Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation had similarities and differences. It is important to know about these two colonies because they made a major impact on our history and helped form what is America today. The ships, the original Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, set sail from London on December 20, 1606, heading towards Virginia. One-hundred four men landed in Virginia in 1607 at a place they ended up naming Jamestown. This was America's first permanent English colony. Jamestown offered a dock and a good defensive position. Also, it had a warm climate and rich soil, which allowed large plantations to prosper. Economic motives prompted colonization in Virginia. They wanted to expand their English trade and obtain a wider market for
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With these two colonies, English settlement in North America was born. Plymouth provided good dock and a very good harbor. Also it had cold climate and thin, rocky soil, and a little bit of land to farm. New Englanders turned to lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing, and trade. The thought of having free religion which motivated the Pilgrims to leave England and stay in Holland, where there was more freedom of religion. However, after staying there for a while, the Pilgrims felt that their children were being ruined by the liberal Dutch lifestyle and they were losing their heritage.The news of the English Colony in Virginia motivated them to leave Holland and stay in a world that is better. Help and hard work were part of the Pilgrim's lifestyle. Before, they were troubled with hunger, disease, and environmental problems. The Pilgrims were dissidents from the Church of England and established the Puritan. The Pilgrims established a self-governing agreement on their own, which was called the "Mayflower Compact." When the Pilgrims' arrived nearly wiped out the New England Indians. The good relationship with the Indians ended in 1636 when the Massachusetts Bay Puritans declared war on the Pequot Tribe and Plymouth was dragged into the
With these two colonies, English settlement in North America was born. Plymouth provided good dock and a very good harbor. Also it had cold climate and thin, rocky soil, and a little bit of land to farm. New Englanders turned to lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing, and trade. The thought of having free religion which motivated the Pilgrims to leave England and stay in Holland, where there was more freedom of religion. However, after staying there for a while, the Pilgrims felt that their children were being ruined by the liberal Dutch lifestyle and they were losing their heritage.The news of the English Colony in Virginia motivated them to leave Holland and stay in a world that is better. Help and hard work were part of the Pilgrim's lifestyle. Before, they were troubled with hunger, disease, and environmental problems. The Pilgrims were dissidents from the Church of England and established the Puritan. The Pilgrims established a self-governing agreement on their own, which was called the "Mayflower Compact." When the Pilgrims' arrived nearly wiped out the New England Indians. The good relationship with the Indians ended in 1636 when the Massachusetts Bay Puritans declared war on the Pequot Tribe and Plymouth was dragged into the