When looking at the establishment of Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony and Maryland, the one thing that they have in common is the struggle to survive. Each colony had its own obstacles to overcome. Virginia and Maryland, being part of the Chesapeake region, had a mostly male population that didn’t intend to establish family roots. Wealth being the driving force in these colonies led to a lack of a governing body and lack of control. John Smith did set up martial law. Yet the colony suffered a “starving time” when he was not in residence to enforce it. Disease, sickness and attacks by the natives further decimated this region. Their greatest economic resource was tobacco. George Alsop spoke of tobacco being Maryland’s main resource but also spoke of the fur trade and of slavery. New England made up of Massachusetts and Plymouth was far more successful in forming their colonies than those of the Chesapeake area. The major reason behind their success was that they moved together as a family unit of mother, father and children. With these colonies having a more familial foundation their respective economies reflected this. Religious belief was celebrated. The second governor of Plymouth, William Bradford, saw first hand the struggles of the pilgrims of Scrooby England. He observed that the pilgrims faced these hardships head on, even though in the end they suffered for it. Massachusetts Puritan leader, John Winthrop, set forth what he believed would be standards for becoming a “city on a hill”, a system of government that others would aspire to. The high mortality rate in the Chesapeake region was a factor in the education system. They didn’t believe in building schools when children most often times didn’t survive long enough to attend school. New England families put their children with other families as a type of