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    clearly defined regions of the United States. While both the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies had deep-seated aversion for the natives, they differed in their religious homogeneity and economic policies. The New England colonies were strictly Puritan whereas the Chesapeake colonies followed no universal religion; also, while the New England colonies relied on fishing, shipbuilding, and farming, the Chesapeake colonies relied on their strong tobacco based economy. Although both…

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    Considering that the Chesapeake Colonies and New England Colonies were so close, but yet so far away, their differences were majorly drastic considering majority of the settlers came from the same places. The main areas they lacked similarity were in their economical views, social class standards, genealogy focuses, and age/health concerns. It is crazy to think that since bulk of the settlers in the colonies were from the same general areas, yet when it came to their daily lives their views like…

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    the same nationality, by the time of the 1700s, the New England and Chesapeake regions developed adversely from one another. England sent over numerous groups to these two regions. From the start, New England and the Chesapeake had different values and identities. These differences originated from the reasons that they decided to come to the New World in the first place, and where on the coast they were. This affected the colonies from then on out in many ways, such as economically,…

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    The Chesapeake Colonies, such as Virginia and Maryland, were located on the coastline of the New World. This gave them access to the water where they could catch fish, however, the water brought many upon many diseases to the settlers, such as Malaria and Cholera. Like the Chesapeake settlers the New England colony was also on the coastline, but, they did not get killed as much by disease like the Chesapeake settlers did. Economically Chesapeake and new England were not alike, Chesapeake’s…

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    people all from the English origin happened to have different desires. Therefore, New England and the Chesapeake region became distinct from one another due to the fact that the societies had different economic motives, ideas, and geography in the region amongst one another. One distinct difference between New England and the Chesapeake were their economic ideas. The English settlers formed a colony in New England to practice religion that they thought was right in their eyes. In Document 4 it…

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    In the 1600s, England’s two most prominent colonies in the Americas were busily evolving into disparate societies with different goals and social structures, even though the people who settled Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, and their surrounding colonies all emigrated from the same country. This difference in overall development occurred due to the contrasting motives of the colonists departing for New England and the Chesapeake. The people who would become New Englanders were motivated by the…

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    England and Chesapeake regions occurred naturally due to the initial intentions of the first settlers. These differences stem from many factors. The natural resources available affect what industries formed and what crops were grown. Culturally, the northern colonies were formed for religious purposes unlike the profit seeking southern colonies. One key difference that led to a divide in values and beliefs between the New England and Chesapeake regions was the culture. In the New England…

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    As England began to take interest in the "New World", colonization by Englishmen began to spread drastically in the 1600's. English colonies took place on the eastern coast of the United States. Two early settlements established were in the New England and Chesapeake region. Although both were settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 these two regions had evolved into two distinct societies, due mainly to reasons involving the reasons for settlement, geographical differences leading…

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    and the Chesapeake region had become two very distinct societies. Even though they were both settled by people of the English origin, New England was based more toward developing longer lasting families rather than finding gold and getting rich quickly, the Chesapeake and the New Englanders had different economic goals, and both regions had very different geographies. The ships that came to New England had very different groups of people emigrating than the ships going to the chesapeake…

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    Fundamental Differences between the New England and Chesapeake Colonies During the 17th century, the English were leaving their country by the hundreds, all with different motivations to go to the New World. If you were headed toward New England, chances are you were a Puritan trying to escape religious persecution, and you valued family and unity. If you were headed toward the Chesapeake colonies, you were likely an indentured servant headed to work on a large plantation, or you were a farmer…

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