First and foremost, the unjust Navigation Acts imposed severe regulations upon New England's trade, and began to sever the ties between England and the colonies. Also, the creation of the Dominion of New England took away any bit of sovereignty that the colonies had treasured so dearly. Sir Edmund Andros, the chosen governor of this Dominion, revoked countless rights, such as the town meetings, and placed severe restrictions on institutions such as courts, the press, and schools, during his seemingly autocratic rule. Lastly, the cherished charter of Massachusetts was removed and replaced with a Royal charter after the Dominion crumbled after the Glorious Revolution; the Puritans would never recover from this direct blow to their governmental powers.
However, relations between the Chesapeake and England remained fairly strong through the turmoil between the mother country and New England. The adverse effect of the Navigation Acts upon New England was completely contrary to its effect on the Chesapeake. They gave Virginia a stable ready market for its tobacco, eventually giving it a monopoly of all sales in England. In reality, these colonies depended on England for far more than New England, as shown by Governor Berkeley when he asked for England's aid in guarding against a possible Dutch attack on Virginia. Also, no tyrannical rule such as the Dominion of New England was ever imposed on the Chesapeake region. These differing opinions only further distinguished the two groups of colonies from one another.
In the end, the most important contributing factor to the development of a culture is the people that create it. As stated by the "Ship's List of Emigrants Bound for New England," families appeared to be the main group of emigrants to New England. These families were coming to America to begin a new life, and to escape the religious persecution imposed on them back in England, not on the basis of profit as their counterparts in the Chesapeake.