Compare and contrast the settle-ments of Jamestown and Plymouth. Include in your comparison the type of settlement each was, the kinds of settlers that established each, the purposes behind the founding of each, and the relationship each had with the Native Americans closest to each. Include key historical figures so that you do not confuse the one with the other (for instance, Pocahontas and her story is associated with Jamestown, not Plymouth).
DUE DATE: Friday, September 7, 2012
68 comments:
Mr. Korling do you have any specific resources that you would like us to use for this blog??
Jamestown and Plymouth serve two completely different purposes in American history. It was not until the 1600's that three European countries traveled to the newfound North America. These countries were the French, the Spanish and the English. Jamestown was founded by the English in 1607, because of the promise of gold to expand the English's land and pave a way to Asia. Life in Jamestown was quite harsh, for many of the settlers were brought to a completely new climate and contracted diseases. Many became hungry, and many of them died from all of the conflicts in their new lands. Most of the people who lived in Jamestown were upper-class Englishmen, therefore the colony lacked sufficient farming which also led to the deaths of many. The Virginia Stock Company was told by King James I of England to venture to the New World and create a settlement. The colony had many altercations with the Powhatan Indians but over time established the capability to trade. The first people of Plymouth were English Separatists that were looking for religious freedom. Most of the settlers were actually families that had thought their rights to religion had been corrupted in England. The relationships with the Wompanoag Indians and their chief, Massasoit, were overall good. Of course, after time the story of the "First Thanksgiving' that occured had a lot to do with the Colony and the Indians. The men of Plymouth colony soon abruptly went into the forest and shot at almost every bird they could find, which soon led to problems with the Natives, for they had no game to hunt. In conclusion, these two colonies founded in the 17th century had different roles to play in the foundation of America.
Annika Newman
Periods 1 & 4
The settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth were extremely different for a variety of reasons. Each settlement was established by different groups, who had diverse motivations and attitudes toward the Native Americans. Jamestown was established by settlers of the Virginia Company, who had originally sought land in the New World due to the promise of gold and the discovery of a new passage to the Indies through America. The charter of the Virginia Company guaranteed the colonists identical rights as Englishmen. However, living conditions were not pleasant for the colonists, who were consistently perishing due to malnutrition, starvation, and epidemic. Despite the enforcement of labor requirements and a harsh military regime on the colony, the settlers continued to suffer from disease and lack of food. The Native Americans nearby attempted to express their power and their desire for peaceful relations with the colonists, providing needed foodstuffs. Plymouth, on the other hand, was established by a group of devout Puritans, otherwise known as Separatists, who longed to have a place to live and die as purified Protestants. They traveled on the Mayflower and arrived at Plymouth Bay, close to the Virginia Company of Jamestown. Much like that of the Jamestown colonists, the settlers of Plymouth, also known as Pilgrims, had difficulty initially with the new living conditions, and many died in the winter of 1620-1621. However, unlike the Jamestown settlers, the Pilgrims eventually saw prosperous days of abundant harvests and economic advances in fish, lumber, and fur. The Pilgrims had more of an awkward experience with the Native Americans in the first Thanksgiving Day of 1621, in which the natives participated in the feast but were not invited. In conclusion, the settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth both had very different experiences and motivations. The settlers of Jamestown were more motivated mainly by riches and discovery, whereas the Pilgrims of Plymouth were stimulated by the desire for religious purity. The Jamestown colonists were not very fortunate as they died off rapidly for lack of food and immunity to disease, but although the Pilgrims had a rough start as well, they were fortunate enough to withstand their new living conditions. The settlers of Jamestown had a shaky peace and alliance with the natives, but the colonists of Plymouth did not favor the Native Americans in the slightest.
There are many similarities and differences between the two colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth. Both colonies existed in a time where the struggle for control was prevalent. They both negotiated with the Virginia Company, and they both were comprised of settlers of English descent. However, there are many differences. Jamestown was originally set up to find gold and with a desire to find a passage through America to the Indies. This colony was meant to be a money making colony, unlike the Plymouth colony. The Plymouth colony, on the other hand, was set up by Separatists who did not want their children to be under the influence of the Dutch. Even though both colonies had struggled for control, they were fighting two separate people. The colony of Jamestown was struggling to control the area with the Native Americans, while the colony of Plymouth had more peaceful relations with the Native Americans in their area. The people of Plymouth struggled for control against themselves, when every one was accusing each other of witch craft, when the Salem Witch Trials occurred. There were also different problems occurring within the two different colonies. For one, in Plymouth there was the outbreak of the Salem Witch Trials, which over took that period. In James town on the other hand, were more real for they dealt with starvation and dieses. Even though these colonies had many different problems, and where settled by a diverse group of people, none the less they both helped shape the America we live in today.
Beckett Lee
Periods 3 and 4
The seeds of English colonization in the New World were planted at Jamestown and Plymouth. However, each of these colonies were distinctly different from each other. While Jamestown was established as a charter colony which was represented by the Virginia Company, Plymouth was not endorsed by any company or government. The Separatists who established Plymouth Colony had no royally established right to the land, so they became a squatter colony. The contrast in establishment led to the dramatic contrast in the wealth and culture of each colony. Jamestown was backed by the Virginia Company, which provided additional settlers, resources, and financial support. This was very different from Plymouth colony which had no external support and was completely dependent on its own colonists and resources. This explains why Jamestown, after an initial period of failure, became so successful with the help of men like John Smith and John Rolfe. It was later able to develop tobacco plantations which brought in money and trade goods. In contrast, Plymouth remained small and underdeveloped until it was absorbed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. However, to the Separatists who settled there, Plymouth was worth maintaining. Their original purpose in establishing Plymouth was to provide a religious and cultural sanctuary where they could practice their beliefs without fear of persecution. In this regard, their colony was a great success. They were led by men like William Bradford, who tried to keep Plymouth autonomous. It provided an isolated haven for the Separatists, until they were annexed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Jamestown was not founded for religious reasons. It was founded to be a source of quick wealth for the investors who created it. They hoped to find precious resources, retrieve them, and retreat from the colony as quickly as possible. However, the colony could not find many valuable resources that would support Virginia Company until they developed tobacco plantations. This ensured that Jamestown would remain as a permanent colony. The English settlers who settled there would remain to tend their tobacco plantations and spread throughout Virginia. These settlers were primarily English who had volunteered to go to the New World to get a new start. In this way, they were similar to the Separatists who settled in Plymouth. However, the English settlers of Jamestown were not significantly influenced by religious escape. Plymouth colony had a good relationship with the Native Americans. Their religious piety and their lack of substantial military force kept them weak and incapable of being a powerful threat to the Native Americans they encountered. As such, events like the first Thanksgiving and other peaceful interactions between the Separatists and the Native Americans were allowed to occur. In contrast, Jamestown was significantly larger and well defended. They were also more focused on expanding and occupying new territory to grow their tobacco plantations. These expansionist goals, as well as their military strength created several conflicts between the English settlers, who at this time were led by the warlike Lord De La Warr, and the Native Americans, who were led by Powhatan. In conclusion, while both colonies consisted of Englishmen who came to the New World to get a new start while maintaining their ways of life, Plymouth and Jamestown were very different in their origins, purposes, and relationships with the Native Americans.
