Furthermore, Plymouth had much better relations with the local Indian tribes. Instead of…
The religion in these two colonies were greatly different, in New England they were mainly Puritan, while in Chesapeake they were mainly Catholic and Protestant. A thing they have in common is that they both mainly have settlers from England, also, they both had many conflicts with the American Indians, like the Pequot War in New England and the conflict with the Powhatan Confederacy in Chesapeake.…
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…
1. Beginning with the settlement of Jamestown, discuss the important events, intellectual trends, and social changes in the Chesapeake colonies through the Restoration. The first important event is the actual settlement of Jamestown in the Virginia colony in 1607. They struggled beginning, but they realized that tobacco was a profitable crop.…
This helped to solidify the good relations that the Puritans and the Native Americans had with each other. Britain established the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies in the 1600s. Although they were both English colonies, they had differences in cooperation within their respective government assemblies. They also had different focuses on industries due to their geographic regions.…
The Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies way of life was similar and different in many ways. Even though these two colonies had many differences they all had one thing in common, they all worked very hard everyday, and it all payed off. The Middle Colonies, and The New England Colonies flourished with crops, jobs, and many people living and working there! Even though these are two different regions with their own lifestyle, these colonies had some similarities!…
On the other hand, Jamestown and Plymouth had quite a bit of things that were different from each other for example, their reason to leave England, and the amount of people who came on each voyage. Nevertheless both contributed greatly to present American heritage of law, custom, government, religion, and heritage. Therefore Jamestown and Plymouth were very important to modern America, and we wouldn’t be where we are today without these two…
Both economies were similar because they both relied on one trade or staple crop, but different because the Chesapeake’s economy relied on tobacco plantations and New England’s economy relied on fishing and commerce. Women’s issues were similar because for both colonies, they were a result of the difference in family life in the colonies. The women in the Chesapeake had more rights than those in New England. The colonies were both involved with slaves, but New England only sold slaves while the Chesapeake actually relied on slavery. Both the Chesapeake colony and the New England colony came from England, and they were able to retain similarities when differences appeared simultaneously as the colonies…
The two colonies were both settled by English and operated under a version of Christianity. They both suffered through disease, and starvation but in different ways.. Jamestown and William Bradford both had some type of government. Jamestown had the House of Burgesses which was the first representative government and Plymouth was self government with the Mayflower Compact, which they agreed to obey all laws. These two colonies were both different but yet also very similar.…
When settlers first arrived in America they were hoping to migrate in search of freedom of religion, which they very well had. One could even say that these settlers were the impecunious in the beginning, but as time went on, the average poor white settler hoped to gain affluence through expansion as they also fought to gain rights equal to the rich. Whether, the struggle includes taxes, creating a new system of gov’t, or having a whole country willing to expand westward, the poor white settlers of America have always ended up gaining something from these historic events.…
Economically, Chesapeake relied majorly on tobacco sales, while Plymouth had a wider variety of products to trade. Plymouth colony established the Mayflower Compact, which separated them from England and was one of the first acts of self government in America. Plymouth and Chesapeake ran their governments in similar ways. Likewise, both were…
The colonies were similar because both the Spanish and New England colonies traded their surpluses with the Old World for crops or other useful goods that the colonists had in scarcity. The Spanish and New England colonies were substantially different in terms of economic…
Massachusetts Bay already had a colony in the state while Jamestown didn’t. They both came from England; discovered natives had already occupied the land, and both leaders first names were…
The Colonists and Native Americans The relationship between the Colonists and Native Americans was a rocky one to say the least. Often times the focus of American history revolves around the war for independence and the beginning of the American government, but in reality American history began much sooner. Native Americans and early Colonists had once hoped to work together and mutually benefit one another, one can clearly see that this did not work. History shows us how and if violence could have been avoided, what the main causes of conflict were, and which party appeared to be most at fault. One thought provoking question that could be asked is whether violence could have been avoided, or if it was imminent.…
The motivation for the Jamestown, Virginia settlement was to make money for the charter company that brought them there. These settlers made their money from farming tobacco. The motivation for Plymouth Plantation was very different, however. While in England, Bradford joined a group of Puritans who believed that the Church of England was…