Jamestown Vs Plymouth Compare And Contrast Essay
In these essay Jamestown and Plymouth has been compared and contrasted. Jamestown was closer to England culture customs and had a more powerful economic structure due to tobacco profit sales to England. Plymouth was based their subsistence in lumbering, fishing and trading because of the cold climate and thin rocky soil. Both were the first permanent settlements in North America and constitute a principal heritage of our culture today.
Jamestown and Plymouth
The first permanent English settlement in the New Word was Jamestown, Virginia; where 104 men landed in 1607. More than a decade later 102 settlers aboard the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts a place they named Plymouth. These two colonies represent the beginning of the English settlement in North …show more content…
America. Nevertheless both settlements were in seek of prosperity and freedom, they encountered different obstacles in their way to succeed.
The people who lives in these early colonies were forced by economic and religion’s causes.
As stated in the book A Narrative History, “by 1620 worsening conditions at home had instilled in some English men and women the mixture of desperation and idealism needed to settle an uninviting, unknown world” (DeLay, Leigh, Stoff & West, 2014, p. 63). England was in a middle of an economic crisis where even the most skilled artisan could be unemployed. This situation was join to a religion crisis headed by Puritans Protestants provoked certain groups of English migrates and look for their fortune in the New World. The Virginia colonization was product of the ambition of England to secure settlements in the New World. The Company of London was full involved in this process and wanted to expand English trade and obtain a wider market for English manufactured goods. They were expecting big financial profit from his investments. Many pilgrims found in Holland freedom of religions but after some years they found themselves losing their English heritance and their children were being corrupted by the liberal Dutch lifestyle. The only possible way the found was start a new journey with a destination to the New
World. Beside an easy anchorage and a good defensive position, Jamestown’s climate and soil were perfect for plantation. The warm climate and the fertile soil made possible to grow crops throughout the year. These conditions were ideal for the plantation to prosper. But Plymouth did not have the same conditions. Cold climate and thin rocky soil confined their subsistence in lumbering, fishing and trading. The first years of settlement in Jamestown were very difficult because the settlers mostly were aristocrats and artisan who did not know how to farm, fish or hunt. Inexperience, indisposition to work and the lack of wilderness survival skills led to bickering, disagreements, and inaction. John Smith came to Jamestown after a career as a soldier, and prove to be a wise leader when implementing a rule that stated “He that will not work shall not eat”. This strategy saved the settlers from starving to death. Regardless of Smith’s help the colony was weakening until John Rolfe’s realized that tobacco could be sold profitable in England. This activity was the economic savior of the colony putting it on firm economic ground. In the other hand Pilgrim’s cooperation and hard work help them to build a viable settlement once they were in peace with natives. Plymouth never develop a robust economy but as self-sufficient colony start to grow and many other Europeans settlers followed in the Pilgrims’ footstep to New England. However Plymouth’s was plagued with hunger, diseases, environment hazards, and in 1691 was absorbed by Massachusetts due to its poor influence as a colony.
Our American tradition of representative government star in 1619 when the first legislative assembly in the New World met at the Jamestown church. The Pilgrims could established a self-governing agreement of their own because they were outside the jurisdiction of Virginia’s government.
In 1619, the first representative legislative assembly in the New World met at the Jamestown church. It was here that our American tradition of representative government was born. Since New England was outside the jurisdiction of Virginia's government, the Pilgrims.
Jamestown’s people fellows of the Anglican faith that was the official Church in England. The Pilgrims felt that the Church was an immoral and worldly and established the Puritan or Congregational Church.
According to Anderson (1991) these first settlements was characterized by “Town- based settlement, the predominance of freehold family farms, comparative economic equality, and profoundly religious culture…” (p. 1). These first early settlers only wanted to start a new life in which they could have a better future without restrictions as an imposed religion. Many of them died in their way to succeed but other big part was the foundation of the values and freedom that is delight today in our North America.
Jamestown and Plymouth
The first permanent English settlement in the New Word was Jamestown, Virginia; where 104 men landed in 1607. More than a decade later 102 settlers aboard the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts a place they named Plymouth. These two colonies represent the beginning of the English settlement in North …show more content…
America. Nevertheless both settlements were in seek of prosperity and freedom, they encountered different obstacles in their way to succeed.
The people who lives in these early colonies were forced by economic and religion’s causes.
As stated in the book A Narrative History, “by 1620 worsening conditions at home had instilled in some English men and women the mixture of desperation and idealism needed to settle an uninviting, unknown world” (DeLay, Leigh, Stoff & West, 2014, p. 63). England was in a middle of an economic crisis where even the most skilled artisan could be unemployed. This situation was join to a religion crisis headed by Puritans Protestants provoked certain groups of English migrates and look for their fortune in the New World. The Virginia colonization was product of the ambition of England to secure settlements in the New World. The Company of London was full involved in this process and wanted to expand English trade and obtain a wider market for English manufactured goods. They were expecting big financial profit from his investments. Many pilgrims found in Holland freedom of religions but after some years they found themselves losing their English heritance and their children were being corrupted by the liberal Dutch lifestyle. The only possible way the found was start a new journey with a destination to the New
World. Beside an easy anchorage and a good defensive position, Jamestown’s climate and soil were perfect for plantation. The warm climate and the fertile soil made possible to grow crops throughout the year. These conditions were ideal for the plantation to prosper. But Plymouth did not have the same conditions. Cold climate and thin rocky soil confined their subsistence in lumbering, fishing and trading. The first years of settlement in Jamestown were very difficult because the settlers mostly were aristocrats and artisan who did not know how to farm, fish or hunt. Inexperience, indisposition to work and the lack of wilderness survival skills led to bickering, disagreements, and inaction. John Smith came to Jamestown after a career as a soldier, and prove to be a wise leader when implementing a rule that stated “He that will not work shall not eat”. This strategy saved the settlers from starving to death. Regardless of Smith’s help the colony was weakening until John Rolfe’s realized that tobacco could be sold profitable in England. This activity was the economic savior of the colony putting it on firm economic ground. In the other hand Pilgrim’s cooperation and hard work help them to build a viable settlement once they were in peace with natives. Plymouth never develop a robust economy but as self-sufficient colony start to grow and many other Europeans settlers followed in the Pilgrims’ footstep to New England. However Plymouth’s was plagued with hunger, diseases, environment hazards, and in 1691 was absorbed by Massachusetts due to its poor influence as a colony.
Our American tradition of representative government star in 1619 when the first legislative assembly in the New World met at the Jamestown church. The Pilgrims could established a self-governing agreement of their own because they were outside the jurisdiction of Virginia’s government.
In 1619, the first representative legislative assembly in the New World met at the Jamestown church. It was here that our American tradition of representative government was born. Since New England was outside the jurisdiction of Virginia's government, the Pilgrims.
Jamestown’s people fellows of the Anglican faith that was the official Church in England. The Pilgrims felt that the Church was an immoral and worldly and established the Puritan or Congregational Church.
According to Anderson (1991) these first settlements was characterized by “Town- based settlement, the predominance of freehold family farms, comparative economic equality, and profoundly religious culture…” (p. 1). These first early settlers only wanted to start a new life in which they could have a better future without restrictions as an imposed religion. Many of them died in their way to succeed but other big part was the foundation of the values and freedom that is delight today in our North America.