New England vs. Chesapeake Societies

Although New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled largely by people of English origin, by the 1770’s, these areas had developed into distinctly different societies. This was due mainly to the economic, religious, and political/social factors that helped to shape both of these societies and the New World.
All societies in the New World had to contend with economic struggles and hardships in order to survive and flourish. This was certainly true of the Chesapeake region, which was based primarily on personal economic gain. Even early settlers had to contend with greedy, money-making schemes that kept many in poverty (Document F). Most of the English immigrants who traveled to the Chesapeake region were young men who had high ambition of succeeding in the New World (Document C). This ambition led to the success of the tobacco crop. A vast amount of farm area and slave labor contributed greatly to the success of tobacco and therefore caused plantations and far...