Jamestown Religion
Virginia
Founding religion
It was named after the Virgin Queen or Queen Elizabeth I in 1607, a time where several settlers landed in the bay area of the Chesapeake. The people settled in the colony called Jamestown. The founding religion of Virginia at that time was Anglican.
Form of government Virginia was a royal colony where laborers were allowed to own private property as well as start their own businesses to make profit in their work. Sir William Berkeley was Virginia’s royal governor who watched over the laborers for 35 years. During the time under his control, laborers became greedy and kept purchasing different lands and it became apparent that there was not enough land for all the laborers to have. It resulted in the fact that some …show more content…
The soil was fertile making it easier to obtain plants that can be turned into food for the settlers living there (Maurer, 2015, Module 2: Introduction). Jamestown was the main colony in Virginia. It consisted of forts, thatched huts, storeroom, and a church. The thatched huts were like homes made out of straw, the storeroom was to store surplus consists of different food sources, and the church was used for praying and services to god. The colonists learned how to grow maize from the Indians who lived near the area (Tindall & Shi, 37). After many years went by, the colonists got their hands on tobacco, which helped them move forward from living the hellish life. The colonists worked on their tobacco plantations and exported the tobacco back to Great Britain (Tindall & Shi, 38).
Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Bay colony was more into religion than as a land where people settle. It all started around the year 1620, a time when a large group of people as we call Pilgrims settled in Plymouth (Tindall & Shi, 43). These pilgrims were known as separatists, which were the more radical group of Puritans (Tindall & Shi, 42). Plymouth was the name that the Pilgrims used as it remind them of England with the fact that they chose a settlement closer to the cold Atlantic (Tindal & Shi, 43).
Founding
Founding religion
It was named after the Virgin Queen or Queen Elizabeth I in 1607, a time where several settlers landed in the bay area of the Chesapeake. The people settled in the colony called Jamestown. The founding religion of Virginia at that time was Anglican.
Form of government Virginia was a royal colony where laborers were allowed to own private property as well as start their own businesses to make profit in their work. Sir William Berkeley was Virginia’s royal governor who watched over the laborers for 35 years. During the time under his control, laborers became greedy and kept purchasing different lands and it became apparent that there was not enough land for all the laborers to have. It resulted in the fact that some …show more content…
The soil was fertile making it easier to obtain plants that can be turned into food for the settlers living there (Maurer, 2015, Module 2: Introduction). Jamestown was the main colony in Virginia. It consisted of forts, thatched huts, storeroom, and a church. The thatched huts were like homes made out of straw, the storeroom was to store surplus consists of different food sources, and the church was used for praying and services to god. The colonists learned how to grow maize from the Indians who lived near the area (Tindall & Shi, 37). After many years went by, the colonists got their hands on tobacco, which helped them move forward from living the hellish life. The colonists worked on their tobacco plantations and exported the tobacco back to Great Britain (Tindall & Shi, 38).
Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Bay colony was more into religion than as a land where people settle. It all started around the year 1620, a time when a large group of people as we call Pilgrims settled in Plymouth (Tindall & Shi, 43). These pilgrims were known as separatists, which were the more radical group of Puritans (Tindall & Shi, 42). Plymouth was the name that the Pilgrims used as it remind them of England with the fact that they chose a settlement closer to the cold Atlantic (Tindal & Shi, 43).
Founding