Although they were settled mostly by people of English origin, the New England and Chesapeake regions developed very differently due to social, economic and political factors. ... The kinds of governments in each region caused the New England colonies to have laws based on religion that they created themselves and followed to please God, while the colonies in the Chesapeake area were often unhappy with their government who often pleased the rich and ignored the needs of the poor. ... The Articles of Agreement for Massachusetts stated that there would be rich and poor families, relative economi...

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Despite being settled and originally colonized by mainly English settlers, the New England colonies and the Chesapeake region were distinctly different by the beginning of the eighteenth century. ... The New England colonies had a backbone of religion and worship, while the Chesapeake region was not founded on religious principles. ... The New England colonies and Massachusetts especially were founded on the basis of religion. (Document D) It is note worthy that all social life revolved around religion and worship in the New England Colonies. ... It is because of the diverse political ideol...

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The vast differences between the colonies of Jamestown and New England begin with their charters and the reasons for those charters. ... Some of the resulting colonies of New England extended this religious freedom to all members of the colony, some insisted that every member of the colony submit to the chosen religion. ... After all, the Native Americans were seen as savages with a heathen religion (Ayers et al, page 48). Not being on the same level as the English settlers, the English were able to justify their horrific treatment of the Native Americans. ... While Jamestown was a bus...

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While the Spanish were getting their western piece of land, and the French their northern and central, the English began to settle their colonies. ... After the Church of England split apart from the religion of Catholicism, the protestant religion began to flourish, gaining more members. ... Unlike the Chesapeake, the New England colonies were modeled over religion. ... The Chesapeake was less severe when it came to Religion. This caused them to be religiously conflicting with the New England colonies. ...

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After tens years of religious freedom in Holland, these Puritans suddenly realized that their descendants will grow up as Dutch, not English. ... Aside from the differences in the motives of settlement between the two colonies, the labor system from which the two colonies operated also sets them apart. ... On the other hand, the Plymouth colony resorted to neither indentured servants nor slavery, they did it simply to keep outsiders from contaminating their religion (Murrin, 72). ... Luck was on the Pilgrim's side during the next spring when they encountered an Indian named Squanto,...

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One of the biggest fears they had when they came to the New World was the fear that they would completely lose touch with English culture, and they tried to avoid this by keeping up with English literature as much as they possibly could. ... As you can probably imagine, the Bible always remained a favorite book in Puritan colonies, and they preferred the Geneva Bible of 1560 to any other published version, because it contained maps, glossaries of names and events, and explanations of all the passages. ... The popularity of literature in the colonies influenced people to start reading themsel...

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Don Nguyen 9-9-03 a2 Chesapeake Bay Colony vs New England Colonies Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by the people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. ... For an example, on document A John Winthrop says that his goal was to create a Christian utopia for everyone to look up to, "a city upon a hill" At that time religion was a large part of the government. ...

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Winthrop was a wealthy English lawyer who was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. ... The three principles that became central to Williams' subsequent career were: separatism, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. ... "The development of the printing press fifty years before Columbus's first voyage allowed many of his descriptions of the New World to spur the national ambitions and personal imaginations of the Spanish, ensuring new expeditions and future colonies" (Baym). ... "Williams believed any society founded on a state ...

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