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    to colonize the New World. Subsequently‚ many colonies began to develop‚ and of these colonies‚ Massachusetts and Virginia were the most well-known. The early settlements of the Massachusetts and Virginia were both established by similar groups of people at the same time; however‚ their contrasting beginnings as a colony‚ views on religion‚ and means of economic stability created two different politics and economic systems. The settlements of Virginia and Massachusetts were both established during

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    between Virginia and Massachusetts in the terms of society and economy. Both colonies developed their own characteristics based upon the factors of: the economic motivation of the settlers‚ the political and religious motivation of the settlers‚ and the natural resources and climate of the region. Although located in different parts of the Americas they shared similarities and differences. In 1607‚ James I granted a charter for the settlement of Virginia. The first settlement in the Virginia colony

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    Massachusetts and Virginia Colonies Massachusetts and Virginia were two of the early colonies in the new world. Although these two colonies originated from the same place they are very different. Virginia needed slaves for labor while the citizens of Massachusetts worked in production and had less slaves or indentured servants. Virginia traded cash crops such as tobacco and the colonists in Massachusetts build ships and traded fur among other things. While Massachusetts and Virginia were both British

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    The Virginia Company of London had a certain goal‚ that goal was to establish a permanent colony in America that would make profit for the company. The company was chartered by King James 1 in April 1606‚ and was comprised of two divisions. The Plymouth Company would establish a short-lived colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River near what is now Phippsburg‚ Maine. The London Company would establish Jamestown in Virginia; England’s first permanent settlement in the New World. There was only two

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    there were several colonies but the ones that stood out the most were the New England Colonies and the Virginia colony. There were many differences‚ for example‚ New England colonies were full of families while the Virginia colony was mostly dominated by males. They mostly had differences and had few things in common. The foundations of the colonies were different. The New England colonies were founded because the founders wanted freedom of religion. The founders of these colonies were the Puritans

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    Denise Gilbert History 108 Mr. Marcum November 24‚ 2012 Instructions for the Virginia Colony 1606. The article Instructions for the Virginia Colony 1606 was written as an Outline of American History‚ by students at The University of Groningen in The Netherlands‚ 1994 the article is about the instructions for the Charter of the Virginia Colony in 1606. It is intended to be a source of information for those seeking to better understand the United States of America from1600 to 2000. In the

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    England. Following this‚ many colonies began to develop‚ and of these colonies‚ Massachusetts and Virginia were the most well-known. The early settlements of the Massachusetts and Virginia were both established by similar groups of people at the same time; however‚ their contrasting beginnings as a colony‚ views on religion‚ and means of economic stability created two different politics and economic systems. The settlements of Virginia and Massachusetts were colonies established fairly close together

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    The Virginia Colony vs. The Massachusetts Bay Colony The Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were both similar and different on three main topics: religion‚ economics‚ and demographics. Religious views and importance differentiated greatly between the two colonies. New Englanders‚ the area in which the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled‚ came to America to exercise religious beliefs that were not allowed before the English Civil War and after the Restoration. They were made up of

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    everything else. People will go through all sorts of difficulties and obstacles to make it in life. Striving for wealth and power is something that brings both positive and negative results. During the colonial period the development of the Virginia and Massachusetts colonies was greatly influenced by the effects of the search for riches and power. Each area had common basic interests‚ but the ways in which they went about attaining these goals were in most views different. Prosperity was the major goal of

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    development of the Virginia colony are the first shipment of tobacco in England‚ the establishment of a new governmental organization in 1619‚ the Indian uprising and massacre of 1622‚ and the census of 1624/25. I do agree with the author‚ these four events did in fact help shape the development of the Virginia colony. The distribution of tobacco was adopted by John Rolfe and his associates in 1612 from the Caribbean. It was one of the first agricultural practices in the colony that prospered. Other

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