What is one important similarity between the British colonies in the Chesapeake region and the British colonies in New England in the period from...

The New England and Chesapeake colonies had many differences.  They did, however, share some similarities.  

Both were settled by British citizens who adhered to a Christian faith.  The Pilgrims were Separatists, and they settled in Massachusetts.  Puritans later settled in New England.  The Chesapeake colonists were mostly members of the Church of England.

Colonists in both regions built towns filled with houses, stores, and institutions.  Cities such as Boston and Williamsburg were built.  Commerce was important in both regions, and goods were shipped from England to sell in colonial shops.  Colonists from both New England and the Chesapeake region established towns and cities near bays and the Atlantic Ocean.  This allowed cities and towns to be easily accessible by ship.

Colonists from both regions farmed to maintain food supplies.  Farming was more prevalent in the Chesapeake region due to the fertile soil and longer growing season.  New England colonists farmed, but their long winters and rocky soil sometimes made growing crops difficult.

Disease was a hardship that colonists from both regions faced.  Diseases often spread through towns and cities.  Disease killed many early settlers in both Jamestown and Plymouth Colony.