What religion was the Chesapeake colonies?

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The Church of England was the established church in Virginia, which meant taxpayers paid for the support of the church whether or not they were Anglicans.

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Religion in the Virginia Colony mainly consisted of Anglican Christians. Their church was protected and reinforced by law and supported by tax dollars. The colonist supported other Christian religions, but not the traditional beliefs of the Indians or their African slaves.

Additionally, what was the initial purpose of the Chesapeake colonies? The Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland served a vital purpose in the developing seventeenth-century English empire by providing tobacco, a cash crop.

Then, what colonies are in the Chesapeake region?

The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British America and centered on the Chesapeake Bay.

What was the geography of the Chesapeake colonies?

Economics in the colonies: Both the Chesapeake and Southern colonies had rich soil and temperate climates which made large-scale plantation farming possible. Both regions had an agriculture-based economy in which cash crops like tobacco, indigo, and cotton were cultivated for trade.