A powerful factor on the change and development of a colonial society is religion. The colonial society of New England and the Chesapeake region were impacted and developed around religion. By the founding of these areas being rooted in religion, the areas have moved in new directions that follow the very religion that it was established by. There are specific aspects of the society that religion has impacted and shaped the growth of the region. These factors that were influenced by the early religion in the New England and Chesapeake regions were the government of the area, the people living there, and the people's way of life.
             The first factor that the early religion impacted the development of the New England and Chesapeake regions was they're form of government. The very presence of religion influenced the law makers' view of right and wrong. In the New England region, Catholicism was prominent due to the very roots of the states' foundation. This indigenous faith of the people influenced how the powers of the region carried out law. The very growth of the states needed a foundation. This foundation was religion. The religion and faith of the people impacted they're morals and judgment that was carried out by the government. This was the same case in the Chesapeake region. The faith of the people, no matter how much they wanted it to be separate from the government, nevertheless influenced the decision making of the government. Therefore, in the development of the government of both regions, the religious background of the people helped the region grow.
             Second, religion shaped the development of the people of the New England and Chesapeake regions. The people who lived in the Chesapeake area most likely emigrated from Great Britain, and therefore were already religious in some way or form. This previous faith influenced the preceding generations of the region, and thus highly shaped the developmen...