Cammie Gelbuda
Period 1 & 4
Jamestown and Plymouth are two different settlements. King James I gave a charter to the Virginia Company of London, for settlement in the New World for hopes of finding gold. The charter of the Virginia Company was a big document in the American history. The Virginia Company disembarked on May 24, 1607 at what came to be known as Jamestown. The living conditions were not that well for the Jamestown people, many of them died from disease, malnutrition and starvation. Captain John Smith who saved Virginia from the start from its leadership, he was than kidnapped by Powhatan in December 1607. Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas saved Smith from a mock execution. This symbolized Powhatan’s desire for peace between the Natives and the Virginias. The Pilgrims came from Holland, and then departed in 1620 on the Mayflower. They then landed in Plymouth Bay where Captain Myles Standish, may them sign the brief Mayflower Compact. The first winter of 1620-1621 took a bad turn only 44 out of 102 survived. The next autumn, that of 1621, brought them there first Thanksgiving Day in New England. Before the Thanksgiving the Wampanoag Indians leader Squanto signed a treaty with the Plymouth Pilgrims in 1621. In conclusion the Jamestown and Plymouth settlers both had different reasons to go to the New World and different experiences once arriving there.
Jamestown and Plymouth were two very different colonies. They had entirely different reasons for their existence. Jamestown was founded in order to use the New world's resources to gain a profit (gold), while the Plymouth colony was created by Christian Puritans in order to escape the Dutch, who were influencing their children. Plymouth wasn't considered an official Colony, and they were technically squatters. Virginia had its own troubles as their efforts to get gold and silver is failing, but John Smith comes to the colony and gets them back on track by forcing them to start really farming for food to survive. John Smith was later captured by Indians and was saved in a ritual of execution. Trade with the native Americans commenced after a while of peace and Jamestown was introduced to Tobacco. This crop was planted everywhere, even in the streets, in Jamestown and became a cash crop. This made Jamestown boom and made it into a economic power house afterwards. Plymouth and the Puritans had a peaceful time with the Wampanoag and Massasoit for a while, and they had the first Thanksgiving "together". However, after more people arrived in the Plymouth colony, they outnumbered the natives and overpowered them. Jamestown later turned on the Natives in their area (The Powhatans) and used Irish war tactics to drive them out after a new general arrives in town to ruin peaceful relations. That is one thing that both colonies have in common, they at first had somewhat peaceful relationships when first arriving, but the colonists killed them off or made the survivors leave so that they could have all of their land.
Krizelle DeGuzman
Period 1 and 4
The settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth were established for very different reasons. Jamestown was established by settlers who were representing the Virginia Company and wanted the wealth of the New World. Life in Jamestown was tough and its beginnings consisted of failures. Many of the settlers caught diseases early on and many were inexperienced with farming so people began to die off. The Natives near by tried to express friendship at first by providing them with some food but their relationship later got unsteady. The settlers began to end their period of troubles with the external support as well as leadership of John Smith. Plymouth on the other hand became a squatter colony because they didn't have a right to the land royally. They didn't have this right because the settlers were Separatists who wanted to live peacefully without fear of being persecuted. They ended up in the New World on the Mayflower and although they did have their troubles at first like at Jamestown their situation began to get better and they enjoyed the first Thanksgiving with the Native Americans which was an awkward event for both parties but they had more peaceful relations with the Natives than the settlers at Jamestown.
Missy Smith
Periods 1 and 4
The first two first settlements in the New World were Jamestown and Plymouth. Aboard the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, 104 men and women landed in Virginia in 1607 at a place they called Jamestown. This was the first English settlement in the New World. 13 years later, 102 settlers aboard the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts at a place they called Plymouth. One big variance between the two settlements was the location of the villages, while Jamestown was away from the coast, with a warm climate and fertile soil, Plymouth was right next to the harbor, with a cold climate and rocky soil, the pilgrims turned to lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing and trade. The economy is what prompted the colonization in Virginia, they also hoped for financial profit. Freedom from religious persecution is what inspired the Pilgrims to leave England and then settle in Holland. Where while there was religious freedom, the Pilgrims felt their children were being tainted. When they heard about the Virginia colony they decided to leave Holland for the New World. In Jamestown inexperience led to disagreements and no action. The Plymouth colony’s lifestyle included cooperation and hard work. Most of the men and women in Jamestown were part of the Church of England while the pilgrims were Puritans. The progression and expansion of these two English colonies contributed much to our present American custom of law, religion, government, custom and language.
Jamestown vs. Plymouth
Jamestown: When Jamestown was founded on May 14, 1607. It first began as a charter settlement. Some reasons on why Jamestown was founded, is that the settlers believed that they had the right to self govern themselves and freedom of religion. Most of the settlers that established Jamestown were not accustom to the survival skills needed and used to the city life. For this reason, the period during 1609 and 1610 is known as the “Starving Time” because the colonists had not a clue on how to survive on their own. Prior to this time the relation between Native Americans and the colonists had a poor relationship, but this starvation period brought them closer and the Native Americans showed them how to hunt, where to hunt, and how to grow food. Some historical figures that lived in Jamestown were Pocahontas, John Smith, and John Rolfe. All of these people had something to do with the Native Americans, Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan and married John Rolfe, and John Smith was kidnapped by Powhatan and had his life saved by Pocahontas.
Plymouth: Plymouth was founded December 21, 1620. Plymouth started out by being a corporate colony, which means it was a joint-stock company. Why Plymouth was founded, was because some English Puritans thought that the Church of England did not finish with the reformation and this lead them to commit to a life dedicated upon the Bible. The majority of the Separatists that broke off of the Church were only farmers who’s social, political life, education was dwarfed by most. The relationship between them and the Native Americans was great. Samoset, a Native American from Maine, came just as the colonists arrived and he had brought them accustom to Squanto, a Native American who was recently kidnapped, and also helped them. Their relation had also grown with the First Thanksgiving of 1621 when a bunch of Native Americans ate food with the colonists. One historical figures that lived in Plymouth was William Brewster. Brewster’s “influence was instrumental in winning the approval of the Virginia Company for the proposal to resettle the congregation in America.”
Bibliography: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~homespun/tply.html
Brynn Villa period 1&4
Plymouth vs Jamestown
hmmmmmmmmmmm
The English colonies began at Jamestown and Plymouth differed in many ways. The Jamestown colony on the banks of the James River, in present day Virginia, started out as an economic colony. It came into existence through the Virginia Company, a joint stock company, as was, at first, settled solely by men. Met with troubles from the start, this colony was ultimately saved through the actions of both Captain John Smith, who was “saved” from a mock execution by native princess Pocahontas, and John Rolfe, who later married Pocahontas. Smith forced the stubborn “gentlemen” colonists to work towards their survival and also forged an uneasy peace treaty with semi-hostile natives. Rolfe, however, introduced the colony to tobacco, which would not only be its saving grace, but its source of financial gain for decades to come. This colony was formed with the purpose of discovering gold, and although none was found, the tobacco that John Rolfe began cultivating proved many times more profitable. Relations with the local natives were tense from the beginning. The colonists, with their tobacco growing, were constantly encroaching on native territory and the diseases that they unknowingly carried decimated the populations, making them, ultimately, more vulnerable to English attacks.
