NE Colonies vs. Chesapeake
During the late 16th century to the 17th century, Europe colonized the New World (present day United States). England was especially one of the European countries who decided to settle in the eastern coast of North America. England sent numerous groups over to America, which settled in two main areas. The two main areas that England settled in were the Chesapeake and New England areas. Although similar in a few ways, the New England and Chesapeake colonies became distinct in separate ways due to the type of people who settled the regions and the way the land was settled. These values changed the two colonies in three main aspects; population, economical, and religious. The Chesapeake region included Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In about 1607 the first English colony was settled in America. The colony was called Jamestown, and was located along the James River. It was only inhabited by about 100 settlers. Of those settlers, almost all came looking to get rich quickly. Lead by
The New England area included the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Slave trade and tobacco were the major sources of economy in the Chesapeake. Countless Puritan Separatists set up here because they wanted to complete separation from Catholicism (that Henry VIII started the separation with the Church of England) and convert to Calvinism. John Winthrop stated that the aim of the settlers was to be "the city on the hill. The Chesapeake area had a lot of black indentured compared to the New England area. The Chesapeake settlers were also religious. The changes because of these ideas lead to the "New World" to become something totally different from what it had been by the 1700's. The economy in New England was focused more on fishing, and ship-building rather than farming. Chesapeake was searching for fortune and New England was looking for their long-waited religious freedom. Therefore, their motives were religious, unlike the economical ones of the Chesapeake region. The Chesapeake people were mostly Anglican. Luckily, the Powhatan Indians taught the settlers about corn and tobacco growing. All of the dissimilarities came from one difference; why the colonists came to America in the first place. On the other hand, the farming in New England was a lot less.
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