Compare And Contrast Jamestown And Plymouth

Plymouth and Jamestown were the first British colonies to be established in America. Plymouth was founded in 1620 near the shores of Cape Cod, New England. Plymouth was named after a port in England which they had departed from. Jamestown was founded 13 years before Plymouth, in 1607, in Virginia and was named after King James I. Even though Plymouth and Jamestown were two different settlements they both shared the same difficulties during their first year in America.

Another major difference between the two colonies was their religious views. The New England colony did not agree with The Church and decided to start their own more pure way of religion in the New World, hence the name Puritans, this was one of the main reasons they embarked on a journey to America (DOC D). The freedom of religion was a promised attribute that England used as part of their propaganda to lure people over to America. The Chesapeake Bay settlers still followed the way of The Church and did not intend to purify themselves in any way. As shown in the documents God was more important to the New England colonists than he was to the Chesapeake Bay colonists. The New England colonists mention how they will incorporate God into their lives in almost every document that they have written. Contrary to that the Chesapeake Bay colonists are not forming their lives around religion they are trying to make a life in the New World for the sole purpose of becoming wealthy and could care less about their religion.

The Massachusetts Bay colony and Virginia had a sundry amount of differences as well as similarities. Each of these colonies was founded upon different ways of living. Digging deeper, there are many more differences about these colonies than there are similarities. Although both colonies eventually experienced the help of the natives, each colony set separate rules and laws for themselves. Virginia is more geographically spread out and more focused on obtaining gold for personal profit, whereas Massachusetts is more of a united, small farmed colony that focused more on the efforts for religious freedom.

One being their religions, in Jamestown they were Anglican, whereas in Mass. they were Puritan (Stokely). There is also the difference of geographic location. Massachusetts is located in the north where there are harsher weather conditions. Their location provided an excellent harbor and since the terrain did not allow much farming they started lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing, and trade. Virginia, in the south, where there is a much warmer climate, they had a great defensive position and were able to create prosperous plantations (Levy). The settlement in Massachusetts was made up of communities of family units because the colonists of Mass. came with their families (Sonia). Furthermore, the colonists of Jamestown were made up of individuals who understood the value of the crop tobacco, and were only there for the money. Virginia had an economy based on plantations and labor; Massachusetts was comprised of small farmers and merchants (“Instructions for the Virginia

Religion, politics and social developments where key factors between the similarities and differences within these two colonies. Both colony landing during the 17th century and structured Self-governance. Do to their location they had different climates, thus shaping there economy. A key similarities both colonies faced were early setbacks. This include some people unwillingness to work, disease, and lack of proper leadership, hunger, and cold.

Leaders of Plymouth and Jamestown are both compare because they both came from England, Native Americans aided the newly incorporated groups by supplying them for food, and both empires resulted in the starvation and death. However, in Jamestown, John Smith set a goal to make money and get rich, developed the idea of everyone for themselves, men were the dominant gender, and Smith abandoned the colony and never decided to return. As for Plymouth, William Bradford 's’ goal was to have religious freedom, the group helped one another, families were unity of the empire, and Bradford was more caring and considerate of his people and remained this way for the rest of his life.

The English had two main colonies in the new world, Jamestown and Plymouth. The first colony was Jamestown, established in Virginia in 1607. Jamestown was settled by Captain John Smith, and was named after King James I. Tobacco was the main export of Jamestown, and became the basis of the Jamestown economy, sending more than 50,000 lbs of the plan back to Europe by 1618 (textbook 46). Jamestown had a very rocky start, many colonists dying in the first few years of the settlement, and the settlers had many problems with natives. Shortly after the arrival of English colonists the Natives attacked them, and were finally forced back by a canon from the English. A very uneasy truce was finally settled between the natives, called the Powhatans,

The colonial empire of England may have the most different story between the three of them. Although it eventually became a place to escape religious persecution Jamestown, the first colony of the English territory in the “new world”, was developed as an opportunity for economic growth, and was expected to turn an immediate profit. Jamestown was created right in the middle of Powhatan territory. At first relations between the Powhatan and the English were bearable, but eventually their relations,

The colonies of Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay each were different by nature, goals, successes, and failures. There were numerous similarities as well as differences. However, each colony was looking for something better that was missing in their main land. Members of each colony had a vision of what they expected the New World to look like. When they arrived, they were given a sense of reality. Each colony had challenges that it would have to overcome to thrive as a new establishment in the New World. The three colonies succeeded at different levels in the New World.

    Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay were the first English colonies formed in North America in the early 1600’s. While the Jamestown settlers searched for gold, the Massachusetts Bay colonist came to escape persecution in England and obtain religious freedoms. Although Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay were both English colonies, they both share many similarities as well as differences socially, economically, and politically. Social similarities include the dealings with Native Americans. (examples of each)

Jamestown and Plymouth were both the first successful towns in the “new world” aka United states, in the 1700’s. Jamestown was located in Virginia and Plymouth was located in Massachusetts. Both towns had their ups and downs. In this essay i will discuss the compare and contrast between the towns.

The northern and southern colonies, which were founded in the early 1600s. Both shared similarities and differences in reasons for settlement, economics basis, and geography. The northern and southern colonies also shared differences and similarities for hardships, leaders, relationships with the Native Americans, problems and resolutions, growths and changes, and the types of governments.

In the 1600’s the colonies of Plymouth and Jamestown both were able to develop strategic governments; but the Plymouth colony also used methods in attaining religious freedom, while Jamestown had a plantation-based economy.

In conclusion, Jamestown and Plymouth had their differences like their people and their leaders. But, they also had simmilarites like both being English and enduring rough times. If I had to choose which group of colonists I’d rather travel with I would have to choose the Plymouth colonitsts. I would choose them because they were a lot more caring and considerate. Also, even though they still endured the starving times and had many deaths I would feel safer with the Plymouth colonists. Because of the Puritans, they were such caring and religous

The history of Jamestown and Plymouth had a very diverse background. Captain John Smith and William Bradford were both English men, but had different hopes for the new world. Captain John Smith was in hope of getting rich while William came for freedom of religion. They had different goals but they were both looking to improve on their life and had very different views from one another.