. Families in the Chesapeake were obsessed with finding the fastest and cheapest ways to become rich as Making A Nation reads, "Chesapeake society in the first half of the seventeenth century was shaped by four forces: weak government, the market for tobacco, the availability of land, and the need for labor." Families moving to these parts were more interested in materialistic gains. Immigrant families traveling to New England, however, based their lives around religious goals, such as salvation. Religious goals or attitudes, as we have (take these two words out)seen over the centuries, are influenced considerably by the people closest to us(???,first person is not used anywhere else in the essay...i don't know if "us" should be used), such as families and very close friends. > New England and the Chesapeake differed greatly in the individual roles inside a family. (Individual family roles differed greatly between the New England and Chesapeake regions...maybe instead??) Women in the Chesapeake were given the tasks of all the inside labor such as; preparing and preserving food, spinning thread and weaving cloth, making and repairing clothing, and tending the garden. With the boom of the tobacco economy and a hunger for wealth, however, women soon became involved in outdoor chores involving the tobacco fields. The Puritan family was a hierarchy and the women generally performed indoor tasks as well. ( I don't know if you need the as well in that sentence)Children were strictly disciplined in the Puritan fami
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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