Compare and Contrast the Chesapeake Colonies and New England Colonies

Chesapeake Colonies:

Economy: economy made up of mostly agriculture, slave labor replaced indentured servitude after 1676 Demographics: lower life expectancy, many white male indentured servants Politics: House of Burgesses, the wealthiest controlled politics and made everything in favor of themselves Religion: protected Catholics

New England Colonies:

Economy: small towns, made up of agriculture and commerce, slavery was much smaller in these colonies Demographic: grandparents, more families than other regions, higher life expectancy because of cooler weather and less disease Politics: town hall meetings (anyone could attend), only white, land owning males could vote, early forms of democracy Religions: majority of Puritans in Massachusetts, Rhode Island offered more religious tolerance

Comparisons of Both:

families, landowners were part of the small majority that could vote, religious freedoms (though in Chesapeake colonies it was directed towards Christians)