New England Chesapeake Colonie

In the New England and Chesapeake regions of Colonial America, drastic differences are seen in the lives and attitudes of the settlers. All though most of the settlers were from England, there were many preexisting differences in addition to freshly developing ones that caused the two regions to evolve into two very different societies. Among these differences were religiousness, the differences in the grouping of settlers, and furthermore, the hands in which the balance of …

…could and could not vote, thus preventing the power from shifting into the hands of another group, which in turn was reflected in social attitudes. There were many factors contributing to the differences in the New England and Chesapeake regions. Group settlement, religious emphasis, and political power all affected how people lived their lives in each respective area. These differences are what caused the New England and Chesapeake regions to evolve into two distinct cultures.