Differences Between New England And Chesapeake Colonies

After Columbus’s discovery of the new world, the European nations rapidly colonized the newly discovered land. England sent out groups to the east coast of North America, these regions were known as the Chesapeake and New England areas/ colonies. Although New England and Chesapeake regions were both settled by people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies.

During the mid 17th century two regions carved roots for England in North America. Coming from the same homeland one would assume their inner workings would closely mirror each other but this was not the case for the New England and Chesapeake colonies. Though faced with similar hardships, the ways they handled the difficulties starkly contrast one another.

The difference between the colonies of New England and the Chesapeake region were many. First, they settlers who immigrated to the new world had different reasons for doing so. For the Chesapeake colonies, including Virginia and Maryland, profit was the aim. After the introduction of tobacco to Europe by Columbus at the end of the fifteenth century, there was a large and steadily growing demand for the crop. Investors in England decided to set up colonies in the Americas for the purpose of growing and profiting from tobacco. On the other hand, the colonies of New England were set up primarily for religious reasons. Although there were some that sought profit in New England, most settlers sought liberty and freedom of worship. English separatists, who vehemently disagreed with the way the Church of England was set up, left Holland and came to America on the Mayflower. They landed in modern Massachusetts and established the Plymouth Colony. Rhode Island was also founded on a religious basis after Roger Williams and his fellow dissenters were exiled from Massachusetts. It became a haven for Quakers, Jews, Baptists and members of other minority religions. A second difference in the colonies of the Chesapeake and of New England comes in the basis of their economies. As mentioned above, Virginia was founded in order to grow tobacco. Maryland’s foremost crop was also tobacco. Also, the way tobacco was cultivated was important to the Chesapeake colonies. Plantation owners were in

New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin, but by the 1700’s they were two distinct societies. They differed politically, economically, and socially, and these differences stemmed from when people first arrived in the colonies to how the colonies grew over time.

Although the Chesapeake and New England colonies were the earliest English colonies to flourish in the New World, they were both extremely different in the ways that they developed. Similarities between the colonies can be found, but the colonies were mostly different. The colonies differed most in religion, society, culture, economy, and their relationships with the American Indians of the region. The reasons for such differences can be understood by realizing that the colonies were settled by incredibly different people who possessed different cultures, religious beliefs, and motivations for settling in their respective colonies in the first place. The Chesapeake and New England colonies had similarities and differences in their development, including how each colony affected nearby American Indians. Their differences and similarities can be understood by analyzing each colony’s geography, economy, religions, and cultures.

During the 17th and 18th century, English residents felt that England was over-crowded and intolerable. They wanted to lessen these problems that rose up because of the large population increase and to establish more religious freedom (Horn). The English believed that the best way to go about this was to colonize the New World. Subsequently, many colonies began to develop, and of these colonies, Massachusetts Bay and Virginia were the most well-known. The early settlements of Massachusetts and Virginia were both established by similar groups of people at the same time; furthermore, their contrasting beginnings as a colony, views on religion, and method of economic stability all contributed to our American heritage today.

Some of the most populous colonies were the ones situated in the Chesapeake and New England areas. Although these colonies were both settled by the English and had other key similarities, there were also many differences between them. The New England and Chesapeake colonies both had an aristocracy that governed over them, and had frequent issues concerning the Native Americans that previously inhabited the lands. However, their political and economic systems were considerably different. Chesapeake had an oligarchy whose main export was tobacco, while New England had a theocracy whose exports included timber, fur, and fish. Therefore, although the colonies had similarities their differences outweighed the resemblances.

