American Colonies: Contrasting the New England and Southern Colonists :: American America History

American Colonies Contrasting the rude(a) England and Southern ColonistsThe New England and Southern Colonies were both settled largely by theEnglish. By 1700, the regions had evolved into two perspicuous societies.The grey colonies have characteristics that are the antithesis ofthe New England colonies attributes. New England was colonized for Freedomof Worship and freedom of political thought. The Southern colonies weredeveloped for freedom of economic opportunity. The New England colonies hadaspirations for a distinct society, where they could show their homeland,how a country should be run. The southern colonies had goals formercantilism, and increasing the prosperity of England. The New Englandcolonies were based on theocracy, where the state forced the bulk to liveand worship in an orthodox way. The southern colonies(Virginia) had agovernment based on a royal government, where the state was governed by aregulator and council named by the king, and an elected assembly chose n bythe people. Fin in ally, the New England colonies wanted to establish thecolony for religious motives, while the southern colonies were establishedfor economic motives. England and the rebels of England (Pilgrims), make up the New Englandand southern colonies. God Almighty in his most holy and wise providencehath so disposed of the condition of mankind, in all times some must(prenominal) berich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other mean andin subjection. Yet we must be knit together in this work as one man.(JohnWinthrop, A Model of Christian Charity) This statement by John Winthrop,demonstrates importance of holiness in the lives of the New Englandsettlers. We must delight in each other, make others conditions our own,rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always havingbefore our eyes our delegacy and community in the work, our community asmembers of the same body. (John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity).The use of the w ord together and community indicates that the NewEngland settlers were of a communal nature, they were less individualisticthan the southern colonies. The New England colonies were based onreligious freedom, thus their society was reflected the religion.These underwritten names are to be transported to Virginia, embarked inthe Merchants Hope, Hugh Weston, Master, per examination by the ministerof Gravesend touching upon their conformity to the Church discipline ofEngland, and have taken oaths of allegiance and supremacy (Ships List ofEmigrants Bound for Virginia). The use of the word Master, shows, thatthe southern colonies were more of a individualistic state rather than acommunal state(New England).