Both of colonies of New England and Chesapeake Bay are originated from the British Empire, but religious and economical opportunities set them into different courses. Two separate kinds of groups of people went to the colonies of New England and Chesapeake Bay; the religious Puritans occupied New En...

Colonial America 'til 1759 The American colonists came from a variety of backgrounds. There were the English, who were running away from religious persecution, the Dutch, who reputedly bought Manhattan for a string of beads. The French Huguenots, who were Protestants fleeing from p...

Today, the United States of America is a very racially and religiously diverse society. We saw the seeds of diversity being sown in the early days of colonization when the Chesapeake and New England colonies grew into distinctive societies. Even though both regions were primarily English, they had...

Even as their first colonies were developing, Britain did not exercise as much control over them, as other nations had in their colonies. This occurred even more so as the colonies continued to develop. During this time Britain chose to pursue political and military undertaking away from the colo...