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I've wondered for a while now... Why was no landed aristocracy created in the English colonies?

Why were none created from the start?

The south was mainly descended from the nobility of South-West England who fled during the Puritan Republic, but why did the not keep/ create titles?

Also, what could happen if you do get landed aristocracy in the colonies, most specifically the South?

I've had an idea floating around in my head for a while now, in no means a thought out one, but and idea. If the Puritan Republic of England survives, and colonialism stops or slows, what happens to the colonies? Could the aristocracy flee to the South setting up the Kingdom of Virginia*, and the Puritan New England become, The Puritan Republic of New England**, closely allied with PRE? Would this mean that the Dutch Colonies survive? Is that even remotely possible?

*-Just and idea for a name. I have no idea what it could actually be.
**-Again, just a name off the top of my head.
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