When comparing and contrasting the Chesapeake and New England colonies you find that there are many differences and a few similarities. These differences and similarities revolve around the colonies geography, economic characteristics, religious characteristics, and why they were founded. These differences developed in the colonies based off where they are, how they were ran, and how wealthy they were. The development of these colonies also affected the American Indians in a few different ways. Let
New England was founded for religious reasons which was dominated by the congregational Church like Rhode Island, whereas in Chesapeake, the Church of England was established with no Puritans, the rural environment makes schools and Churches more difficult. The patterns of settlement for Chesapeake is that they have a fertile land and large tobacco plantations while New England has infertile land and rocky land. Their motive for settlement was that Chesapeake wants to get rich quick and prosper from
In the early 17th century, England colonized the new world. These colonies became famously known as the Chesapeake and the New England Colonies. They were incredibly valuable to New England as they provided an abundance of wealth through trading and the supplying of raw materials. Both areas had the goal of economic prosperity. Despite both the New England and Chesapeake colonies being settled by the same country, the two sets of colonies had many differences, as well as some similarities in their
distinct characteristics religiously as well as economically. In the British colonies before 1700, the colonies could be dispersed into two distinct regions, the Chesapeake colonies, and New England colonies. Both areas varied in religion and economy, and thrived in different ways. For the New England colonies, the offering of religious freedom and an end to persecution in England caused many Puritans to sail to New England. However, the main motivation for people going to the Chesapeake colonies
the New England and Chesapeake Bay Regions During the 1700's, people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives, others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy, religion, and motives for colonial expansion. The colonists of the New England
England began colonizing America in the 1600s, when religious and political dissenters of the changes imposed by the Stuart monarchy launched one of the largest migrations in written history The Great Migration in search of a new life free from persecution and open to numerous employment opportunities. Each emigrant brought with him/her a blueprint in his mind of recreating the culture he left behind, yet, by 1700, the regions of New England and the Chesapeake region had evolved into two distinct
While the people of the New England area and of the Chesapeake area came from English origin, by 1700 both areas had moved in two different directions. Both of these groups were “blessed” with issues that were unique to their regions, and each was forced to reconstruct their societies. As a result, the differences in the motivation, geography, and government in the New England and Chesapeake regions caused great difference in the development of each. As the regions began to develop, the motivation
The New England, Middle, and Chesapeake regions vary in several ways. The three main differences are population, economy, and religion. The New England population was almost completely English and white people whereas the Chesapeake region was the opposite with the majority of the population being black-slaves. The Middle colonies were more like a mixing pot with a very diverse population of people with different origins. They also had significantly diverse economies. The New England economy was
These colonies were separated into different regions among America. Two specific regions that many historians tend to articulate about. Consisting of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, the New England region presents many intriguing ways of achieving their goals. Likewise, the Chesapeake Bay, which contain Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and part of South Carolina, also have their own ways of achieving different goals. While many focus on the differences of each region, others
colony, the New England colony eventually expanded to form the Middle colonies, Southern colonies, and the Chesapeake colonies. The Chesapeake and New England colonies both stemmed from England, but developed in a way that made them each very unique in the way that they developed. Developing around different intentions, the New England and Chesapeake colonies were unique due to their different economic and social structures. The social interactions that the New England and Chesapeake colonies had