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In the 1600s, many English people migrated to the New World. Some settled in what became known as New England and some in a region called the Chesapeake. Even though those regions were settled by the same kind of people, they developed into two distinct societies by 1700. New England became composed of many close and religious towns with large families. In the Chesapeake region, settlements were widely spread and had short-lived, small families that spent much of their time concentrating on obtaining wealth. One reason for the difference in the societies is that the migrants that traveled to New England were Puritans. These Puritans organized the New England colonies in a way that was based on their religion. Puritans believed that church and government should work together to promote holiness and help people to succeed both materially and spiritually (Cooke 347). A man named John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans who came to America. He had many ideas for his society that he would create in America that showed the effect religion had on Puritan society. On the ship to the Americas, he wrote his plans in a sermon (internet). "We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon