Economic Differences Between Native Americans And Jamestown Colony In The 1600s

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Both colonies were alike in some ways, but not much. The difference between the coloines were there system of government Jamestown was more republic and as for Plymouth it was self-government. The reason why Plymouth had a self-government was because it wasn’t really recongized as a colony in the 1600’s. The economy was different because Jamestown was more widely spread out because they were trading as for Plymouth they kept to themselves and mostly farmed. The cultural aspect of there relationship with the Native Americans are similar because Jamestown traded with the Native Americans for a little while and than later on there relatipnship was so bad that they went to war. As for Plymouth they had a good relatinship with them at first, but

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