How did life differ between the colonies in new england and the chesapeake?

The colonies in New England and the Chesapeake exemplify the many differences in the culture and lifestyles of the settlers, created mainly because of the fact that their founding fathers had held separate intentions when they came to the New World.

The New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled by immigrants from England. Though this was an area thriving with small towns that they had generally liked, they decided to escape England due to religious persecution. Hundreds of families, men, women, and their children, came in search of a New World where they could practice their beliefs freely. Their lives were based more on their material items than on God or family. The Englanders who saw the opportunity to take advantage of the popularity of a brand new crop they had discovered settled the Chesapeake area. These, "gold diggers," were mainly men of wealthy families wanting to come to the New World for gold in which they traded for a large profit, for themselves. These colonists were not fleeing England seeking religious or social freedom, but clearly only to add more wealth to their names.