The idea of ​​God's providence permeated the thoughts and writings of the leaders of the first English settlers in America. Contemporaries take the religiosity of the New England settlers for granted, but for the Chesapeake Bay, especially around Jamestown, God's providence provided explanations as to why certain things happened the way they did and recognized the presence of God wherever they went. The settlers of the Chesapeake Bay area were discoverers, adventurers, (mostly) men seeking wealth, riches, and authority in a pristine land; a “land as God made it” while those who chose to lead New England came for very different reasons and saw themselves as the chosen ones, those charged with moving forward and moving forward, to escape persecution and lead their own lives and own religion the way I wanted. From these differences developed two separate, but related, interpretations and uses of God's providence. For the New England colonies, the belief and concept of “God's Providence” was more than just an English pleasantry or a casual afterthought in a conversation. Unlike their Chesapeake Bay ancestors, the leaders of the New England colonies, on whose accounts we base much of our founding information, and the decisions they made were shaped by their understanding of God's role in their lives and their role in his life. floor. While for the settlers of Jamestown, whom we will talk about later, it seems that they were referring to the “Providence of God” in a way not unlike the expression “thank God” used today, as when something good or a deed happens risky ends. surprisingly well. For the predominant leaders and founders of the New England colonies, however, “The Providence of God” was a ... means of paper ...... of the English colony in Virginia, excerpted by authors followed by William Simons , Doctor of Theology". In Jamestown Narratives: Eyewitness Accounts of the Virginia Colony, edited by Edward Wright Haile. Champlain, VA: RoundHouse, 1998. Strachey, William. “A true account of the shipwreck and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, knight, on and from the Bermuda Islands; his coming to Virginia, and into the possessions of that colony then, and then under the government of Lord La Warre. 15 July 1610. Written by William Strachey, squire. In Jamestown Narratives: Eyewitness Accounts of the Virginia Colony, edited by Edward Wright Haile. Champlain, VA: RoundHouse, 1998. Winthrop, John. The Diary of John Winthrop 1630-1649. Abridged edition. Edited by Richard S. Dunn and Laetitia Yeandle. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996.