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English Colonies North and South
During the sixteenth-century in the English Colonies, in this time there was a process where the people that owned some of these colonies were going through a time where immigrants were migrating to the new world. Forty-five thousand Puritans left England between 1620 and 1640 and created religious societies in another part of the world also known as the New World.
The English people wanted their colonist to learn more about God and his most holy and wise providence, the people wanted to have religious beliefs. The Chesapeake people were only after gold not willing to help the poor, not for family purpose of any kind just to dig gold. The governor of this Virginia wanted his prosperity to be a diverse economy; free trade; close knit colonial society autonomy from London. Wanting to put in or enact a law “preserve the Established the Church’s unity and purity doctrine. Meaning to punish any minster who preached outside of the teachings and doctrine of that church. New England colonist was concerned about faith, communalism, and equality, while Chesapeake was ravaged by social inequality, tension between the classes and avarice. New England emphasized religion and the importance of communalism and equality. In 1636 it was written that colonist intend to “walk in all ways of Christ”. They desired a colony that embraced religion, rather than money because they found a HUGE wealth in God. Chesapeake colonist of Virginia didn’t exhibit the same emphasis of a community life. Virginia was renowned for its social inequality, tension between social classes and greed. Virginia was not established for sole purpose of pursing religious freedom, Virginia was founded for monetary reasons, and In Chesapeake there was no purpose on family only because they were focused on goal. The English people wanted their colonist to learn more about God and his most holy and wise providence, the people wanted to have religious beliefs as a part of their community. John Winthrop

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