Curiosity and bravery led the English to discover the nations of America. These strong willed Europeans, determined to find to a new world, set out with Settling a variety of colonies along the coast of NorthAmerica, the English were among the first true pioneers. After severalexpeditions and ships loads of emigrants, the English had a divergence ofreasons for departing Europe for America. The settlers of the Chesapeake andNew England colonies, were foreigners to the land, established two exceptionalbut contrary societies due to the diversity of English citizens. Chesapeake andNew England colonies, although from the same English background, developeddistinctions from the very start of the sixteenth century; their reasons for fleeingEurope, political standards, family life, religions and use of land. With King James I offering a charter for the Virginia Company of London, a joint stock company, to prompt a settlement in the New World, profit filledEnglish men couldnt refuse this gracious proposal. A promise of golden lands and a new passage route through America to the West Indies, the hearty menembarked on a journey which to their eyes seemed to be through the vastunknown. Arriving on the shores of Chesapeake Bay in 1606, soon they wereattacked by Indians. Finally having to settle on the James River (named in honorof their King) the Virginia Company was forced to make their home within amosquito infested and unhealthily region. Beginning their arduous search fromthe onset, the stubborn men searched for gold day and night through starvation,malnutrition, and disease. According to Captain John Smith these gold seekerswere all men in hope of repayment for commencing on the journey. He describedthe scene as diligent men digging, washing, refining, and loading gold all insilence. Living from hand to mouth induced the gold miners to only be able to provided selves with supplies for the following year. The profit filled English menof the Vi...
