The settlers of the New England region were most likely driven to succeed in the New World because of how they had been treated in England. They had been strictly persecuted for their religious beliefs, and God was a major part of their lives. This is clearly demonstrated in Document A, an excerpt from John Winthrop's, A Model of Christian Charity, which he wrote on board the Arbella on the Atlantic Ocean. He says "We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and by-word through the world". These views differ from those of the Chesapeake settlers. Captain John Smith in his History of Virginia told of the constant search for gold and other riches, and the disregard for proper food and shelter. "There was no talk
but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold
" It's clear that a......
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