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New England Versus Chesapeake Region

Amelia Pinzon
Sept. 4, 2008
Period 2, APUSH

New England versus Chesapeake Region

Both the New England and Chesapeake Region had similar beginnings, but not the same preference of use for the Royal charters the areas were given. Using the text by Tindall and Shi, Documents A through H and my general and obtained knowledge this difference will be investigated. Between   the beginning of the colonial period to 1700 both regions evolved into two distinct societies due to each region’s different economy, religion, and social structure.
The region of Chesapeake and New England developed different economics which contributed to the difference in each society. In New England(Connecticut), the set prices and wages that were determined every year by the assembly, “It is therefore ordered that…[prices and wages] be duly set at each of our General courts annually” (Doc. E). This helped New England to control the   inflation and deflation of the overall economy. This made for a controlled and tight leashed economy. In the Chesapeake region, however, the people were loose with money, lots of it went towards trade and production of tobacco and other plants, and the only money they got back was a little bit of profit that didn’t pay for tax and insurance and the travel and merchants fees for the cargo, in addition to this there was a land shortage problem, so land at some point got very expensive, in other words, the less land there is to sell the more expensive it is, and the more expensive the land is the less expensive the tobacco is, (Ch.2, pg.   ) making for an economy that inflates, deflates and fluxuates and is always changing. Although both areas have there share in taste for the more expensive things, in New England they were not bought, more money went into saving and other things like acquiring more land, and in New England is was always indulgence in moderation, (Ch.2, pg.   ). More or less, it seems that the money and economy of New England was better well...