With the help from Virginian Company, both Virginia and Massachusetts colonies have successfully built a colony in their respective areas of United States, and lived prosperously, even to this day. However, the two colonies are rather distinguishable. Even though both colonies came from the United Kingdom and settled in a land currently known as the United States, Virginia Colony suffered a huge loss in numbers during the settlement, while Massachusetts Bay Colony was able to avoid losing so many men. There are geographic reasons as to why Massachusetts Bay Colony had better success, as well as social reasons within the colony and with aboriginals.
Geographically, Massachusetts Bay Colony had a finer location than Virginia Colony. Virginia Colony decided to settle at a place beside a river that had barely any trees and decided to name the city James Town, after their king’s name. Unfortunately, they did not question themselves why trees do not grow. The reason was because due to being too close to a river, the mud was too mushy, which it very hard for trees to grow. This led to failure in agriculture. Although they successfully grew tobacco, they could not grow any edible vegetation, forcing them to trade frequently with the natives. Not only that, due to the climates and …show more content…
It is important to note that most of Virginia Colony’s mistakes were from lack of thinking through. If they thought over their location, their colony, and how their relationship with aboriginals was going to affect their life as colonists, they might not have lost nearly as many men as they did, thus being known as a colony that succeeded more than what we seem them
Geographically, Massachusetts Bay Colony had a finer location than Virginia Colony. Virginia Colony decided to settle at a place beside a river that had barely any trees and decided to name the city James Town, after their king’s name. Unfortunately, they did not question themselves why trees do not grow. The reason was because due to being too close to a river, the mud was too mushy, which it very hard for trees to grow. This led to failure in agriculture. Although they successfully grew tobacco, they could not grow any edible vegetation, forcing them to trade frequently with the natives. Not only that, due to the climates and …show more content…
It is important to note that most of Virginia Colony’s mistakes were from lack of thinking through. If they thought over their location, their colony, and how their relationship with aboriginals was going to affect their life as colonists, they might not have lost nearly as many men as they did, thus being known as a colony that succeeded more than what we seem them