During the 1600s, the New England and Chesapeake regions began to be settled and colonized. While both were of English descent and dreamed of wealth and freedom, differences began to form as they settled down, and by the 1700s the two regions would have evolved into two separate companies. Due to their exposure to different circumstances, the two regions developed problems that were unique from each other and caused them to build their societies differently. Therefore, social, political and economic differences between the two regions caused the divergence. The first settlement, Jamestown, was established in the Chesapeake region. Geographically, the location was unsanitary but easy to defend against Spanish ships (but not against interior Indians). The colony lacked leadership, John Smith tried to impose order but conditions in the area were also not good and many starved within the first year (Document F) because many settlers did not work no or had no agricultural experience. Most of the settlers who came to the Chesapeake from England were young men (Document C). For this reason, the region almost disappeared due to lack of natural population growth. It was not until John Rolfe introduced tobacco that the Chesapeake region began to generate wealth. The rapid growth of tobacco required heavy labor to encourage tobacco cultivation; the straight head system began, which also contributed to high population growth in the region. Because tobacco plantations created such wealth, they became the main economic product. Despite the profits from tobacco, Chesapeake remained a terrible place to live, with a high mortality rate from disease and attacks by the Powhaten Indians. A crucial change in the area was that the middle of the paper was long enough to see the grandparents. The community was also much more commutable than that of Chesapeake where each town was governed independently by members of the local church (congregationalism), unlike the House of Burgesses in Virginia which looked after only financially. With land differing from that of the Chesapeake, New England depended on ranching, grains, and fishing for its economy. Although they are both of English origin, the two regions are very different from each other. The Chesapeake, a region more conducive to investment and wealth, and New England, a region more of a religious refuge. The two regions diverged into two distinct societies, mainly due to their different locations and the problems that arose from them. Although they both became different in the 17th century, the two regions would unite despite huge differences when the quest for independence began..