Compare And Contrast Jamestown And Plymouth Settlement

The Virginia and New England colonists struggled to adapt to the radically different conditions of their new environments. However, that is where the similarities between the two seem to end. Both colonies boasted different economies, political systems, societies and cultures, which place them at opposite ends of the colonial spectrum.

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.

Jamestown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony had many similarities and differences. Many of these differences were due to their physical location and climatic conditions. The success of both colonies can be contributed to strong leadership and the characteristics of the personalities of the settlers that inhabited each settlement. Many of the early problems in both settlements can be contributed to a lack of knowledge on the parts of the settlers along with attacks from neighboring Native American tribes.

In the colony of Jamestown there was so many things going on for instance, many people wanted to make money right away like they just wanted to find a ways to make money. They didn't care if you made money they just cared about themselves. The Jamestown was a hardworking colony, but only because they wanted to make some money, but that's not how it should work, they would've been even more successful if they all would work and make companies and make trades with Britain or keep the stock of their products and then they start to sell it and use the money that they get to upgrade on their products to increase production. The leader of the Jamestown colony was a man named John Smith or

Unfortunately, both group, Plymouth and Jamestown became to have settlers rebel and not agree to rules and began having ideas of rebellion. The idea of staying together and being controlled by the prominent ruler, whether it was John Smith or William Bradford was difficult. It was also difficult to maintain a sustainable resource of food growth and crops. The fall of resource began and the commoners began to become greedy for survival and took advantage of the unsustainable rate of food production leaving others to starve and die. Both towns eventually collapsed because of the cause of starvation and death.

The only major similarities they both had was both settlements were established and populated by the English. As well as the people traveling to these colonies were seeking a better life than their previous lives in England. Many people traveling to these areas did receive a better life. Many were able to obtain farmland and grow crops that fed their new family. In contradiction, many people, mainly in the Chesapeake colonies, received an antithetical way of life. These people died early from disease, or sometimes died of malnourishment since they were not able to feed their families. Despite which of the two areas the English citizens traveled to, their lives were equally

There were a myriad of differences between Great Britain and her American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but these differences can be divided into three basic categories: economic, social, and political. The original American settlers came to the colonies for varied reasons, but a common trait among these settlers was that they still considered themselves British subjects. However, as time passed, the colonists grew disenfranchised from England. Separated from the king by three thousand miles and living in a primitive environment where obtaining simple necessities was a struggle, pragmatism became the common thread throughout all daily life in the colonies. It was this pragmatism that led the colonists to create

    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)

They resembled each other most in their governmental systems, and differed a lot in work and in family and communal structures. Each colony had a different life to offer, so one settlement was not necessarily superior to the other. *Chesapeake’s economy could not have been possible without the Columbian Exchange, when this crop was first introduced the Europeans and popularized. *Like Jamestown, Plymouth colonist needed the help of the Natives for foodstuffs. There were components of each that made them succeed, and others that took away from the quality of

Well both Virginia and Plymouth had a reason for colonizing in the americas. It natural that any foreigner would want more money and especially in a placed where no one has touched it. They both had a purpose of being here in the americas, the colonist had good soil for the plantations and for growing new different groups in the field, and the pilgrims had a very rocky soil and it limited their farming skills, so the colonists had an advantage. The pilgrims were more involved in conflicts with the native americans that the colonists, they were both were but more them. The colonists from Virginia and plymouth both came for the british monarchy of England. Both colonies had some starvation rapidly going on in their civilizations and also a numerous titanic load of people died. When they arrived in the americas the native americans helped them by supplying food because they were not used to the different soils and plantations that they had back in england. The people of Virginia wanted to be wealthy and the puritans from plymouth came because of religious freedom and because they had religious persecution in their native homelands. Bradford stays as governor in the colonies until the rest of his life and John Smith does not stay, he leaves after an accidental incident happened and he leaves the americas and goes back to england. Both of their journey were not that of easy, they both suffered from

On May 14, 1607, a group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company, founded the first permanent English settlement in North America. The Jamestown colonists purpose is to find gold, silver, and other resources all they want is claiming land and riches. Smith left the Jamestown settlers without a strong leader so he left all his people alone. There’s no houses for them, there’s no supplies for them to survive due to the lack of leadership. So the settlers faced many hardships they had not expected. The settlers lacked some skills necessary to contribute for themselves like farming, hunting, etc. Many settlers died not only because of starvation & disease but also during the winter many settlers starve or froze to death because they don’t have anything for that season. After all what happens to them the settler adjusted to their new lives in America. The few remaining colonists turned to local Powhatan Indians to help them learn the process of planting and harvesting corn and tobacco. The settlers relied on

As a result of the Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the ‘New World,’ it was soon bombarded by wealth seeking explorers and conquistadors from all over Europe. The Spanish explorers first came and soon the English, but it wasn’t until 1607 that English colonization began with the settlement of Jamestown. Jamestown was not a perfect establishment at first, it failed but through many attempts it strived. Similar to the attempts needed to make Jamestown successful, following colonies had to establish their own beliefs and systems. Prior to 1700, both the Massachusetts and Virginia colonies were essential to the growth of English development by achieving economic growth through indentured servitude and later, slaves. Massachusetts made way for a more peaceful, diverse and respectful colony as Chesapeake Bay was violent and mainly centered around the separation of whites and heathens, achieving a ‘safer’ colony.

In the 1700’s many colonies began to emerge in the new world among the two most talked about were the New England and Chesapeake colonies. They are polar opposites, one is all about the people and religion, and the other is about making a great profit. New England and Chesapeake evolved into two different societies, because of three main reasons: differences of economy, social structure, and the reason to settle there. The economies of the colonies varied, in New England there were strict rules on the way they conducted their agricultural business.

The only similarity that can be brought to the table when conversing the two colonies is a common goal. Even though Jamestown was an all for one colony, they all wanted the same thing, they wanted wealth. Each colony had a common goal. Plymouth’ common goal was to strive in their newly found religious freedom, to carry on to their children and to create a new environment for their people to live in. The goals were different in their own aspects, but they did have a common goal.

“Being thus left to our fortunes,” said Captain John Smith, as he and his men struggled against all odds to break free from England and begin their own colonization, was the way the Jamestown colony got along. Extremely similar to this was how the Plymouth Plantation pilgrims felt as well. The two these groups were filled with people who were determined to free themselves from their tyrant leaders control and grip on them. The two groups of people had the same goal in mind, but achieved it through different methods and went through different struggles, with few similarities here and there, this is how it all happened. First one should know who each captain was. The one leading the Jamestown Colonist was named John Smith and the man leading the Plymouth Plantation pilgrims was named William Bradford.