What conditions shapes the characters of englishment settlements in america.

 The land limitations, terrain, the weather, religious dictates which included rigid roles for men, women and children, wealth and education of individuals before leaving, but they were granted land or had been persecuted. There weren't only British Anglicans here, buy Dutch and German. Each group had differing values and mores. So you have to go back to Protestant religious sects of the time such as Calvinism, also method of governing and maintaining order. Punishment was meted out in ways we would not do today. There was lack of knowledge of medicine so disease could wipe out a population, and for the first settlers, they were aided by the indigenous population and purchased land from them. Then, there was the limitation of the length of time between ordering raw materials and receiving them.