The different
people who started settling in New England and the Chesapeake
region could have come from the same country. But what they were
looking for made a lot of sense which was; economic, religious and
also their social differences. Their different societies started to
lead on to different economics. Religion for
New
Englandwas the most important, it was their goal in life, they
wanted to be a religious example. There were a lot of social
differences, and of course differences in people as well. After the
win of the Spanish Armada English settlement of the North American
continent began in resulting an intense conviction. During the
1600s, an effect of economic changes throughout England which also
led to the Enclosure Movement, as
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Without the
efforts of John Smith, the leader of Jamestown (Virginias first
colony), a colony of wanting more gold which was founded by the
profit driven Virginia Company would have easily failed. The House
of Burgesses was a representative self-government that was built in
Virginia. But, this was a government that was followed by class and
not equality (Doc. H). The wealthy families who held Virginias
most valuable land, the first families of Virginia, ruled the
House of Burgesses. These type of wealthy landowners were not
answering the needs of the poor. The lack of responding led to
Bacons Rebellion, when a gang of bankrupt and landless former
indentured servants started the attack of the capital of the colony
and robbed the homes of the
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The differences
of life and the lifestyle was a factor that determined the
evolution of the regions economies. Early industrial efforts in New
England involved lumbering and distilling. The deeply indented
coastline with its numerous natural harbors encouraged fishing,
trade and shipbuilding. While the New England economy expanded, the
Chesapeake narrowed. The original settlers of Jamestown hoped to
find wealth through gold (Doc. F). The wealthy planters built
plantations and they went looking for indentured servants to work
for their labor. The best land was no longer available to them as
they were forced to move farther West (Docs. G & H). Slavery,
was built in the Chesapeake as the main source of labor. The fact
that slavery became the social structure of the South and not in
the North was the most biggest regional difference which brought
the Civil
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