The England and the chesapeak discussion.docx - Hello class...

Hello class,
The two settlements I chose for this discussion are the Chesapeake and New
England colonies. Both colonies shared a common language, and both were
interested in self-government, but physical and cultural differences
separated these two regions.
The settlement patterns of the Chesapeake colonies began in the 1600s
when many settlers arrived in the Chesapeake Bay colonies of Virginia and
Maryland for a better life and to work in the tobacco fields. The English
migrated here for the economy, hoping to find gold but discovered tobacco
was the means to making money. “Tobacco became currency: people paid
fines and taxes in pounds of tobacco. The cash crop's value became the focal
point for colonial protective legislation and tobacco provided Virginia with an
important revenue stream” (NPS). To help with the increase of growing
tobacco fields, many young migrants became indentured servants working
for many years in exchange for shelter, food, clothes, and land. Because of
the large agriculture and plantations, more of the people were isolated and
lived further away from each other. There were churches and religious