future site of Jamestown a royal colony‚ and therefore supported by England. The men who traveled to Virginia were not known for their work ethic; they would rather have other people do the hard work for them. The majority of their work upon reaching Jamestown consisted of searching for gold‚ lumber‚ tar‚ pitch‚ and iron. These items were wanted for export by England. Because the settlers spent
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Even though the Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were the some of the oldest and most heavily populated of the English colonies‚ their differences in their economies‚ politics‚ religions and society set them apart. Some of the differences include the southern Virginia colony having a representative assembly‚ while Massachusetts Bay colony had a democratic assembly‚ and the main crop of Virginia being tobacco‚ while the Massachusetts economy revolved around lumbar‚ fishing and trade. Virginia
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Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies Both Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were started in the seventeenth century‚ but both for different reasons. Virginia was chartered to make a profit‚ whereas Massachusetts used their charter to flee religious persecution and live in freedom. Both colonies did however face similar struggles. They had to learn how best to survive the land they now lived on. This involved learning what would grow best and the best way to grow it. They also had to try
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Compact. However‚ in 1630‚ John Winthrop along with hundreds of puritans would establish a government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony with a representative political system with assembly‚ council and governors. Unlike Plymouth‚ they set theirlth status; they all vowed to sit close together and not pay taxes for England or live as tenants of wealthy aristocrats. Soon‚ the General Courts of Massachusetts bestowed title to a township on a group of settlers. In these towns‚ and many other Puritan towns‚ even
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the colonies to detach from their opinion of a convoluted Church of England. They set up towns and started new lives that were all based on their idea of a pure religion. The Puritan’s definition of a pure religion did not include many of the ideas of the Church of England. They built the colonies and made a system based upon the idea that God was the most important aspect of life. Puritan ideas and values influenced the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from
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affected the development of the New England colony in many ways. The New England colony was mainly based on the religious beliefs of the Puritans. Puritans were developed from Protestantism and they wished to purify the Church of England and completely separate from Catholicism. Education and Religion was important to the Puritans. The ideas and values held by the Puritans influenced the social‚ political‚ and economic development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s.
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Jamestown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony had many similarities and differences. Many of these differences were due to their physical location and climatic conditions. The success of both colonies can be contributed to strong leadership and the characteristics of the personalities of the settlers that inhabited each settlement. Many of the early problems in both settlements can be contributed to a lack of knowledge on the parts of the settlers along with attacks from neighboring Native American
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the founding and development of Massachusetts Bay and Virginia were similar there were many differences as well. Virginia and Massachusetts Bay were founded around the same time period which allows us to analyze and compare them. Although both of these‚ Virginia and Massachusetts Bay‚ were colonies of England they each settled in North America for two different reasons: Gold and God. Virginia was founded in 1607 by John Smith who came from England and built the colony Jamestown. This was the first
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the faith and the future‚ secured a royal charter to form the Massachusetts Bay Company * During the Great Migration of the 1630s‚ about 75‚000 refugees left England; not all of them were Puritans and only about 14‚000 came to Massachusetts—many were attracted to the warm and fertile West Indies‚ especially the sugar-rich island of Barbados. Important Documents: Mayflower Compact- the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists‚ also known as the "Saints"
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1. Discuss the European motives for expansion and colonization in the New World. There are many reasons that contributed to the expansion and colonization by Europeans into the New World. Europeans believed the New World a place to practice religion without religious persecution‚ a place to find plentiful resources and a place to start new. Many Europeans felt that they could colonize the New World without fear of religious persecution due to English and European Reformations. Protestant Reformation
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