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    (“Jamestown Colony” n.d.) Jamestown was founded in 1607 (“Jamestown Colony” n.d.) Plymouth was located in Massachusetts (“Plymouth Colony”n.d.) Plymouth was founded in 1620 (“Plymouth Colony” n.d.) The Jamestown colonists came from England ( “Stebbins, 2011”). King Jame I gave Virginia its name (“Stebbins, 2011”). The Plymouth colonists came from England (“Plymouth Colony” n.d.) The Jamestown colony was allowed to use the river (“Colonizing the Chesapeake and New England Colonies” n.d.) The goal

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    Plymouth & Jamestown Colonies Sailing overseas from England to a new world were two colonies The Jamestown Colony and The Plymouth Plantation colony travel for their own beneficial reasons to better their lives . both colonies were very different and had different ways , but both faced similar survival situations. Captain John Smith and his crew initially traveled to America to make money in regards to becoming wealthy. The ship mainly contained men. Every man for themselves type of relationship

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    Virginia was their destination, a storm blow them off course and they came to land on a place they called Plymouth. Since the Pilgrims were not in Virginia under the authority of the Virginia Company, they considered themselves to be independent and created their own government under the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact was the fundamental document spelling out laws for the new Plymouth Colony. It was an agreement or covenant signed by 41 men aboard the Mayflower. In the covenant the colonists

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    Abstract The Mayflower Compact was the first government document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by separatist Congregation who called themselves “Saints”. Later they were referred to as Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers. They were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England.   The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by separatist Congregationalists who called themselves "Saints". Later they were referred to as Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers

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    Another component comparing Jamestown and Plymouth colonies would be their aspects on Indian relations. The English colonists arrived in Chesapeake Bay where the Powhatan Indians had been calling home for quite some time. There were over thirty Indian tribes totaling 14,000 Indians. This is where the first colony, Jamestown, was settled in 1607. I believe this created a lot of tension between the Indians and the new settlers considering the previous settling and attacks of the Spanish on the Indians

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    The Jamestown and Plymouth colonies were run under very different circumstances. The economies of the two colonies were vastly different and their political views differed greatly as well. Despite their differences both colonies played a huge role in twenty first century America. The Plymouth colony had a very industrial economy; they used subsistence farming to grow crops for their families and then started growing enough to trade for tools and other necessities. The Plymouth colony started to industrialize

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    between each colony. All the colonies have three important aspects in common. Religion, disease, and a strong loyalness for their King. The Plymouth Colony was very religious throughout the document it stated that there shall be peace because the Lord commands it and also it brings about a strong colony. Even in times of hardship the Plymouth Plantation believed in God to get them through and that if they worked peacefully with each other God would take care of them. The Plymouth Colony also went through

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    Virginia and Plymouth were one of the first colonies in the New World. They both had horrible conditions to live with including food shortages, storms, Indian attacks, disease, and frigid winters. Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in the Americas located in Virginia where colonists first landed in 1607. Six hundred people were sent in a fleet of nine vessels on a long month-long journey to Virginia. There were many things going bad right from the beginning: two ships were lost in

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    Jamestown and Plymouth Colony were important in establishing English roots in the New World. Both of these settlements have molded our present day customs, including religion, government, and work ethic. These settlements had many differences, along with many similarities. Colonists established Jamestown for economic reasons. They wanted to find gold and silver, along with a route to trade with the Orient. The Pilgrims moved to the New World for religious freedom; they were protestants who didn't

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    the Mayflower, a ship that transported the first English separatists, founded the Plymouth colony at New Plymouth. This settlement that occurred in 1620 served as the capital of the colony and occupied the southeastern portion of what is now known as Massachusetts. Besides Jamestown and other settlements in Virginia, the Plymouth colony was one of the earliest successful colonies to be founded by the British. The colony went great lengths and traveled long distances to establish a friendship with Chief

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