Jamestown was a settlement supposedly built to spread Christianity but the true aim was to make profit. Jamestown was populated with a majority of men, amongst them there were gentry, gold seekers, criminals, men with nothing to lose. Once tobacco was discovered to grow well in that region, indentured servants came with the thought of owning land someday. For the reasons that the population was mostly men, there weren’t many families in Jamestown and there was also high mortality rate, so the population was mostly based on immigration.
On the other hand, Plymouth, the first colony of New England, was built with a different aim, because puritans didn’t like the way the England church was heading so they would practice life the way they thought best in New England. In this colony there were also artisans who were non puritans. Much of the population came as families with strong bonds. The communities had tight bonds and worked through cooperation. The villages and towns were church governed. Education was really important to these communities. Life expectancy was much higher than that of Jamestown’s
What really caused all the differences between New England and Jamestown were the different reasons in why they were formed and its inhabitants. Jamestown was built with different kinds of men (criminals, gentry,etc.) with profit in mind and New England was populated with mostly puritans with religion in