for everyone’s quality and estate. Also, everyone was to have a share of the meadows or planting ground.” (Document D) Unlike the Chesapeake region, tobacco was not a successful crop. Because of the poor soil, farming was not very profitable. New Englanders then began to turn toward livestock to stabilize their economy. Pigs, sheep, horses, and cattle were brought to the settlements from Europe.As many other settlements, religious beliefs and freedoms were important to New England’s immigrants. The Puritan Migration caused many English settlers to flee to New England. Many Puritans left England after King Charles I became a dictator and denied basic rights. The Puritans believed in a Covenant Theology, which was a “contract with God”. If God permitted them to go to New England, the community would follow God’s teaching and find a Bible Commonwealth. God would then either take care of them or punish them, depending on whether or not the Puritans lived up to their part of the Covenant. The Puritans led a very religious bound settlement. Religious instructions were regularly preached in New England schools. They also included a religious attitude towards their economy. “This court ….in the interim recommends (that) all tradesmen and laborers consider the religious end of their callings.(Document E)” The Chesapeake region and New England societies differed mainly because of the ways their settlements were first organized and developed. The Chesapeake region began with a irresponsible development, which led to severe consequences. An overpopulation of men with desires to strike gold, slowed the settlements growth by making gold the only priority. New England, on the other hand, settled as families with family priorities and values. They developed well organized towns with Puritan teachings. Also, New Englanders used practical resources to begin the process of developing th...
