A comparative study of the English colonies between Virginia and New England

我们研究的目的是找出北美的弗吉尼亚州和新英格兰这两个英国殖民地的区别和相似之处。这一研究项目为我们了解美国两个英国殖民地的历史发展提供了一个新的视角。尽管前人的研究往往侧重于他们的不同特征，如商业导向的弗吉尼亚和宗教驱动的新英格兰，但我们关注的是它们之间可能存在的相似之处和/或共同点。由于对耶鲁大学和弗吉尼亚大学的研究之旅，我们发现了一些支持我们假设的迹象。18世纪后，两个殖民地之间相互作用的可能假说可能被发现。换句话说，自由民主精神的清教徒意识可能以缓慢但稳定的步伐在弗吉尼亚州这样的南方殖民地传播。为了继续研究，我们需要关注美国的第18次殖民史。

The purpose of our research is to figure out the differences and similarities in two British Colonies, Virginia and New England, in North America. This research project has provided us a new perspective on the historical developments in two British Colonies in America. Although the former research tend to emphasize on the different characters of them, such as a commercially-oriented Virginia and a religiously-motivated New England, our attention has been paid to a possible similarities and/or corporations between them. Owing to the research trip to Yale University and the University of Virginia, we found some indications to back up our hypothesis. A possible hypothesis of the interactions between the two colonies could be found after 18th centuries. In other words, the puritanical sense of liberal democratic ethos might have spread over the Southern colonies as Virginia in slow but stead pace. To continue the research we need to focus on the 18th colonial history in America.