Elizabeth Fink AP American History

1993 DBQ Essay

Question: Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely
by people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct
societies. Why did this difference in development occur?

In the mid-1600's, when both the New England and Chesapeake regions first began to colonize, each had the same goals and hopes for the ‘New World'. Both sought freedom, money and power but, instead of finding their dreams they found hardships such as Indians, unfarmed land and weather much different from England. In order to stake it out, each colony began building and working.
Just as they settled, the differences formed. In Virginia there were few women and without women the men had little of a home to work for, therefore many men weren't motivated to work and so many died (Document B). However, in New England, mostly families had colonized, therefore giving the settlers reason......

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Title: 1993 Dbq: New England And Chesapeake
Approximate Word Count: 617
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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