Why were New England colonists more likely to maintain English customs

Why were New England colonists more likely to maintain English customs than those who migrated to Virginia and Maryland?

a. The New England colonists came from higher social ranks than those in the other colonies, and were more familiar with traditional English customs.
b. The New England colonists brought more English goods with them to America, which helped keep the traditions alive.
c. The New England colonists tended to migrate as families and thus were able to keep family and other traditions in the New World.
d. The New England colonists generally came to America as single men and women and found that preserving their English customs comforted them.
e. The New England colonists were proud to be English, while the other colonists wanted to reject their English traditions.

ANSWER
C