The Plymouth colony was very different. Meant to be formed as an extension of the Virginia Company’s land, the ship carrying the 102 colonists was blown of course, and the party landed far to the north of Jamestown and Virginia, in present day Massachusetts. Unlike Jamestown and modern tales of want of religious freedom, the Separatist colony of Plymouth was formed out of the colonist’s fear of the “Dutchification” of their children. Having lived in Holland for 10 years, it was only natural that the children picked up Dutch traits, but the adults wouldn’t have it. Despite the lack of a charter for their settlement, the Separatists met little resistance to their presence, due mostly to the fact that the local native population had been virtually wiped out in the previous 10 years by European diseases. In fact, Tisquantum, better known as Squanto, the sole Patuxet native left in the area, aided the colonists in their pursuit of agriculture in the area. Initially, the natives and settlers were stuck in a sort of middle ground with each other, neither friendly nor unfriendly. This changed, however, when more and more colonists began flocking to Plymouth and the surrounding colonies, including Massachusetts Bay. As they grew more and more outnumbered and lost increasing amounts of land, the natives grew hostile and became involved in two wars, the Pequot War and King Philip’s War, both of which they lost, and both of which delivered blows to their population that they could not recover from. These losses generally ended the apprehensive relations between natives and the colonists of Plymouth, as the natives no longer had enough force behind them to even venture an attack on any English settlement in the northern colonies. However, the history of both colonies, though very different, profoundly shaped the history of the land that would later become the United States.
Samantha Nicolas
Period 6
The settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth played distinctly different roles in colonization of the New World. Although both colonies were established thanks to charters from the Virginia Company of London, the two were founded for entirely different purposes. While Jamestown was established to be a short economic venture with English settlers who intended to acquire some type of “New World profit,” Plymouth, on the other hand, happened as a result of English Separatists seeking to be rid of the “Dutchification” of Holland and searching for a place where they could strive to keep true to their traditional Puritan values without any distractions. Jamestown, founded by the James River in present-day Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay area, was established on May 24, 1607, a good thirteen years before the Pilgrims of Plymouth landed in the New World aboard the Mayflower. The colonists of Jamestown had developed a tentative peace with the neighboring Native American tribe thanks to Pocahontas’s efforts when she saved settler Captain John Smith from being “executed,” but that fragile bond soon became shattered when thievery then war was imposed against the natives. As for Plymouth, their relations with the Native Americans weren’t quite as extravagant, but did involve cautious friendships, such as in the First Thanksgiving of 1621 when uninvited natives appeared in more numbers than the colonists, and were therefore permitted to partake in the feast alongside the Englishmen. Besides, half of the native population had already been wiped out by white diseases, so wariness was definitely an aspect evident in interactions. Plymouth didn’t manufacture any particular cash crops as did Jamestown, where John Rolfe perfected the cultivation of it, and had always been a small settlement in comparison. However, both colonies took steps in attempting self-government when the Pilgrims in Plymouth drafted the Mayflower Compact and the settlers in Jamestown within the Virginia colony fashioned a representative self-government with the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1619. Although Plymouth wasn’t as populous as the latter, prominent leaders such as William Bradford kept the colony flourishing, and in 1691, Plymouth combined with the Massachusetts Bay Colony, whereas Virginia was turned into a royal colony in 1624 by King James I of England. Although Jamestown and Plymouth were on entirely different roads, they both significantly helped establish the birth of a new nation.
Both Jamestown and Plymouth really set the stage for the steady increase in the power of the colonies during the 1600s. Jamestown was the first favorable settlement achieved on behalf of the English directly within the heart of North America; while Plymouth was founded by none other than the Pilgrims which was one of the most successful settlements who also discovered a place to settle(later named Plymouth after the very people who uncovered the area)in North America. However, these two colonies derived their fame in distinctly separate ways. Each had a discrete formation, different theological ideals concerning expansion, and opposite supremacy concepts. The opposing colonies allowed for the coming about of large amounts of migration and general advancements for the New World. First, Plymouth and Jamestown were established having a particular goal in mind. Plymouth wanted religious freedom, while Jamestown had more of an economic stock piling method in mind (such as Gold). Still, they both had a run in with Natives (the Powhatan tribe for Jamestown and the Wampanoag for the Pilgrims) as a result of clashing motives. Second, each individual colony had unique plans to assert their growth and sense of power. Jamestown had become extremely dependent upon the Powhatan's for fishing, hunting, and growing crops, but the Pilgrim's managed quite efficiently on their own, typically not requiring assistance from the Wampanoag(though they did make an alliance with the chief of the Wampanoag's for King James I). And lastly, the two of them had contradictory leadership methods. For example, William and John Smith were the leaders of the Plymouth and Jamestown colonies during the first portion of the seventeenth century, in that order. John Smith was diligent in his leadership, and was saved by Pocahontas sometime during the Anglo-Powhatan wars but was ultimately nearly destroyed. William Bradford had greater success, especially through the first Plymouth feast, despite its back story. Overall, regardless of the developmental differences, deviating ways of conquering land, and divergent leadership skills, these two colonies shared a passion for the New World in addition to Indian conflict; albeit only time told the full story of these colonies of old.
Dear "Rook", your textbook and study guides should be sufficient. You also have your notes on Plimouth Plantation from class.
Cori Brunet
The Plymouth colony was started in Massachusetts when a group of Separatists left the Church of England and fled to the New World for religious freedom. They landed in New England in 1619 on the Mayflower. Before they settled in the land, they created the Mayflower Compact. The colony was never very large or economically important. By 1691, there were only 7,000 colonists when it merged with its neighbor, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The colonists were hardworking but plagued by hunger, disease, and environmental hazards. They had rather positive relationships with the Native American and shared the famous Thanksgiving with them. There was trouble in the Bible commonwealth when the Puritan orthodoxy was challenged by outspoken members of the colony like Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams, who were charged with heresy and banned. When they left, so did some of their followers, and they ended up forming their own groupings elsewhere. Scattered settlements such as these sprinkled Rhode Island. It begun as a squatter colony in 1636, but received a charter from Parliament in 1644. Jamestown was an English colony in Virginia founded in 1607. King James I granted the mission and it was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London. Their purpose in the Americas was for economic reasons such as gold. They struggled due to inexperience and unwillingness to work and lack of wilderness survival skills, poor Indian relations, disease, and lack of family units. When John Smith took over in 1608, he saved the colony by getting them back on track. The Powhatan Indians, and Pocahontas were also essential in the colony’s development and success by teaching the colonists how to plant and tend crops. The arrival of Lord De La Warr in 1610 created tension with the Indians due to his harsh treatment of them. The First Anglo-Powhatan War was in 1614 and the Second Anglo-Powhatan War ended in 1644. But by 1685 the Powhatans were practically extinct in the area. The husband of Pocahontas, John Rolfe, was the “father of tobacco” and had perfected the method of raising the crop by 1612. Virginia’s prosperity ended up being built on tobacco.
Michael Wakeley
In 1606 the Virginia Company received a charter to create Jamestown colony as a business venture for a joint stock group. In 1620 a group of extremist, separatist, puritans flee the protestant nation of England in order escape its restrictions on faith. They fled to Holland, a land that provided a far more expansive group of freedoms then the world at the time. However these other freedoms began to “taint” their children and ten years after their escape they fled again to the new world, to start on their own. From the start the two towns begin with vastly different goals and agendas. The first, Jamestown, was distracted by monetary value and infighting over non-existent gold. This would lead to their downfall as the so called ‘Gentleman’ fought over irrelevancies instead of food production; as a result they died in droves. A man by the name of John Wolfe was the saving grace of the group; He whipped the colonists into shape and saved many as well as introducing the crop of tobacco. The efforts of John Wolfe took place far too late for the colony and the Jamestown colony attempted to flee for their lives home to England only to be stopped by the harsh new leader Lord De La Warr, who forced the survivors into a military machine. Lord De La Warr saved the Jamestown colony, bu the land hungry settlers grew listless and wanted more land to produce their crops. These tensions between the dispossessed natives and the greedy settlers launched the group into decimating the locals in a series of two vicious wars that ran up until 1646. However by this time only 10% of the original local population survived the slaughter. The Plymouth colony was convicted and dedicated to the cause of survival and building a new world but they were inexperienced and failed produce enough of the vital supplies to survive the winter and suffered major casualties. When harsh times came upon the small group of Plymouth settlers they clung to their hopes for a better life and a place to practice their religion, they grew bountiful crops and developed a wary, but peaceful relationship with the native people until 1637. Tensions caused by expanding land and new settlers sparked warring that caused the deaths of thousands of natives by 1676. The settlers each had different goals, one economy, and the other a fresh start in a new place; however the result and the process remained largely similar, with the death of thousands.
