Compare And Contrast Jamestown And Plymouth

Europeans came to the new world for a variety of different reasons, including, searching for economic prosperity, religious freedom, or to create a better life for themselves by escaping persecution. The colonies of Plymouth and Jamestown are an excellent example of the diverse cultures and reasons behind why colonies were formed. Although Jamestown and Plymouth were alike and suffered many of the same hardships, their way of life was completely different. Whether the colony suffered or prospered therein fell with how prepared the colonists were for the hardships that ensued in the new world. The colonists who settled in Jamestown were entrepreneurs who were granted a charter colony by the king, the colonists in the Virginia company sought