The summers were extremely hot and the winters were freezing. They learned to work with the climate to grow crops and ensured they had enough for their family and sometimes earned a little extra for trade between the colonies. New England was more industrial than the Chesapeake. They also had rivers nearby that provided them with clean drinking water. The Chesapeake hunted in the woods for food; fishing was not a good option when the waters around them were not clean. They could grow crops on their land because they had better soil. Spring was the time they planted their crops, in the summer they took care of the crops, in the fall they harvested them, and then in the winter they prepared to do it again. Rank and status were a close similarity for the settlers of New England and the Chesapeake. You had to be of a certain rank or class to own your land outright or to rent land from