The differences of Jamestown and Plymouth that apply to history are multitudionous. While Jamestown had a nice warm temperature and fertile soil which allowed large plantations, Plymouth possessed a colder climate that limited farm size because of the rocky soil. In turn because of the rocky soil, they looked towards more logical trades such as lumbering, shipbuilding, and fishing. The people of Jamestown were mostly if not all businessmen who's main skill was really just making a profit whereas the people of Plymouth already had a bit of survival skill from their time in Holland. Therefore providing a distinct difference between the two "settling groups." The settlers of Jamestown were merely there to make money and promote colozination. Opposite to that, the Pilgrims that had settled in Holland came to Plymouth because they only wanted a society free of religious persecution. The Virginia colonists or "Jamestown settlers" had fueds with the Powhatan indians/native americans from the beginning due to their force of culture, religion, and philosophy. After they realized they couldn't force their society upon the native americans, they agreed to live in peace with them, and let them keep their own beliefs. Before the pilgrim's arrival, an epidemic killed the majority of the New England indians. A number of survivors became friends and aided the colonists. After the native american uprising in 1622 though, when the Puritans declared war on the Pequot tribe, Plymouth was pulled into it. As for John Smith, he was mainly an aid to the Jamestown settlers and "whipped them" into shape. He didn't in fact marry Pocahantas, but was saved by her. John Rolfe was Pocahantas' spouse and married her in the end. He was an englishman who started the tobacco business in Virginia.
Annelise Rank
Periods 1& 4
Jamestown and Plymouth compare and contrast in different ways:
Plymouth is a colony in the South West of the UK. The people who lived and settled there were English seperatists/Puritans (but mostly seperatists). They are mainly seperatists, because they are people who were not trying to purify anyone in the church but themselves. Going on,the purpose behind the finding of Plymouth was for religious freedom. The relationship between the Plymouth settlers and the Native Americans, was great. They even shared the first thanksgiving together.
Jamestown is a colony in Virginia, whose settlers were English. Not only were they English, but they were highclass Brits. The purpose behind the colony of Jamestown, was to find gold for money (Google the Virginia company for more information). Although the settlers in Plymouth were on great terms with the Native Americans, the settlers in Jamestown were not. Their relationship with the Native Americans wasn't good. They wasnted to Christianize and Europeanize them. Their goal was to basically make the N. Americans just like them, and the N. Americans didn't want to live like them.
Brynn Villa period 1&4
Jamestown vs Plymouth
Jamestown and Plymouth were two of the first landmarks made by the English. Jamestown, founded in 1607, was led by a group of 104 men. Plymouth, was founded in 1620 and was led by a group of 102 settlers. While Plymouth was found in the colder areas of America in Massachusetts, Jamestown was found in a more plentiful region of Virginia where there was a lot of food, water as well as crops. Jamestown was founded by the Virginia company as an attempt to expand English trade, while Plymouth was founded for religious freedom. Compared to Jamestown, Plymouth got along with the Native Americans and hosted the First Thanksgiving with them. Jamestown had a bit of issues with the Indians so they had to call in a man named John Smith to settle things. He met an Indian princess named Pocahontas who later saved John Smith’s life. I believe one of the main reasons Plymouth joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony is because of how many diseases came and left through Plymouth. I believe the main reason Jamestown survived was because, had it not been for John Smith and Pocahontas, the settlers wouldn’t have made through the Indians and the issues that they overcame.
Alissa Maggard
Periods 3 & 4
When lining up the Jamestown colony with the Plymouth plantation colony, some handfuls of their aspects overlap with each other as similarities shared between the two, while other ones stay separate; unique to their respective colony. Some obvious facets found within both establishments would be that they were English colonies placed along the Atlantic coast. However, there’s another commonality of the two that, when examined in further detail, eventually becomes a difference.
This collation between the Plymouth and Jamestown settlements is that, throughout the first couple years, they endured a difficult struggle against the unfamiliar nature of the land. But the resemblance stops there, because while the Jamestown settlers were struggling with severe illness, famine, and being unaccustomed to the amount of labor required, the Puritans of Plymouth experienced difficultly mostly due to the fact that their arrival upon the new lands coincided with the arrival of a particularly harsh winter season. However, the pilgrim families conquered such an obstacle with few casualties, whereas those individuals of the Jamestown community nearly died out altogether.
Fortunately, thanks to John Smith, the colony had formed a friendly relationship with the Native Americans. This relationship was significant to Jamestown’s continuous survival and ability to pay off the investors who funded the original trip to the New World. Despite the fact that it ended in a similar, unfortunate way, the Puritans of Plymouth held a more tentative association with the Native population. And, even though the two different civilizations participated together during the First Thanksgiving, it is highly suspected that the Pilgrims only did so because of the overwhelming percentage of how outnumbered they were. And, with the topic of the original intentions, the two establishments continue to diverge along separate paths. The people of Jamestown first stepped foot upon American soil as single, individuals; looking for a new chance at life. Whereas the Puritan families of Plymouth first arrived as a community looking for an acceptable home that would allow religious freedom. Ironically, several historically famous people with origins from the Plymouth Plantation became famous because of their resistance to the religious conformity within that settlement.
Jessica Wirth
Periods 3&4
The settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth, although both founded along the shores of the same continent, developed in two very unique ways. The Jamestown settlement was established by the Virginia Company, a joint-stock company. It was founded on the promise of gold and its stockholders did not see it as a long term deal. This placed considerable pressure on the colonist's shoulders because they had to quickly strike it rich or be abandoned on the banks of a foreign world. The colonists arrived in May of 1607 and picked a site that was easy to defend but teeming with mosquitoes. They were more occupied with searching for gold than finding food so many of them starved or died from disease. Only because of the stern leadership of John Smith who declared that everyone must help find food, were the colonists saved from complete extinction. Even with his help, by the end of 1609 only 60 settlers out of the original 400 survived. Relationships with the Native Americans were never very good to start out with. In late 1607, John Smith had been captured by the Natives and was only saved from death by Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas. A shaky truce was formed but was ruined by the First Anglo-Powhatan War in 1614. The colonists did not quickly strike it rich with gold as expected, but when John Rolfe, the husband of Pocahontas, perfected the tobacco plant the colonists could not keep up with European demand for the crop. Jamestown soon become economically stable. The settlement of Plymouth on the other hand, was founded based on religious reasons. After originally leaving England for Holland in 1608 because of dislike toward King James I's policies, a group of Separatists(who were originally Protestants) boarded a ship called the Mayflower in 1620 and disembarked at Plymouth Bay, originally the home of the Patuxet Indian Tribe but who had all died from diseases by previous encounters with Europeans. Just like the Jamestown colonists, they suffered from diseases and malnutrition. Only 44 colonists out of 102 survived the first winter. However, the Pilgrims got a lucky break the next fall with surplus harvests and plenty of game. This lead to the First Thanksgiving, which was basically a way to avoid conflict after 90 Natives crashed a feast they had previously not been invited to. Although relationships with Native Americans was better in Plymouth than in Jamestown, they were still tense to say the least. Plymouth survived economically through fishing, fur, and lumber, but it was never very important like the tobacco market of Jamestown had been. In 1691, Plymouth merged with the much bigger Massachusetts Bay Colony.
