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Compare And Contrast Jamestown And Massachusetts Bay Colony

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As the Jamestown Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony developed, they both influenced how the thirteen colonies would eventually evolve. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement which laid down the foundation for exploration by John Smith. This exploration was essential to their survival and opened the door for business adventures. The colonies provided a way to ease England’s overpopulation, satisfy religious dissatisfaction, and make money.

Jamestown was founded in 1607, but the charter was signed by King James in 1606. The Virginia Company, a joint stock company, funded the new venture to start the settlement of Jamestown. The Virginia Company wanted to find gold on the northern part of Florida, but there was none. In the years between 1608 and 1610, Jamestown was trading with Indians. John Smith explored and restored order in Jamestown, but in 1609 when he left to return to England more than 100 settlers died that winter. In the spring of 1610, just as the surviving settlers were going to abandon Jamestown, De La Warr comes with 150 more settlers and supplies. He takes the sick back to England, but leaves his second in …show more content…

This location was an accident due to the harsh conditions they faced on the Mayflower. The pilgrims came to escape religious persecution because they were separatists from the Church of England. Before they landed, all the men signed the Mayflower Compact. This was their attempt to establish a system of government. In 1629, Charles I signed the charter for the Massachusetts Bay Company to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The leader of the Bay Colony was John Winthrop, and he was also a leader of the Puritans. Puritans were people who wanted to purify the Church of Anglican. From 1620-1640, the Puritans, in family groups, over 20,000 English men, women, and children, came across the Atlantic for religious purity. This was called the Great

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