In three factors, the Chesapeake Bay colony and New England stood different from each other. At the start of their establishment the two colonies varied from each other in Political, Social, and Economical standpoints. However as time passed, the two colonies inevitably grew evermore closer to each other in the forging of America.
Socially the two societies were diverse both in the ways they conducted themselves but also within the people there. For New England, many religious persons were naturally attracted to the land being the New England was very tolerant of all religions. There were predominately whites and their families populated there (doc 2). Families were often founded under religious ways including ideologies of Quakers, Puritans, and Catholics (doc 1). Upon the rise of the colony the Congregational church was also predominately established. In the Chesapeake, social ways were conducted much differently. To start the Chesapeake Area encompassed Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Life there was about hard work and tobacco farming. Mainly white males (farmers) lived there and owned plantations. A lot of enslaved black men worked on the plantations doing work. There were fewer families in the Chesapeake Bay Colony (doc 3).
The two colonies had separate economies that were very different but both successful. The Chesapeake’s economy primarily depended upon Tobacco. Farmers grew it and sold it constantly thus making a living in the society. Alongside side tobacco, save trading went hand in hand. The economy in the south was created under harsh principles of tobacco and Slave trade. (Yes what a life.) In New England the economy was much different and was more invested in different industries than the simple south. Fishing and Whaling were both large dominant businesses. Ranking amongst those was also ship building and even small scale farming. IN farming cases it was usually done upon family owned farms where families were being self sufficient both economically and socially. This ties into where Quakers would have their own farms and be totally independent socially, religiously and religiously.
Lastly, the two societies contrasted politically. The Chesapeake Colony held the ideology of mercantilism that a colony’s wealth could be based off of the amount of gold or silver that the colony had (Doc 5). However in New England politically the ways of the colony was mostly governed through the religion of the Congregational Church. God was thought to have been the truth and for the most part the colony was self governed (Doc 4).
Overall the two colonies varied up until the eve of the revolution. Every two societies will have their own unique differences; none are the same when you look at them. The only thing that can truly fuse and unite two societies is a revolution, as one occurs and the two varied societies become one under the large brand name known as America. This is similar to in Russia all of the different diverse societies and divisions rose together to rebel against their oppressor and a new society was born from it.