Thesis:While New England and the Chesapeake area were settled by people of English origin, by 1700 both had developed two distinct societies because of differences in their geography, economy, religion, and communal and family structure.
Many years after the establishment of the first successful English colonies, differences began to appear in the religious, social, and economic characteristics of New England and the Chesapeake area, which would eventually lead to the evolution of two distinct societies. The people who settled New England and the Chesapeake area were mostly English Ch…
