The Similarities and Differences in the Founding of Virginia and New England Colonies

The two colonies of Virginia and New England were vastly different but not without similarities. While New Englanders came almost purely for religious reasons, Virginians came to make a profit. While New Englanders had a balanced economy, Virginia's economy was based on the exportation of tobacco. But the two colonies were similar in that they were, to a point, self-governing.
<Tab/>The Puritans came to settle in the colonies to escape from the religious persecution they were experiencing back at England. They also came so that they could set up their own way of worship. …