US History

             The New England Colonies were made up of New Haven, Massachusetts (Bay Colony), Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Plymouth. The colonists aboard the voyage heading to the New World were made up of large families and servants. Their reasons for traveling from England were entirely religious. After the Church of England split apart from the religion of Catholicism, the protestant religion began to flourish, gaining more members. Yet the Protestant's wanted more freedom from Catholicism, and became Calvinists, or Puritan Separatists. So they traveled to New England, in hope of religious freedom and toleration. Although their motivations for leaving England were not economical, they still had a very prosperous economy. They did not rely on staple crops and agriculture. Instead their main economical force consisted of carpentry, boat building and carpentry. .
             Unlike the Chesapeake, the New England colonies were modeled over religion. John Winthrope founded the "city on a hill" plan, which in ways represented a "pure" community. He also made it clear that their community should be a brotherhood. They should rely on each other and support each other. The same people who ran the government would be the people at the head of the church. In the Articles of Agreement, written in 1636, it pretty much states that religion would be the basis for all colony laws. "Being by God's providence engaged together to make a plantation," that pretty much states that all that is done is done in God's name. Then, the Wage and Price regulation, written in 1676, is an example of common law being justified by the Bible. It proposes that all wages for workmen should be put forth to Godly ways. Both Winthrope and The W/P Regulation focus on community, and for men to work together. .
             The Chesapeake was less severe when it came to Religion. This caused them to be religiously conflicting with the New England colonies. The Chesapeake aspired to make a profit and become an economical power.