Similarities And Differences Of The Virginia And Virginia Colonies

A1. the Virginia and Massachusetts Bay both had similarities and different in colonies. In similarities Both of the colonies were successful and were brand new settlement. Both of the colonies were English many colonists found their lives were incredibly difficult. And colonies in both sites had to address the fact that the lands they claimed were already inhabited by Indians who would have a say in the future of both colonies.The differences between both colonies were the family structures, the class structure, and willingness to work.
The family structures for both colonies were very different the Virginia settlers were most of the men 's that the Virginia company recruited as colonist were, like john smith ,adventurers …show more content…
In similarities Both of the colonies were successful and were brand new settlement. Both of the colonies were English many colonists found their lives were incredibly difficult. And colonies in both sites had to address the fact that the lands they claimed were already inhabited by Indians who would have a say in the future of both colonies. The Virginia colony could been successful as the Massachusetts bay if they were willing to work and tired to get alone with the Indians because the land was not their. And if the ration between women and men 's was better than 1/6 it could help them balance their community and …show more content…
The American colonists, on the other hand, did not agree that they were vulnerable and believed they could protect themselves as they had done for the past one hundred years British policies, like the Proclamation Line of 1763, inspired widespread dissent as poor farmers, large landowners, and speculators sought to expand westward. A second policy, impressment, by which the Royal Navy forced young colonial men into military service, also aroused anger across regions and classes. Britain’s efforts to repay its war debts by taxing colonists and its plan to continue quartering troops in North America led colonists to forge intercolonial protest movements.Like the Proclamation Line, which denied all colonists the right to settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains, the policy of impressment affected port city residents of all classes. . So the British government passed acts such as the Townshend Revenue Act, which put a tax on tea, paper, paint, and lead and the Navigation Acts, which prohibited smuggling, established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items, were the most important laws to be enforced. Second, Parliament extended wartime policies into peacetime. These acts forced the American colonists to pay off some of the great debt left by the Seven Years War. Some acts even allowed the British