Jamestown settlers were looking for gold and found Chesapeake colonies for economic purposes. Additionally, the vast amount of land available started the cultivation of tobacco and yielded a lot of profit. On the other hand, New England was founded for religious reasons not for economic gain. Many people escaped to New England to escape religious persecution. The two colonies also had economic differences.
Unlike Puritans of New England, settlers destined for the Chesapeake region migrated individually. (Document C) Since settlers came to the Chesapeake with the intention of not staying for long, they traveled alone, not with families. At a six to one ration, mostly men left England to seek profit from gold and tobacco. (Document C) Therefore, men competed for the vague amount of women in the Chesapeake. New England Puritans came to America with a long-term planned idea.
New England, in general, was well-organized and sturdy in comparison to Jamestown’s swampy land and unequipped settlers. Immigrants who settled in the Chesapeake area seemed to have been little affected by religious motives. However, religion influenced many settlers in New England. Unlike Separatists, this Congregationalist man wanted to reform the Church of England rather than abolish it. He and other Congregationalists believed Charles I was more hostile to the Puritans than his father had been.
The goal of the new town was that of creating almost a model society, working together as one. Documents F is an excerpt from the History of Virginia by Captain John Smith. The History of Virginia is a personal account written in third person of the dealings in Virginia, and the mishap and greediness that occurred. According to Smith, the “worst” people out of those looking for wealth were the “gold seekers.” They didn’t come to America for anything other the hope of getting rich, versus the Puritans who went there for religious purposes. Apparently the men in search of gold would make “all men their slaves,” but in Document A it’s said that the Puritans must “work as one man.” Documents D, which was basically a Constitution of their own, made it known that the New Englander’s top priority was to get a minister as soon as possible.
This religious association doesn’t stem necessarily from the fact that these were royal colonies because England was ignoring what was going on in these colonies at the time, and they were simply built and operated for business purposes. All of these colonies were established to produce and export cultivation such as rice and tobacco in Virginia and the Carolinas. People who came to these colonies were mainstream Anglican indentured servants who did not come to the new world for religion, but simply for the land and/or money. North Carolina was the product of the split in the earlier colony of Carolina. South Carolina was much more profitable colony while North Carolina was rarely noticed by the crown.
If they did not, God would turn from them and they would have an example made of them. Religion was to also be kept in mind during the setting of wages and price regulations (doc. E). Religion was important in the Chesapeake, as well, but not as important as it was in the New England colonies. While New England was Puritan, the Chesapeake colonies were primarily Anglican.
They wanted to gain numbers to support Catholicism and show that it is the true religion. Because of this, they forced the Native American to become Catholic like themselves. They set up convents and brought missionaries to help convert the Indians to Catholicism. The Spanish were mostly interested in taking gold from their settlements. Their settlements didn’t last as long as Britain’s colonies because they did not have anything else to do economically after they ran out of gold.
1993 DBQ Although the New England and Chesapeake region settlers originated in England, clearly contrasting lifestyles resulted in two quite different societies. New England strictly followed their Puritan beliefs, being unified as one, while the Chesapeake region emigrated from England to the New World for wealth and economic reasons. Differences in social, political, and economical customs were quickly formed. Social beliefs and morals between New England and Chesapeake region were entirely opposite from each other. Puritan morals were the dominant beliefs of New England.
Ciera Johnson Reaction Paper AFA 3104 “Go Sound the Trumpet” Reading the Article Go Sound the Trumpet by Larry Rivers has put into perspective that basically ‘you reap what you sew’. Slave masters had tried to control the slaves every being but could not control their soul. Religion is an outlet to freedom for some. Slaves in this time were using their religious freedom to plan a way out, plan for an escape to a better life. Slave masters were under the impression that slaves were having church so when caught, of course slaves had to ‘pay the price’.
“The signers were members of religious denominations at a rate that was significantly higher than average for the American Colonies during the late 1700s”, according to an article called “Religion of the Founding Fathers, (2005). The founding fathers were compelled to fight for their independence against Great Britain for a few different reasons. These reasons ranged from the economic interest of both parties to just simple political differences, and a fair amount of mutual misunderstandings. Many of the founders migrated from England where they experience persecution for exercising their faith. Ultimately, it all boiled down to the lack of