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New England and Virginia were both settled with a decade of each other by very different groups. New England by extremely pious "Pilgrims" motivated by religion and Virginia by people more motivated by making some money. While the settlers of Virginia were obviously very pious by 21st century standards, everyone was in the 17th century, they were practically agnostics compared to the Puritans in New England. Now sometime between then and now there was a switch, the Southern states which can trace themselves back to Virginia are far more pious than the New England states. I'm not sure when this switch was but can it be prevented?

So the challenge is this, come up with a scenario where the area that is New England is generally regarded as much more pious than the South. The only restrictions is that the Southern states have to trace themselves back to Virginia and the New England states back to the Puritans. No wiping them out and replacing them with someone else.
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