Similarities Between New England And Chesapeake Bay Colonies

One of the two first colonies established in the new world was The Chesapeake Bay colonies which included Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The second was the Massachusetts Bay colonies including what now is the present-day central New England, portions of the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The colonies are very similar but also different in their own distinct ways. The differences gave the colonies identities. A big resemblance between the colonies is that both left to create a new life out of England. Both settlements represented a new time of independence and development of religion. Mutually both groups went through a lot of suffering and pain in the accomplishment of such

a vision. Both voyages to the New World caused many to get sick and die from malaria, dysentery, and typhoid. Many lost their lives on the voyage to autonomy. This only emphasizes how important the founding of both colonies were to the settlers who survived such hardships. Both colonies had rough starts in the beginning. Similarly, tobacco was the most successful cash crop of both economies. The settlement of the Chesapeake Colonies focused mainly on economic wealth unlike Massachusetts Bay. It was founded for the growth of business and economic wealth. Gold, silver, and other resources were the primary focus of discovery. Tobacco provided the ability to produce wealth and develop the accumulation of material goods. The Massachusetts Bay colonies were primarily founded for religious freedom. The Pilgrims settled Plymouth Bay because of their quest of religious expression. Edward Winslow and William Bradford wrote a document named, “A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plimoth in New England or Mourt's Relation.” The purpose was to explore the religious preferences of the settlement. The document was published with the expectations of more people traveling to the new world for religious freedom. Even though Massachusetts was primarily focused on religion expression, the colony was economically successful. They were engaging in trade with England and the West Indies. Both colonial discoveries were driven by a dream to establish a new life away from England. The reason and motivation for founding becomes real with the vision of being promised a better life.