The idea of ​​God's providence permeated the thoughts and writings of the leaders of the first English settlers in America. Contemporaries took the religiosity of the New England settlers for granted, but for the Chesapeake Bay, particularly around Jamestown, God's providence explained why certain things happened the way they did and recognized God's presence wherever they were going. The settlers of the Chesapeake Bay region were discoverers, adventurers, (primarily) men who sought wealth, riches, and authority in untouched land; a "land as God made it" while those who chose to rule New England came for very different reasons and saw themselves as the chosen ones, those charged with moving forward and away, to escape persecution and to lead their lives and their religion in the way they had. I wanted to. From these differences have developed two distinct, but related, understandings and uses of God's providence. For the New England colonies, faith and the concept of "God's Providence" were more than just an English joke or a casual afterthought in conversation. Unlike their Chesapeake Bay ancestors, the leaders of the New England colonies, on whose accounts we base much of our information about the early founding, and the decisions they made were shaped by their understanding of God's role in their lives and their role in His plan. Whereas for the settlers of Jamestown, of whom we will speak later, it seems that the "Providence of God" was evoked in a way reminiscent of the expression "Thank God" which is used today , as in “when something good happens or a risky venture unfolds.” surprisingly well. However, for the predominant leaders and founders of the New England colonies, the "Providence of God" was a...... middle of paper ......f the English colony of Virginia, from authors following by William Simons, Doctor of Theology. In Jamestown Narratives: Eyewitness Accounts of the Virginia Colony, edited by Edward Wright Haile. Champlain, Virginia: RoundHouse, 1998. Strachey, William. “A true report of the shipwreck and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, knight, on and from the islands of Bermuda; his arrival in Virginia, and the succession of that colony then, and afterwards under the government of Lord La Warre. July 15, 1610. Written by William Strachey, Esquire. In Jamestown Narratives: Eyewitness Accounts of the Virginia Colony, edited by Edward Wright Haile. Champlain, Virginia: RoundHouse, 1998. Winthrop, John. The Journal of John Winthrop 1630-1649. Ed. abbreviated. Edited by Richard S. Dunn and Laetitia Yeandle. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996.