To compare and contrast Jamestown and Plymouth you have to look at both sides equally; In May 1607 Christopher Newport brought 105 men to the shore of the James River in Virginia, 5 miles from the river's mouth on the Chesapeake Bay. While Sir Edwin Sandys, persuaded a reluctant King James to allow particular Separatists to settle a "particular plantation" at the northern boundary of the Virginia Colony. Jamestown was situated in the lands of the Tsenacommacah nation of Algonquian Indians in eastern Virginia. The chief of over two dozen tribes in the nation was called Powhatan by the settlers. The Algonquian Indians did not fear the settlers but in fact often tested their strength whenever possible. Plymouth was settled in the lands of the Wampanoag nation of the Algonquian Indians in southeastern Massachusetts. Several years before the english settleres came to their land, they were massacred by a savage epidemic. Their cheif Massasoit recognized common interests with the colonists. The english needed knowledge of their new habitat and they needed protection, so John Carver, first governor of Plymouth and Massasoit agreed to a peace treaty in 1621 in which they swore no to steal from each other, come to each other's aid, and to protect each other. The goals of the Virginia Company were to discover precious stones and metals while the goals of plymouth were to mainly grow viable crops to sell to merchants.
These two early settlements of England were founded for very different reasons and therefore have very different cultures. Jamestown, founded by the Virginia Company as the first permanent, English settlement in the New World, is not the most famous early colony, but its significance is definitely considered to be common knowledge to most Americans. Jamestown was founded as a place for those in search of religious freedom like most history textbooks say, but many would argue that securing a place in North America was more important to King James when the Virginia Company asked him for a charter to start a settlement there. Because of the motives for coming there, Jamestown wasn’t as religious as some settlements that were established later, like Plymouth. A lot of people living in Jamestown were actually just there for the purpose of monetary gain and adventure. Also from the settlement of Jamestown we get the legend of John Smith and Pocahontas. I say “legend” because although they were actual historical figures, the story of their romance is completely fictional. In Plymouth however, Puritans and Separatists made up most of the Settlers and while they had very different views than their religious descendants will have, they were very religiously strict and radical in their ways. Because of this they formed more of a belief- centered society than the settlement of Jamestown. It is from the settlement of Plymouth that we get the story of Thanksgiving, which in actuality is more of a legend than most of America thinks. In conclusion, although the present day society and the education system portray early settlements as being based solely on religious freedom a lot of them weren’t.
Some of the first major colonies were Jamestown and Plymouth. They share many differences as well as some similarities. Jamestown was in the fertile lands of Virginia. Citizens of Jamestown were very unwilling to work and lacked survival skills. Luckily, John Smith gathered up the colonists and said, “He who does not work, does not eat.” This highly motivated those of Jamestown to work and use the good soil to farm their crops. Over in Plymouth the soil was rocky and shallow, not suitable for farming. Fishing and ship building became their main source of business. The people of Plymouth relied on teamwork and support of one another, unlike the citizens of Jamestown. Jamestown was founded on an economic plan. The people who went there were looking for a means to make a profit; nearly starving themselves by looking for gold and not food. Plymouth was founded for religious reasons. Their party of people were made of Englishmen who moved to Holland to separate from the Church of England. However, living in Holland made their children less and less English. So, they moved to Plymouth in hopes of making their children respectable Englishmen. Both settlements had a good defensive position against Indians. However, the good defenses did not protect the colonies against disease. More than half of the settlers in each town died of disease in the first few years. Interestingly, both settlements had a Thanksgiving. The famous one was the celebration at Plymouth. Most people believe that the Indians were invited by the Pilgrims as a gesture of friendship, but this is incorrect. Massasoit came with around 90 warriors to see what this loud noise was, which turned out to be Pilgrims firing their guns. The citizens of Jamestown had a thanksgiving for their safe travels. Very simple and quiet. The two colonies were separated by time and a few hundred miles but the underlying goal was the same. Survive.
Bella Crosson
Perido 1 & 4
Plymouth and Jamestown were the first two settlements in the newly found land called North America. The British established both of these towns, but there are many differences between them. Jamestown, being the first, was created in 1607. Living conditions were terrible at first. Many of the colonists were dead within a few months from disease and starvation. John Smith played a big role in the rescuing of the colony. He made relationships with the Native Americans, and was even save by Pocahontas from an execution. He wanted peace, and helped establish it for a short time. Plymouth, on the other hand, was founded in 1620. Coming from Holland, these “pilgrims” were trying to escape religious persecution. Coming overseas on the Mayflower, they landed, came face to face with the Wampanoag Natives, who were not unfamiliar with white men. The colonists experienced some hard times, for they were unaccustomed to the way of life starting over in a new place. The Native Americans helped some, and soon the colony was getting along with them. The First Thanksgiving, though greatly twisted and changed, was a peaceful interaction, even with the native warriors present. So overall there were many differences, but both had to overcome harsh conditions and making peace with the Native Americas.
Jamestown was founded in 1607 when about a hundred settlers disembarked from their ship in an area in Chesapeake Bay. This area would soon become Virginia. To the north another colony was founded in 1620; Plymouth. This area soon became Massachusetts. These two colonies were very different from each other and had many different characteristics, even though they both were English, and colonists. Jamestown and Plymouth had many differences and many similarities, such as religion, preparedness, and areas.
Jamestown was founded in Virginia, which has a warm climate and good soil. This allowed Jamestown to be able to farm and they soon became rich off of tobacco. Also the area was easily defendable and had a good harbor. Plymouth on the other hand, which was founded in Massachusetts, was cold and had rocky and infertile soil. Therefore Plymouth did not have an easy time with agriculture. However, due to the good harbor, it flourished as a port and the fishing in Cape Cod Bay (which is now very much renowned for its fishing) provided plenty of fish. However the Plymouth colonists did grow some crops that the Native Americans taught them. Both Plymouth and Jamestown had some ability to cultivate crops, however, Jamestown was more suited towards this and made money off of their tobacco, while Plymouth proved to be a great harbor and proved to be a good area to fish.
Jamestown was established to make money, as part of a company. In fact when the colonists first arrived, they began searching for gold. This did not help their chances and instead of hunting for animals and fish, both of which were abundant, they searched for gold which was almost non-existent in Virginia. The colonist at Jamestown’s primary religion was Anglican, and all of their actions were focused on money, as shown by the hunt for gold. Therefore they grew tobacco, which grew great in the warm environment. Another key difference between the two colonies was that Jamestown, even though it was in an easily defensible location, the colonists had trouble surviving because of their lack of experience. Because of this they contracted disease. Many died because of this. Plymouth on the other hand was used to working with each other and had an easier time surviving. However they too contracted disease and many died. Plymouth’s main reason for being established was religious freedom. Their religion was the Puritan faith and they were persecuted in England because of this, which forced them to find safety and led to the establishment of Plymouth.
