Essay About New England And 1700S New England

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Though New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of
English origin, by the 1700s New England evolved into a more stable and well ordered society
than the Chesapeake. One reason why this difference in development occurred was because of
how much longer the people in New England lived than the people in the Chesapeake. Another
reason why the difference in development occurred was because the people who migrated to
New England arrived in families, while most people who migrated to the Chesapeake were
young and single men. Also, adding to a reason why the difference in development occurred was
because of the homogeneous nature of the Puritan New England colonies.
The people of New England having a longer life span than people in the Chesapeake
region led to a more stable and well ordered society for New England. The people in New
England, were much healthier than the people of the Chesapeake. Clean water and cool
temperatures retarded the spread of killer microbes. In the seventeenth century, New Englanders
added ten years on to their life spans by migrating from the Old World to New England. Then
again, the people of the Chesapeake had to deal with malaria, dysentery, and typhoid which took
away ten years of their lives.The people of the Chesapeake had shorter lifespans. Shorter
lifespans meant thatthe Chesapeakes population steadily declined, while the longer lifespans
meant that New Englands population grew from natural reproductive increase. Shorter lifespans
also contributed to unstable family life , while the longer lifespans of New Englanders
contributed to family stability.
The longevity of the New Englanders contributed to family stability because children
were able to grow up in nurturing environments where they received guidance from not only
their parents, but their grandparents as well. The more stable and well-ordered society the New
Englanders enjoyed was also due to Puritan migration as intact family units to New England.
The men would bring their wives, sons, daughters, and servants. Puritans placed great
importance on the family. Young people were guided by their parents. Family stability was
reflected in the strong, social structure characteristic of colonial New England. Families of the
Chesapeake were both few and fragile. The majority of immigrants were men in their late teens
and early twenties, and very few women. Most Chesapeake settlers came as male indentured
servants to work for tobacco fields. Men outnumbered women six to one, which hindered the
development of family life. Most marriages were destroyed because of the death of a partner. It
was rare that a child knew a grandparent. Due to the migration of Puritans as intact family units,
New England had a more stable and well-ordered society than that of the Chesapeake.
New England had a much more stable and well-ordered society was because of the
homogeneous nature of the Puritan New England colonies. There was more of an importance of
literacy to the people of New England then there was to the people the Chesapeake. Towns of