New England v. South

New English women and children were synchronized with an ostentatiously brutal, yet tranquil religion such as Puritanism, which dominated most of their lives; southern colonies heavily depended on populations among populations of African slaves, mocking the brutality of being a woman in the 16^th century. The generic and stereotypical life of a New English colonist woman depended on her constitutional vitality, because the ceaseless childbearing drained much energy from pioneer women, as weather-eroded colonial tombstones eloquently reveal (73). An average woman may stand ten pregnancies and save as many as eight surviving children. The brutal life of an English woman bore no motivation from any English men, nor any instance of essence of peace-time. Nonetheless, the longevity and life-span of New Englanders concluded the basis of family stability. Children grew up in nurture and love, although the religious leaders of the Puritans required them to obey every order (although more emphasis on Puritanism) [74]. The flabbergasting fragility of southern families feebly fought by women is virtually the exact opposite of a New English colonist. While male planters were lazy, and were heavily supported by African and indentured slaves, women were the core factor in southern family stability. Men had a short life span in the south, and widows usually took over the family in competition with others, they were successful. As slavery spread, poverty and disease defined wealth and status of southern families. Owning gangs of slaves and vast domains of land, the planters ruled the region’s economy and virtually monopolized political power (72). Compared to a rough life of a New English colonist of Puritan descent, although seemingly serene, competition of the south (tobacco plantations, slaves, commercial trade) literally and virtually required much less effort. Fictional source to New English life: The Scarlet Letter