Compare And Contrast Jamestown Vs Plymouth

Jamestown vs. Plymouth Many settlers during the early 1600’s came to the Americas for different reasons. In 1607, a hundred and four men boarded the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery and landed in Virginia and named it Jamestown. Thirteen years later, a hundred and two pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, landed in Massachusetts and named their colony Plymouth. Jamestown and Plymouth came to the New World to start anew and prosper. Each of the colonies stay in the New World was different in many aspects, but for some they were the same. The locations of the settlements were vastly different from each other. Jamestown provided warm climate and fertile soil which allowed for large plantations grow and prosper. The settlement also had a great defensive position that made detecting an enemy easier since they were along the James River. This river was selected to be settled along because of its deep water which made good anchorage.
Plymouth’s situation was vastly different from Jamestown. Plymouth had a cold climate and thin rocky soil that limited areas that they could farm on. They did provide good …show more content…
The Virginia colonists settled in the territory of the Powhatans. The relationship between the settlers and the Powhatan Indians were unstable from the beginning. Many differences in each of their lifestyles on top of the English’s desire for dominance were hurdles too great to overcome. After the Indian uprising in 1622, the colonists gave up attempts to assimilate and live peacefully with the native people. Before the Pilgrims' arrival, sickness wiped out the majority of the New England Indians called the Wampanoag. Several survivors befriended and assisted the colonists. The alliance between the two ended in 1636 when the Massachusetts Bay Puritans declared war on the Pequot Tribe and Plymouth was in the middle of the