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AP US History
9/18/17
colonies moved to the New World because of problems in England and though both Jamestown
(Virginia) and Plymouth (Massachusetts) suffered in the beginning because of the climates, they
got help from another group of people to help them stabilize again. They differed because of the
different types of government in these colonies along with the gender diversity and religious
tolerance.
People were willing to cross the sea because of all the problems in England, causing for
King James to issue a voyage: the Virginia Company. This mostly annoyed the Native
Americans, most of them almost dying, because of all the settlers kicking them out of their land.
Because Virginia was built on a swamp, it could not form properly causing for malaria to arise,
and so it was unsustainable for the settlers. The Puritans and the Separatists similarly wanted to
leave England because of the problems and the disagreements between these sects and the
Church of England. They decided to move to Virginia to try and purify the people but ended up
landing in Massachusetts instead. Prepared for the Virginia climate, the Puritans were also not
able to cope with the climate of Massachusetts and this lead to suffrage for a while. The only
way for both colonies to continue to survive was through the help of the Native Americans. In
Jamestown, the Powhatans were the settlers’ guides and interpreters to help them trade with the
Powhatans’ trade partners. Similarly, with the help of Squanto, the Puritans were able survive by
being taught to fish and grow plants where it was much easier to plant compared to the swamp of
Virginia. Both colonies were created in response to an event that occurred in England and went
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Gina Tangelo
AP US History
9/18/17
When King James issued the Virginia Company, he only sent young men and boys to the
colony, meaning that since there were no women, they could not reproduce and grow the
population. Virginia had a new kind of government called the House of Burgesses. This was the
first elective democratic body in the new world where males had to own certain property to be
able to really be able to do anything in the government. They did not necessarily care about
religion and so it was never a big concern for them. They just wanted people to live there no
matter what religion they had. The Puritans thought differently and brought families in the ships
with them so that there would not be a problem of reproduction. In Plymouth, the people
established a theocracy instead of using the House of Burgesses because the Church wanted to
rule as well. They decided everything by town meetings where more people could be involved
instead of just wealthy males who owned property. They, however, were not tolerant of religion
even though they wanted religious tolerance. Church attendance was required and it became the
social place for young people. While Virginia was focusing more on trying to create a colony,
Both of these colonies ended up becoming one of the 50 states of the United States of
America today. They both had domestic servants from West Africa which eventually diminished
because of the constant rebellions and the realization of what was right and wrong. They both
had cities that suffered in the beginning because of failed comprehensions of the places they
were supposed to be going to and had to get help from the people living around them to be able
to survive. They differed in how they ran the colonies since Massachusetts wanted more religion
in the government while Virginia became a basis for many other events in history while