Chesapeake colonists sailed to North America in the hopes of finding gold or silver, a northwest passage to Asia, a cure for syphilis, or other valuable products for sale in Europe. The main colonies of Chesapeake were Virginia and Maryland. Chesapeake soon became rural colonies of independent tobacco planters. The family life of Chesapeake typically consisted of marriages where the groom was older by 10 years or more. Orphans became a major community problem. People died younger. For example, most people were not expected to live past 40. Families loyalty tended to focus on other kin like uncles or cousins. The relations of Indians were not so well. Settlers first expected to persuade local Indians to work for them, but it did not work. In