The final main difference between the two colonies was their relationship with the Native Americans. Jamestown from the beginning of their history had trouble with the natives. The natives were very hostile to the Jamestown settlers, who would raid the natives for food. This situation was further ignited when the colonists improvised Irish tactics and burned down buildings, crops, and confiscated goods. This war was called the First Anglo-Powhatan war. What followed was the second war, and more hostilities. However hostilities were somewhat bridged when Pocahontas, the chiefs daughter, joined the English and married a wealthy Englishman. Plymouth had different beginnings with the natives and had “Thanksgiving” with them (which is not as it was once viewed). However they eventually had the Pequot war with them when the colonists gained enough numbers to displace the natives. Both Jamestown and Plymouth eventually had troubles with Natives but originally Plymouth was on friendly terms with the natives.
Plymouth and Jamestown were two towns that were established by English colonists within 20 years of each other, however they were on different areas and had many other differences, such as things they grew and the reason they were established. However both were similar and both eventually contributed to Democracy that would come around 150 years later, Plymouth with the Mayflower Compact, and Jamestown with the town hall meetings. These two towns were essential in establishing the character and make-up of the Americas.
Amanda Jerd
Periods 3 and 6
The colonies of Jamestown, Virginia and Plymouth, New England were both founded by the English but the two settlements were distinctly different from each other in their founding, culture, daily life, and relationships with their area’s Native American tribe. The Jamestown colony was founded in 1607 with a charter given to the Virginia Company of London – a joint-stock company – by King James I. This settlement was only supposed to be short-term; the Virginia Co. stockholders wanted the gold they believed was in the land as well as a quick passage to the Indies. The “settlers” were given this mentality that they needed to strike it rich otherwise they would be abandoned. Because of this, most of the men (also the only settlers,) died during the winter from unpreparedness. The only kind of agreement the Jamestown settlement came up with was that all colonists under the Virginia Company charter had the same rights as Englishmen. The colony would have fallen apart if not for the firm leadership of John Smith who imposed the rule that all must work to eat. He had direct experience with the Native Americans when they displayed their power by preparing to kill him and heightening the drama with Pocahontas’ intervention and “saving” of his life. Even after this Native encounter, the relationship between the “gentlemen” and “savages” was very tense, as if the line in the sand had been drawn. When Lord De La Warr came to govern the colonies, the tension snapped and all hell broke loose with the Anglo-Powhatan Wars. With no gold, and the loss of the Native support, the colony found a savior in John Rolfe and his tobacco. Plymouth colony, on the other hand was founded in 1620 as an extension of the Virginia Company, but because they settled outside the land boundary became squatters. In contrast to the Virginia colony, this settlement was founded by Separatist Puritans seeking freedom to worship as they pleased. The colonist had women in their population as opposed to the Jamestown settlement and before they disembarked from the boat, the men signed the Mayflower Compact. About half the colonists in this settlement died as well – also from malnutrition and harsh weather. This colony only survived because of the help of the Wampanoag Indians, their chief Massasoit, and an English speaking Native named Squanto as well as their logging, shipbuilding, and fishing industries. The relationship with these natives was strained as well but there was a tentative peace as the natives did their best to teach the settlers how to survive in their new home. This camaraderie did not last long though, with the Pequot Wars came the loosing of hell for the Plymouth settlers and Wampanoag natives just as the Anglo-Powhatan Wars had done to the Jamestown colony. Plymouth Colony could not survive on its own and eventually merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In conclusion, although both the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements were English, each adapted (or failed at adapting) to new surroundings in their own ways after starting as extensions of one another.
Plymouth was the first colony created and was a puritans colony because when the first colonists came they needed to have a town to live in. the purpose was to have shelter and have a base of operations for the locale government. After the first few years the “first thanksgiving” which really was a bunch of the colonists getting together and shooting fowl getting a full weeks’ worth of fowl and after this they started to have a party and shoot off their muskets. After the commotion Massasoit and 90 of his warriors go to check out the commotion when they discovered the colonists party they were then invited to join in probably because they were so m any of them and the colonists may have felt intimidated.
Jamestown was founded by English settlers. The settling was a nightmare because of the tough conditions and the rough terrain. Forty colonists died in a shipwreck and more died when there was a shipwreck off the coast of Bermuda. Jamestown was more of a rushed settlement and Plymouth was more planed. Plymouth had somewhat more of a peaceful colony. Also Jamestown was a later colony than Plymouth. In the end Plymouth was a much better colony.
Edith Chavez
Periods 1&6
Jamestown vs Plymouth
Despite the similarities between the English colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth, the two colonies were distinctly different from each other in reason for why they came to the New World, relations with the Native Americans, and the success of their mission. Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company of London and was to find riches in the New World; it was to be a money making colony to make the English more powerful just as the Spanish had gained power from their New World colonies several decades before. The place where they landed wasn’t too good for agriculture, plagued with mosquitoes carrying viruses, and the 104 colonists in Jamestown were looking for riches not farmland because they weren’t farmers. The Native Powhatans tried to help that colonists and John Smith, who took control soon after the colonists’ arrival in 1607, managed to make some good relations with them. Pocahontas and her story made famous by Disney, come from this. Despite early help from the Natives, the uneasy peace Smith managed to make didn’t last resulting in the First Anglo-Powhatan war of 1614. This managed to get the Natives to back down but only for a while as in 1622 there was another war and a third came later on. Jamestown struggled for a long time and by 1610, 80% of the colonists were deceased. The colony was unsuccessful in finding gold but a few years after Smith had to return to England on other business, John Rolfe got the colony to start growing tobacco. While it was rough at first, it soon allowed the colony to stabilize and expand especially after the colonists had grown immune to the diseases all about. Rolfe and Pocahontas got marries in 1614 bring some peace for a while until the Natives were eventually pushed out. Plymouth got started for a completely different reason: religion. The pilgrims were Separatists from England who left thinking the Anglican was horrible. They originally went to Holland but because they felt their children were growing up to be too “Dutch”, they packed their bags and left on two ships to the Americas. They got swindled though and could only get one ship to take them across. 102 pilgrims did manage to get to the New World in 1620, arriving with the Mayflower Compact in an attempt to get a good start on forming their own ‘pure’, religious colony. The pilgrim weren’t even all Separatists but the ones that were hijacked the ship to make it would land far from land under Anglican control. They didn’t have much trouble with the Natives as the majority of the Wampanoag had been wiped out by early Europeans through kidnapping and disease, needless to say, they weren’t too happy about the colonists but were in no condition to fight them when they had arrived. In 1621, the First Thanksgiving was held but it was a long awkward party because there were only 52 pilgrims left and 90 warriors crashed it with Chief Massasoit to keep an eye on the colonists. The colony did survive and managed to expand a little until joining the larger Massachusetts Bay Colony. Peaceful relations with the Wampanoag didn’t survive resulting in King Philip’s War in the second half of the seventeenth century. Jamestown and Plymouth did have similarities in the troubled peace with the Natives and partial success in their mission but in very different ways because of the distinctly different goals and different Native American tribes they encountered.
