Chesapeake Migration Patterns

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The New England and Chesapeake region were both settled mainly by English people, but by 1700 they were two very distinct societies. After being settled, the development of the two areas led them to become clearly different, despite their shared origin. There were many factors that shaped the colonies’ evolution, such as religion and economy. The two regions’ difference in development occurred due the settlers’ separate motives for emigrating to North America. First of all, the motives and migration patterns of the two regions created this distinction. On one hand, John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts Bay, desired to fulfill the Puritan’s covenant with God by developing a model society, proving that the settlers’ of New England emigrated