Essay about New Englanders vs Cheasapeakers - 1195 Words

Alex Boyette Mr. Ford APUSH 18 September 2013 New Englanders vs. Chesapeakers (there is no such thing a a Chesapeaker) The people of the New England region were focused more on families and God. Most of the settlers had left England to be free from religious control of The Church of England. Many of the religious people left because they sought God in a different way and were being repressed by the Christians (how?) because of it. The New Englanders were also more of a neighboring settlement than the Chesapeake region. On board, (name of ship and date) John Winthrop wrote, â€Å"We must delight in each other, make others’ conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our†¦show more content†¦The colonists did not want shop owners to increase prices so high that they would become poor trying to buy essential items to live. The shop owners and towns people agreed to this regulation in 1676 and made fair trade in Connecticut. The shopkeepers, under t he regulation, were told that, â€Å"they do not enrich themselves suddenly and inordinately (by opposing prices and wages to the impoverishing [of] their neighbors†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Doc E). They held up this end and the regulation was a success. The colonies in the Chesapeake region were not so in touch with family, fair trade, and neighborly love. The people of the Chesapeake region were there for one reason to get rich quick. They did not move to the New World for freedom of religion or to get in touch more with their family. In fact may of the people that moved to the New World came over alone and without families. Document C shows that there were many more men than women that came over and these men most likely did not come over with wives because most might not of had one (Doc C). These colonists had no interest in family life, only in making money. They even got off to a rough start when they would die in (die of what?)the first winter and would not try to obtain food, but onl y look for gold. A young Captain named John Smith got the town of Jamestown into action by his moto, â€Å"He who shall not work, shall