Chesapeake vs. New England

Title: Chesapeake vs. New England
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Chesapeake vs. New England

Chesapeake Versus New England While both the New England and Chesapeake regions of America were settled by Englishmen, each developed into two very different regions with their own cultures, laws and ideas. The three main differences in each region were economy, living conditions, and religious fervor. First, the two regions differed economically. In Maryland and Virginia, settlers began to establish large tobacco plantations during the 1610s and started exporting large tobacco crops after 1617, as they …showed first 75 words of 380 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 380 total…serve in the Massachusetts Bay government, one had to have experienced God’s grace. In contrast, inhabitants of the Chesapeake were indifferent toward religion. To serve in the House of Burgesses, one simply had to believe in The Trinity. One easily sees that, though the Chesapeake and New England regions spawned from the same people, their individual differences in economy, quality of life, and religion caused them to be completely different by the 18th century.

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