bay colonies, and The Massachusetts bay colonies. They were very similar
but also different in their own individual ways. A similarity between the
colonies was the hopeful realization intrinsic to them. One of the primary
similarities between the English founding of colonies in both the
Chesapeake and those at Massachusetts Bay represents a belief that
happiness lies outside of one's established home. Both settlements
represented a new age of exploration and expansion of religion. Both
featured much in way of suffering and pain in the accomplishment of such a
vision. For example, both voyages to the New World were extremely trying.
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For example, the Pilgrims settled Plymouth Bay because of their pursuit of
religious expression. Edward Winslow and William Bradford wrote the
document entitled, A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings
of the English Plantation Settled at Plimoth in New England or Mourt's
Relation. The purpose of this document is to explore the religious leanings
of the settlement and publicize it in the hopes of more migration. This is in
stark contrast to the settlement of the Chesapeake Colonies, which focused
on primarily on economic wealth. For example, Jamestown in Virginia was
founded on a charter from the Virginia Company of London. It is founded
for the growth of business and economic wealth. Gold, silver, and other
resources were the primary focus of discovery in Jamestown. Once
tobacco was discovered, this became the cash crop of the region and
provided the ability to generate wealth and develop the accumulation of
material goods from the region.
Both colonial discoveries were driven by a dream to establish a new
life away from England. The sacrifice in the form of suffering and death that
took place on the voyage over to the New World and in the initial startup