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In the year of 1607, Jamestown, Virginia was inhabited by a group of British settlers. Thirteen years after the colonization of Jamestown, a league of Puritans, who attempted to escape the English’s religious government, bumped onto the rocky shore of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Their goals were not the same, but many similar events occurred in both regions. During the time of James I reign, English citizens were driven to Virginia because of the minimal access to land in England. After the English victory in the attack of the Spanish Armada, Spain was a less of a threat to the English citizens. These reasons resulted in the settlement and expansion of Jamestown, Virginia. A majority of the individuals that traveled to Jamestown were “gentlemen”—rich

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