Contrast of New England Society Versus the Chesapeake Region

The New England and Chesapeake regions were settled by the English for two completely different reasons, and by people with completely different attitudes towards forming colonies. The New England settlers focused on Puritan values and traditions that they brought with them to the colonies, including their family values, work ethic, and religious influences. On the other hand, the Chesapeake was settled by men looking to ravage the New World for gold and fortune, establishing their colonies strictly for economic reasons.
A large portion of the New England colonies were Puritans. Their beliefs tried to bring together all the colonists into a community, where everyone worked together under God. In Document A, Winthrop discusses how the colony should be run. It is an example of the belief that everyone in the colony should work together and work for each other so that the whole colony can prosper. He claims the colony “shall be as a city upon a hill,” or a religi...