Compare And Contrast Chesapeake Vs New England

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Chesapeake or New England? In the 1600’s many countries were sending people into what they called the “New World” and were forming permanent settlements along the entire Eastern Coast of what is now America. By the 1700’s there were two large regions that started to thrive being the Chesapeake Region and New England. Although New England and the Chesapeake region started from similar origins, they quickly started to vary. These two colonies spread out through their culture and how they treated their enslaved people.

New England Colony first started when England made being a Puritan a crime, in an attempt to convert everyone to Anglican (The English Church). Devout Puritans came together and decided to leave England to find somewhere they