Tocqueville sets up an interesting contrast between those who migrated to the shores of New England and those who migrated to the south. The settlers of the shores of New England were groups such as puritans, who sought religious freedom, worked collectively, and promoted equality in the pursuit of manifest destiny, the idea that they were destined to come to America and expand. The southern immigrants, on the other hand, held a different social condition. Many of these settlers brought with them aristocratic ideas and a motivation to make profit as they settled in areas such as Jamestown.
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From examining the contrast between those who migrated to the shores of New England and those who migrated to the south, we are able to recognize how it impacted the foundations for later government and politics as well as morals. The North had much stronger morals when it came to this as their sting value of religion prompted them to voyage all the way to the new world; this promoted a foundation of strong morals and therefore justice and equality. Tocqueville highlights how equality and freedom not only go hand in hand with each other but also with religion. He finds that freedom will be better used with religious values.