Virginia In The 13 Colonies: Massachusetts Vs. Virginia

Virginia and Massachusetts being the first two of the thirteen colonies, had similarities in the way they started, but as time went on, their differences began to be known. Massachusetts and Virginia are different because Virginia had the more humid and warm climate, which lead to their great tobacco business and with their crops. With all of the commodities fluctuating Virginia thus had an abundance of slave labor, much more than the Northern colonies, such as Massachusetts. Massachusetts was much different because they had a lot of religion whereas Virginia didn’t really have a religion. Virginia also had the very first Government of the new world and Massachusetts Government didn’t get along so much. Sense Virginia was a Southern colony; it came with one economic advantage, the climate (114). The warm weather and the rain helped the colonies grow crops, but the number one winner was tobacco. This became profitable in Virginia (114). Massachusetts had no crops; they were one of the coldest regions. They had mild and short summers that lead to long; cold winters, but had less disease than the warmer colonies (“Massachusetts Colony”). They had Blacksmiths, Clothing makers, Merchants, and sailors, but no tobacco (“Compare and Contrast Massachusetts and Virginia …show more content…
They are different in the way that Virginia had the upside of the warmer weather, more slaves, and no real religion. Whereas Massachusetts had a set religion that took part in their everyday lives, fewer slaves, and colder weather that helped prevent less disease. So, their similarities being slaves, crops, and so on, but their differences were what made them what they were and are today. Both colonies were important for the now United States of America to flourish, they were our precedent of how to handle things differently in today’s modern