Brandon Hilleary
Periods 1 & 4
The settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth were the first installations of English civilization into the New World. Although these colonies were established by settlers of the same nationality, they were very different in many ways, but also similar. Jamestown was established in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company, after receiving a charter from King James I of England for a settlement in the new world. The sole purpose of this settlement was to reap a profit, and to secure British interests in the new world. Many of the settlers were young men who were either farmers driven away from enclosure or disinherited sons escaping primogeniture laws. Plymouth on the other hand, was established by a group of Separatists known as the Puritans in 1620, who fled from the old world so they could live a “purified” version of Protestantism, and secure it for their future generations. When both groups of settlers arrived in North America, they struggled profoundly during their first winters. This was due to the adoption of communal ownership of land and property, and this caused starvation in both settlements. In Jamestown, the problem was that most of the men were indentured servants who had no financial reward for their labor, thus destroying work ethic. In Plymouth, a similar policy was adopted where accumulated wealth was common wealth, also destroying work ethic. But when Sir Thomas Dale became the high marshal of the Virginia colony in 1611, he immediately identified the problem and established private property rights. The colony quickly began to prosper as settlers no longer exploited their fellow workers by free riding, and more work incentive was established. Similarly in Plymouth, William Bradford incorporated private plots of land for individuals, and people felt the need to work longer and harder in order to benefit from their labor. Thus, the colonies created a capitalist system based on private property that not only saved them, but created a truly American form of government. In terms of relationships with the Native Americans, Plymouth had relatively good relations, while Jamestown had hostile relations with the natives. Because farmers in Plymouth planted crops like corn and squash, the soil didn't wear out like tobacco in Virginia, thus there was no need for rapid land expansion into Native American territory. Also, the Pilgrims were somewhat weak militarily, and did not want to inflame relations with the natives. They even enjoyed friendly relations with the them, like the First Thanksgiving in 1621. But Jamestown, being a militarily strong and land-hungry settlement, often expanded into Native territory, causing conflicts like the two Anglo-Powhatan wars. The aggressive and battle-hardened Lord De La Warr didn’t help matters when he established a brutal military regime that showed cruelty towards the Natives. This greed for land originated from the cultivation of tobacco, because farmers sought maximum profit and tobacco destroyed the soil. In conclusion, Jamestown and Plymouth had parallels through their national backgrounds and struggles, yet they were different in purpose, what motivated the settlers, and the relationships the colonies had with the Native Americans.
Two of Britain’s earliest successful settlements on the eastern coast of North America were Plymouth and Jamestown. Although these two colonies had only been founded roughly 14 years apart, they had been founded in two completely dissimilar ways, a mannerism that remained as these two settlements continued to face new obstacles during their early development. Jamestown was the first successful attempt at colonization of the Americas in the year 1606 and was founded by the Virginia Company of London. In the eyes of the Virginia Company, Jamestown was a long term investment which they thought would generate a substantial return in the form of gold. When the settlers first came to establish Jamestown, they were welcomed by the natives of the Paspahegh tribe, who helped them survive by teaching them agricultural techniques. The Plymouth colony was founded by a group of pilgrims in the year 1620, and with the aid of a native named Squanto, Plymouth was able to insure mutual peace between the colonists and the Native Americans, through a treaty with Massasoit. Unlike the lust for gold, which was the driving factor in the establishment of Jamestown, the founders of Plymouth were seeking religious freedom, so they decided to escape to the new world to break free from British oppression! Plymouth also was involved in the first thanksgiving and the acclaimed landing on a specific rock, which became known as “Plymouth rock”.
Kyle McCormick
prd 1&6
i will have to post monday at school i am having issues with my internet, i had to post this from my phone.
Ryan Volkman
Jamestown and Plymouth are both similar and different from each other. Both colonies had a hard time starting out because the death toll was so high. Jamestown had settlers that were self styled “gentlemen” who were not used to fending for themselves. They wasted a lot of time complaining about not having any gold instead of trying to find food to survive. The settlers from Plymouth were Separatists wanting to purify the Church of England and to live and die as English men and women. The purpose of founding Jamestown was to try and find gold. After a few years the settlers would come home and the stockholders would be able to make a profit. The Virginia Company also hoped that when the settlers in Jamestown were looking for gold they would also stumble across a passage through America to the Indies, so they could get to Asia faster and trade with them for exotic goods. Plymouth was a more permanent place where the Separatists could escape royal wrath and to stop the “Dutchification” of their children who were starting to become less separatist and more Dutch. They wanted a haven where they could continue living the way they wanted. They wanted their children to grow up without foreign beliefs pushed upon them. The relationship that the settlers of Jamestown had with the natives was not the best. The Natives captured Captain John Smith and were going to put him to death until Pocahontas saved him. She then became the “middle man” between the settlers and the Natives providing needed foodstuffs. Later a relief party came, lead by Lord De La Warr, who undertook aggressive military action against the Natives. The Plymouth settlers and the Natives shared the first Thanksgiving when large numbers of Natives showed up uninvited on the, much smaller in numbers, settlers feasting after bountiful harvests. They then signed a treaty with the Native Wampanoag chieftan.
Plymouth and Jamestown both had a great amount of progress when they first arrived and set up the bases for the new world. While many of their aspects corresponded many also did differ. One aspect was the location of the settlements and Jamestown had a good setup/anchorage and a good defensive position and not only that but the soil in Jamestown was fertile and their climate was warm which encouraged the growth of large plant plantations. While on the other hand Plymouth had a good position/anchorage of their town and a magnificent harbor but unfortunately the soil was rocky and did not promote large farming environments and the climate was awfully cold, but the New Englanders turned to different ways to sustain their population. For example fishing and ship building. Both the colony of Jamestown and the colony of Plymouth were motivated by the same reason and that was for the economic reason. But both Jamestown and Plymouth got off on the wrong foor. Jamestown suffered lack of survival skills, poor Native American relations, disease and the lack of family units. On the other hand the Pilgrams were dealing with cooperation and hard work but they also were stricken by hunger, disease and not enough survival skills. The settlers of Jamestown were joined to the Anglican faith which abided to the official Church of England while the Pilgrims of Plymouth were dissenter of the Church of England but established the Puritan or the Congressional Church. As for the Natives they were a bit unstable with the settlers at first which ultimately led to the uprising in 1622. This uprising became what it was because of the settlers. The English had a strong desire for dominance which the Natives were not going to have happen while the Pilgrims initially set peace with the Natives until they declared war on the tribe in 1636. The First Thanksgiving happened quite differently for both settlements. In the early 1600s it is said that the settlers stepped ashore along the James River and in accordance with the proprietor's instruction that wad the first official celebrated thanksgiving. While at Plymouth the Pilgrims were killing off all the bird and basically causing a whole lot of commotion and the Native sought to investigate and the sheer size of the Native Warriors scared the Pilgrims because they didn't have enough men to just kill of these Natives so instead they decided to invite them to their party and that ladies and gentlemen was marked as the first thanksgiving. Jamestown and Plymouth have many affinities but also many digression concerning their initial placement of their colonies, their views on society, and their overall alliance and kinship with the Native Americans.
Above Manisha Dail Period 1 & 6
Jamestown was the first English settlement founded in 1607 and was sponsored by Virginia Company. Its founding was motivated, mainly, by the possibility for financial profit. Jamestown had relatively warm climate and fertile land which allowed for large crops to prosper. The Virginia colony was settled in a strong Chiefdom territory. English relations with the Powhatan Indians were weak from the beginning. Because of entirely different cultures, beliefs, and the English’s need for dominance, the relations with the Powhatan would soon come to an end. The settlers of Jamestown were members of the Anglican faith, the official Church of England.The Pilgrims fled England in search of freedom of religious persecution and settled in Holland. After many years they realized their children were being corrupted by the Dutch lifestyle. Word of English colonization in Virginia gave the Pilgrims even more reason to leave Holland. Plymouth was cold and had thin, rocky soil making it impossible to farm which made the settlers rely on Lumbering, fishing, trade, and boat making. Prior to the Pilgrims colonizing Plymouth, diseases wiped out a majority of the native population. The few who survived befriended and assisted the Pilgrims. Peace between the two ended in 1636 when Massachusetts Bay Puritans declared war on the Pequot Tribe and Plymouth was brought into the conflict. Disagreeing with the Official Church of England, the Pilgrims established the Puritan, or Congregational Church. Both Jamestown and Plymouth provided good defensive position. Both were also plagued by disease, hunger, environmental hazards, and sooner or later had “disagreements” with the natives.
