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The New Englanders desired a place where they prosper together as a community. They were more than concerned about the moral health of the whole community and would do whatever was called for to keep their community strong and happy. "This court
in the interim recommends [that] all tradesmen and laborers consider the religious end of their callings, which is that receiving such moderate profits as may enable them to serve God and their neighbors", DOC. E, this shows that they would give their money away to help their fellow man. The new towns had legal chartering by the colonial authorities and land was distributed to healthy minded town fathers or "proprietors." The New Englanders were not as obsessed with money and profits as the Chesapeake settlers. The Chesapeake region was focused on profits and making money. Some of these settlers went even further to make a profit by picking to plant their tobacco crops before they planted their main food resource, corn. The New England region strived because it was based upon the dependence of families who depended upon each
