chesepeake, newengland, jamestown
... together in groups of their families and beliefs. The pacifist belief of the Quakers created a peaceful society that attracted and accepted many other persecuted groups. The purpose of creating Jamestown was to convert natives in the New World into Christianity. However the growth of tobacco and the presence of joint stock companies quickly changed Jamestown into a place to make money. Jamestown attracted many money seeking people, however these people did not have any skills and did not work or contribute to Jamestown. The different religious beliefs of the colonists developed the various social lives within the 3 colonies. Women in Chesapeake and New England colonies were not as respected ion terms of social standing as women were in the Quaker colonies. In New England, Women were very important in daily life. Puritan women mothered, weaved, and gardened in Puritan villages. Puritans valued family life much more than the Chesapeake colonies, where money was prized over family. In Chesapeake, where the goal of the colonists was fortune, many men left their families including their wives at home. Three fourths of the Chesapeake colonists were male. Also the spread of malaria killed many pregnant women making women very rare. Women in Chesapeake were prized and remarried. This created large families of stepchildren and parents. Often, women were bought out of indentured servitude for marriage as well. In the Quaker society women were much more respected than women in Chesapeake and New England colonies and treated as equal as men, except for voting rights. The social standing of women were all different between the 3 colonies due to the different characters of the colonists ...