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Differences Between New England And Chesapeake

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The Development of New England and Chesapeake. By the 1700s the east coast was settled into distinct civilizations. New England was a society based on religious freedom, colonial ideals and an early democratic system. Chesapeake however, was founded in hopes of economic prosperity based on autocracy ethics. Englishmen founded both the English colonies; therefore the culture branched off into two distinct colonies. In the 1630s Tobacco was found to be a cash crop in Virginia, so another colony to be settled in Maryland was vital. As Chesapeake relied more on Tobacco The Chesapeake area was soon nicknamed the “Bread Colonies”. The need for laborers caused an influx of males, mostly indentured servants. Indentured servitude was desirable due

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