A colony is a territory settled by a group of people with similar interest or ethnic routes controlling the land and people of another nation mostly by force to acquire wealth e.g. the colonies of Chesapeake and New England.
Chesapeake was formed as cooperate colony granted by royal charter when there was great demand for gold later transforming into colonies of plantation agriculture. Had self - perpetuating courts with no popular elections but colonial assemblies sharing power with the governor. New England was formed to be purely religious cities upon hills by puritans’ Leiden group seeking religious freedom after braking away from English church.
The colonists in Chesapeake came as lone men settling in Jamestown around Chesapeake Bay leaving their families in England, but colonists in New England settled as pilgrims of complete families settling in ply mouth harbor after exploration of cape code. They were strictly religious with Gods biblical law of respect for the authority and government which could hang as required by common sense. They were diligent laborers focusing keenly on their livelihoods, charity and benevolence to the grieved families. Their children were taught Christianity, enrolling in grammar schools for Latin and mathematics.
Chesapeake colonists were purely hardworking majoring in gold later venturing in to tobacco production, ship docking and fisheries. They were not religious using their arrogance to enforce their dominion through whip and gun leading to underclass uprising e.g. the Bacon’s rebellion. This rebellion almost destroyed their colonization forcing them to turn to African slaves labor force in 1676.The rugged lands cape in New England made it impossible for crop production leading to banking, business and shipping activities. Rocky land provided timber for building ships and some exported back to England .Ship building became staple as British resorted to American build strong and cheap ships. Business grew steadily artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters and shopkeepers had shops in villages by 1750.
Chesapeake and New England colonies ventured in Trans Atlantic trade network connecting them to their homeland as well as West African Slave Coast and Caribbean plantation Islands among others. Both colonies met resistance from Native Americans who endangered they stay and could not withstand bad winter conditions sandwich with food shortages making those unfit to die. For example 66 settlers in Chesapeake died out of 104 settlers and 200 died of settlers in New England in the first year making them to sort help from Indians. The colonies had to establish law favoring their mother country. Both colonies ratified their constitution in 1788 adding the bill of rights with Chesapeake becoming Virginia State and New England becoming Massachusetts State, north of Virginia.
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