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The odd thing is that the New England colonies were founded by religious weirdos, while the South was founded by normal English people, but it's the South that'
by rsheridan6 18y ago
The odd thing is that the New England colonies were founded by religious weirdos, while the South was founded by normal English people, but it's the South that's especially religious now.
- robg 18y agoHistorically, the American migration has initiated from the Northeast and East (original colonies/states then Ellis Island). Those immigrants that didn't find a home progressively moved (over generations) further and further away - South and West (Mormons). Of course, the Civil War complicates things, as do Western immigrants. What Southern colonies are you thinking of though?
- rsheridan6 18y agoI was thinking of Jamestown, which was founded independently of the New England colonies at about the same time. Jamestown had different types of Englishmen from different regions of England with different religious beliefs went than the ones who went to New England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion%27s_Seed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion%27s_Seed The South didn't get nearly as many immigrants as the North until recently, so the great waves of immigration later on weren't as influential.