In the New England area religion was extremely important and dictated very much so how the colonists should act. In a letter from John Winthrop states the need for unity as "we must be knit together in this work as one man" (Winthrop, 1). Written on board the Arbella, Winthrop calls for each man to abridge himself for "the supply of others' necessities". This theme of unity and

It is clear that the New Englanders were more closely knit than the Chesapeake colonists were. As seen in the "Ships List of Emigrants Bound for New England" (Document B, page 9) the ratio of men to women is about one to one and many of the settlers are moving in families of up to nine people. The "Ship's List of Emigrants Bound for Virginia" (Document C, page 10), however reveals a hugely dominant ratio of men to women with few people of the same family. And so it is clear that the greed and separation on the Chesapeake side and the unity and charity of the New Englanders is what lead to this separation.

religion is also very apparent in the "Articles of Agreement" founded in 1636 in Springfield. The townsmen join in the belief that though some of them are rich and some poor, they all agree to share planting ground and see to it that all hav

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