Just like their religions, Massachusetts gave more power to the people and Virginia gave power to England. In the New England document, Mailer describes the difference in more detail: "Unlike Virginia, where a governor was elected from a distant society in London, and after 1624, by the Crown itself, the 'freemen » Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire elect their own governors. (1) This information describes the contrast in how a governor is elected. In Massachusetts, "freemen", men who owned land, could vote for their governor, while the governor of Virginia was appointed by the crown. Virginia's government also consisted of the Governing Council, wealthy elites controlling everything, and the House of Burgesses, upper-middle class landowners. The main reason why the governments of these colonies differ is because the Virginia charter created by the Virginia Company resides in England, or in other words, it is controlled by the crown. On the other hand, the Massachusetts Charter, created by the Massachusetts Bay Company, resides in the colony, so the colony governs itself. This brings up another comparison of the two colonies; the reason why they were founded. The colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia were both founded by businesses looking to make money from the New World, but the founding of Massachusetts was driven more by religious goals and family dynamics. Erin Bonuso, author of “Colliding Cultures”,