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Compare And Contrast Jamestown And Virginia

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Although Virginia and Massachusetts were both settled by English colonists and shared many similarities, both of these colonies were also very different from one another. Some of these differences included the types of people who settled there, their economy, government and writings. One of the first differences we saw were the types of people who settled in each of these colonies. Most of the people who settled in Virginia were single, young men along with very few women whereas Massachusetts was settled more by married couples and couples with children. Anglicans settled in Virginia while the Puritans, those who were wanting to break away from the Anglican church, settled in Massachusetts. Those settling in Virginia were in search of wealth while those settling in Massachusetts were just looking for a place where they would be able to practice their religion more freely. A second place we can find differences between the two colonies is in their economy. Their climates were both quite different causing each to find different means of supporting their economic growth. Virginia’s climate was warmer and their soil was more fertile allowing them to grow strong and healthy crops which primarily consisted of tobacco. Massachusetts had a colder climate and their soil was more thin and rocky limiting their …show more content…

Each of the colonies founded and established their own government. Virginia set up “the House of Burgess” they first met on July 30, 1619, over ten years since the colonists had settled in Jamestown. The House of Burgess was in charge of all the personal business of Jamestown. The government that was established for Plymouth, Massachusetts is a little different. Their government, “the Mayflower Compact”, was signed by the forty-one men on the ship while sailing over to the New World. The Mayflower Compact is one of the building blocks to the Constitution of the United

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