During the late 16th century and into the 17th century, two colonies emerged from England in the New World. The two colonies were called the Chesapeake and New England colonies. Even though the two areas were formed and governed by the English, the colonies had similarities as well as differences. Differences in geography, religion, politics, economic, and nationalities, were responsible for molding the colonies. These differences came from one major factor: the very reason the English settlers came to the New World. 
The Chesapeake colonies were primarily created by companies interested in profiting from the natural resources of the New World such as gold or silver to bring back to England. The New England colonies were primarily created

“The new world had an extraordinary richness of languages”(Native peoples prior to European arrival).In the fifteenth century, people in Europe began to explore west to seek new lands and resources because of economic problems.The Europeans came to America to look for gold and silver, but the trip would be difficult and dangerous because there were no maps and not much knowledge on how to get there.Prince Henrey took the challenge to make it possible for others to sail to the Americas without any knowledge on how to get there.He created a place where people who were interested could share their knowledge about geography.People learned about maps and navigation.Then, Henrys sailors finally decided to lead others to go west where eventually Jamestown would be created.In 1606, King James told the three royal charters to create a comfortable colony on the east coast.The English worried about being attacked from the Spanish so they chose almost an island where they parked their ships by tying them to the trees available.To honor the king, they named the place Jamestown(Culters at Jamestown).

Establishments in the New World developed rapidly due to the global event of the Industrial Revolution; with industry came trade, creating the need for human labor and work in the Americas. The people of the New England colonies approached slavery differently than the Chesapeake settlers. Both colonies negatively impacted Native Americans in similar ways. Moral views and traditional values differed between the citizens of the New England settlements and the Chesapeake encampments. The communities of New England and Chesapeake share many similarities; however, even though both colonies derived from Britain, many differences also exist.

Starting in the year of 1607, English colonists set out to explore the New World. They all hoped to start a successful and thriving colony, and discover new land for England. They were also sponsored by the Virginia Company, who were a group of merchants that were expecting to make some money off this journey. The settlers finally sailed into the mouth of Chesapeake Bay which is located near modern-day Virginia. They claimed a settlement which was to be known as Jamestown.

The Chesapeake originally originated from Europe like the New Englanders. The Chesapeake colonies included Maryland, Pennsylvania, and both New Jerseys’ (West and East). The first colony to advance and flourish was Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown was founded by 104 settlers to a peninsula along the James River lead by Captain John Smith. The newcomers came to the New World in hopes to find cures for their many diseases including malaria, dysentery, and typhoid. These diseases knocked off ten years of the newcomer's life spans. They also hoped to find a northwest passage to Asia and any goods including silver and gold that they could return back with to their homeland, so they could make a profit. The newcomers pivoted towards the Powhatan Indians, who helped them make a living out of corn and

The Chesapeake region was made up of the Virginia and Maryland colonies. The first english settlement in the Chesapeake was Jamestown, founded in 1607, in the Virginia colony. The New England colonies include Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, and New Hampshire. The first New England colony to be settled was the Massachusetts Bay, or Plymouth colony in 1620. By 1700 the two regions had advanced into two relatively different communities. Although the New England and the Chesapeake region had differences politically and geographically, their main difference in development occurred economically because the Chesapeake region was formed to make money, the Chesapeake region relied heavily on slavery while New England relied on their children for labor, and the population in the Chesapeake region were mainly men while in New England families made up the population.

Upon the discovery of new lands by the explorer Christopher Columbus nations raced in order to claim lands for their countries . Settlements began to pop up all over the newly discovered land, now known as the United States of America,with settlements belonging to France, Spain, and England. While Spain and France had settlements they were outside of what is now America. England on the other hand started the thirteen colonies that were the beginning of the United States of America. The thirteen colonies did not have it easy however, each colony had its own growing pains to go through in order to establish themselves in the New World.

Why did the European settlers come to the new world? William Bradford’s “Of plymouth Plantation” is filled with the religious freedom the settlers acquired in the new land, John Smith’ “The General History of Virginia” present illustration of the resources the settlers had access to. Both William Bradford and John Smith wrote these pieces to educate those still living in England, in hope that they would want to move to the new land. In addition Charles C.Mann wrote “coming of age in the Dawnland" in order to educate current readers about how the Natives were affected by the settlers in the new land. it was beneficial for the European settlers to come to the new land to seek religious freedoms, acquire new resources,