Chesapeake and New England: Differences in Society
Colonial English Society Differences
During the 1600s and into the 1700s Europe rapidly colonized in America. Europe traveled to America for resources, religious reasons, and to claim territory. Both the Chesapeake and New England regions had colonies founded on them around 1630. Although each colony was founded England, by 1700 both of these colonies became very distinct societies. These differences in societies developed from differences in purpose, the geographical regions, and the economics of each colony. Chesapeake and New England are both in present day in the Eastern Region of the United States. Chesapeake has a humid subtropical climate. This climate has it ups and downs for Chesapeake. The hot weather harbored many diseases. There were bad winters that had “bitter cold frost” in which “more that half of us (settlers) died.”(Doc. F) In 1618 there were 700 people in Chesapeake. From 1618-1622 3000 people migrated to the colony. By 1624 the population was numbered at 1240. This was a problem because the men outnumbered the women by about six to one (Doc. C) which mean that the population did not increase fast from within the colony. This subtropical climate had great soil. The soil was soon to bear tobacco which was the main crop of this area. This crop sculpted Chesapeake in many ways. New England was had more a humid continental climate. This means that summers were shorter and they often received harsh winters with a lot of snow. The only way this benefited them was that there were less diseases and there were less deaths because of it. It was highly probable that a young New Englander would know their grandparents which was uncommon for that time in history. The soil in new England was also rocky and was not as fertile as Chesapeake. This why New England started to substance farm which is very different from Chesapeake were they would send nearly all of their crops to Europe and lived “from hand to mouth”(Doc. F) and “the pinnace [small ship] to
During the 1600s and into the 1700s Europe rapidly colonized in America. Europe traveled to America for resources, religious reasons, and to claim territory. Both the Chesapeake and New England regions had colonies founded on them around 1630. Although each colony was founded England, by 1700 both of these colonies became very distinct societies. These differences in societies developed from differences in purpose, the geographical regions, and the economics of each colony. Chesapeake and New England are both in present day in the Eastern Region of the United States. Chesapeake has a humid subtropical climate. This climate has it ups and downs for Chesapeake. The hot weather harbored many diseases. There were bad winters that had “bitter cold frost” in which “more that half of us (settlers) died.”(Doc. F) In 1618 there were 700 people in Chesapeake. From 1618-1622 3000 people migrated to the colony. By 1624 the population was numbered at 1240. This was a problem because the men outnumbered the women by about six to one (Doc. C) which mean that the population did not increase fast from within the colony. This subtropical climate had great soil. The soil was soon to bear tobacco which was the main crop of this area. This crop sculpted Chesapeake in many ways. New England was had more a humid continental climate. This means that summers were shorter and they often received harsh winters with a lot of snow. The only way this benefited them was that there were less diseases and there were less deaths because of it. It was highly probable that a young New Englander would know their grandparents which was uncommon for that time in history. The soil in new England was also rocky and was not as fertile as Chesapeake. This why New England started to substance farm which is very different from Chesapeake were they would send nearly all of their crops to Europe and lived “from hand to mouth”(Doc. F) and “the pinnace [small ship] to