What Are The Similarities Between Jamestown And Plymouth Plantation
Ana Aviles
Period: 6
Date: 9/26/13
Compare and contrast essay
You may think that colonies such as Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation would be very similar, due to the fact that with these two colonies, English settlement in North America was born. Although these colonies were the first English settlements in the New World they both had vast differences and similarities. Such as the location of the settlements, religious differences, how they celebrated thanksgiving and legends they believed in. Jamestown- year established 1607 in Virginia. Settlers that arrived there were just men their
Main reason was to establish a colony and find the Northwest Passage. Some of the difficulties
They went through were Native people Lacked survival skills. Now Plymouth was …show more content…
Poor Indian relations, disease, and the initial absence of the family unit worsened the problems.
Jamestown religious view was different than people from Plymouth. The settlers at Jamestown were members of the Anglican faith, the official Church of England. On December 4, 1619 settlers stepped ashore at Berkeley Hundred along the James River and, celebrated the first
Official Thanksgiving Day.
Plymouth colony provided good anchorage and harbor. Their climate was cold and the soil limited the farm sizes. New settlers turned to lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing and trade.
Freedom from religious persecution motivated the pilgrims to move to Holland. However the pilgrims felt that their children were being corrupted by the liberal Dutch lifestyle and were losing their English heritage so they left Holland and settled in the new world. Cooperation and hard work was part of the Pilgrim's way of living. Nevertheless, they too were plagued with hunger, disease, and environmental hazards. However the pilgrims were dissenters from the
Church of England and established the Puritan church. In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims held
Period: 6
Date: 9/26/13
Compare and contrast essay
You may think that colonies such as Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation would be very similar, due to the fact that with these two colonies, English settlement in North America was born. Although these colonies were the first English settlements in the New World they both had vast differences and similarities. Such as the location of the settlements, religious differences, how they celebrated thanksgiving and legends they believed in. Jamestown- year established 1607 in Virginia. Settlers that arrived there were just men their
Main reason was to establish a colony and find the Northwest Passage. Some of the difficulties
They went through were Native people Lacked survival skills. Now Plymouth was …show more content…
Poor Indian relations, disease, and the initial absence of the family unit worsened the problems.
Jamestown religious view was different than people from Plymouth. The settlers at Jamestown were members of the Anglican faith, the official Church of England. On December 4, 1619 settlers stepped ashore at Berkeley Hundred along the James River and, celebrated the first
Official Thanksgiving Day.
Plymouth colony provided good anchorage and harbor. Their climate was cold and the soil limited the farm sizes. New settlers turned to lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing and trade.
Freedom from religious persecution motivated the pilgrims to move to Holland. However the pilgrims felt that their children were being corrupted by the liberal Dutch lifestyle and were losing their English heritage so they left Holland and settled in the new world. Cooperation and hard work was part of the Pilgrim's way of living. Nevertheless, they too were plagued with hunger, disease, and environmental hazards. However the pilgrims were dissenters from the
Church of England and established the Puritan church. In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims held