The New England Colony
Essay by Hollyhall97 • October 21, 2013 • Essay • 610 Words (3 Pages) • 1,479 Views
The timid and dependent settlers of New England held fast to security of the crown, while the adventurous and independent risk takers of the Chesapeake region abnormally any semblance of their English lives.
The New England colony came to America because most people were forced to come for religious freedom. The puritans and others came to America because they didn't want to change their religion to the Church of England. So these settlers came for freedom from the church. As seen in "DocB" these people brought families, and churches to come and live in America. Many of these people were Puritans which they believed in predestination. On the first trip for these people, they came on the mayflower. While on this ship the people made a compact, which led to the part of the Article of Agreements seen in "Doc D'' in Massachusetts. They made the mayflower compact because they were afraid of anarchy and wanted safety. Also of control which led to people like John Hooker and Anne Hutchinson to move to Connecticut and make it where you have no laws. Soon after they realized that with No Laws there is casious. These two people then made the fundamental order of Connecticut and also the blue Laws which relate to the laws in the bible. These actions were kind of antinonism because they didn't want laws but know they created their own. They made these because the people couldn't be trusted to be free. In Connecticut they had an attempt to set wages and price regulations in order to adequately to sustain every member of the community. Because they thought making money was enabling to serve God. These people in New England formed a society on different industries, there society was scared. Also its laws were just like England's, and they wanted it that away.
The Chesapeake change was much different society because the people who came to the Chesapeake wanted to forget everything about England. In the Chesapeake there were two men named John smith and John Rolfe, they both came from England to be independent. These men wanted to become rich. So when they came they landed in Virginia, A town or city is called Jamestown. In Jamestown the men make the House of Burgess because freedom got carried away. And while these men were free they didn't want to work, so this began the "starving time". Then John Smith makes a saying that "he who does not work shall not eat". These men brought no
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