Nick Palmares
Per.1,4
The settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth serve two different purposes for a variety of reasons in American History. they both were established by different groups with different motives and opinions to the Natives. The French, the Spanish, and the English traveled to the New Found North America in the 1600's. Jamestown was founded in 1607 by the English from the promise of Gold to Expand the English's land. Jamestown had been facing economic problems in the past and the local people Indians and those who came afterwards, Europeans did not share a very good agreement between themselves. By the time Europeans reached Jamestown, they found out that Indians were already there and the land was well cultivated and everything was smooth but they had one issue with the Indians. They asserted that this civilization is extremely disorganized and careless and so the Europeans should take over. they even tried to take over but because they didn’t know how to cultivate land, they faced problems with that and therefore had to seek help from the Indians. On the other hand, the Indians of Plymouth faced extreme cruelity from the Pilgrims who landed to their place,In Jamestown, there was no killing whatsoever since the Indians were so generous and even though Europeans hated them, These people loved to kill Indians for the sake of land, money or just about anything. They even had religious issues with the local Indians which caused even more problems between both the communities. Basically both these regions, Plymouth and Jamestown had their locals as Indians. The differences, however, were those of the people who later on came to the region. In Jamestown, it was Europeans and in Plymouth it was Pilgrims. In Jamestown the conflicts were on the economical issue while in Plymouth, it were on economy and religion as well. Jamestown had an unsteady relationship with the Natives but Plymouth did favor them what so ever.
In the early 17th century took the initiative to colonize the New World. There were disparate qualities between the colonies as seen with comparison of Jamestown and Plymouth, despite the glaring differences these two colonies also had common qualities. Jamestown and Plymouth are fundamentally different when it came to the purpose of the colony but both these colonies had a crude form of self-governing. The colony of Jamestown was birthed by English investors with sole purpose of reaping in profits from gold, while the Plymouth colony was founded by religious dissenters, also known as separatist, as haven from the tyrannical Church of England. These motives for colonization inadvertently shaped both colonies cultures and lifestyle. The profit based Jamestown in its early years was filled with gold hungry colonist looing to make the colony a financial success. Since most investors during this era invested for the short this created a hysteria for colonist because if they failed to reach solvency the Virginia Company disband the colony and leave on its own to fend for itself. The Puritanical Plymouth colony was a reaction to the debauched Church of England and colonist restricted the Church membership to the elect only as a way to preserve the sanctity of the Church. The Plymouth colony was more restrictive and intolerant to other religions because they believed that their colony was a holy experiment. The religious intolerance of the separatist mirrors that of what happened to them in England. They learned their tactics of religious preservation from the people who greatly disfavored them. Both of these colonies had crude forms of self-rule. The colony of James town had the House of Burgesses which was an assembly of elected representatives that met to discuss local issues. The Plymouth colonist landed off course from their original plan thus voiding their charter. The voiding of the charter led the colonist to compose the Mayflower Compact which established a crude form of government. The distance between the colonies and England made it vital to have local government but this vital need for local government will eventually spawn a nation. Both of these colonies played key roles in our history but in very different ways.
Tristan Mauricio
Period 1 and 6
There were many reasons as to why Plymouth and Jamestown and their livelihoods were very different from each other. Each colony was founded by different groups of people, one for the promise of gold and other riches and guaranteed English Rights to the settlers while the other group were religious dissenters who wished to separate from the Anglican Church of England. Both of the colonies experienced harsh winters, frequent deaths, and unsuccessful harvests at first and both needed the generous support of the local Native Americans to survive and without the help all of them in both colonies would have died. But the Puritans did not stay in the dark as long as Jamestown did soon after half of the colonists died they experienced their first successful harvest and were so happy they called for celebration which led to the first Thanksgiving with the local Wampanoag tribe. The Jamestown Colony was more successful in the long run because they were supported by the Virginia Company who provided a lot of supplies and new settlers so they could keep their source of wealth alive meanwhile the Plymouth colony was privately owned by a group of rich Puritans that had come over from Netherlands and were originally English. Also, the Jamestown Colony were kept alive for the first few years by the Native American tribes that surrounded them who formed an alliance with them while the Puritans had no tolerance for the Native Americans whatsoever.
Brianna Brinzo
The Jamestown and Plymouth colonies can be compared and contrasted in innumerable ways. Countless aspects of these two colonies prove them to be DISSIMILAR, firstly with the way they came to be. The Virginia Company of London created the colony of Jamestown in an attempt to discover the values of the New World, taking after the Spanish, who greatly profited from their discoveries while exploring the Americas. Plymouth Colony was established in the name of religious freedom when the Separatists came to feel oppressed by the religious majority of England. The Separatists fled to Holland, but due to a strong and growing influence that the Dutch were having on the Separatists’ culture, they decided to flee once again, this time to the Americas (land of the free!). Both colonies reached the Americas with just over one hundred colonists. The interactions that Jamestown and Plymouth had with Native Americans parallel, thus proving them SIMILAR in particular ways as well. Jamestown colony, led by John Smith, had an apprehensive relationship with the Powhatans, the Native tribe from which Pocahontas originated. The Jamestown colonist and the Powhatans originally kept a sort of understanding in which the communities did not bother each other, but later on, the groups clashed in a set of ugly wars. Plymouth colony also maintained an unstable relationship with the Wampanoag, the Native tribe of the area, first sharing a rather uncomfortable First Thanksgiving, but warring with them later on. The similarities of the colonies don’t stop there: both societies pioneered and developed lifestyles that vastly impacted future generations and an extremely significant portion of American history.
Sonia Mendonca
Periods 1&4
The first two colonies of the New World, Jamestown and Plymouth, were organized for different reasons. Established by the Virginia Company on May 24th, 1607, three ships of about a hundred English men arrived in a land they called Jamestown. The beginning of James town was a horror for these unskilled colonists who could not provide for themselves. Rather than gathering provisions most of these colonists would search for nonexistent gold, letting their people die by the dozens from diseases, malnutrition, and starvation. Virginia thought they had been saved by the leadership of Captain John Smith in 1608, but after colonists were continuing to die, forced to eat “dogges, Catts, Ratts, and Myce” and even dead corpses for food. When the winter of 1609-1610 came, only sixty percent survived the “starving time.” On the other hand, in the year 1620 a group of a hundred and two Separatists all crowded on the Mayflower. After sixty-five days at sea, the Pilgrims made their initial landing at Plymouth Bay, but before had signed the Mayflower Compact. The first winter of 1620-1621 had caused forty-four out of a hundred and two to survive but the next autumn of 1621 had brought plenty of harvest leading to the first Thanksgiving Day in New England. One of the Pilgrims fortunate leaders was, William Bradford, who had thought these Puritan settlers would exploit his “godly experiment in the wilderness.” However both colonies had given significant meaning to the world today.
Kyle McCormick
prd 1/6
Both Plymouth and Jamestown provided huge quantities of land. Jamestown however had ideal defensive positioning and a warm climate. Plymouth although they had vast anchorage also had the harbor to sail in and out of. The climate in Plymouth was cold with rocky soil and little farm land, making most of the settlers turn to logging, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade. On the other hand Jamestown had ideal warm climates with rich soil perfect for farming; the settlers in Jamestown built large plantations that prospered greatly. Jamestown was founded in 1607 by Sir John Ratcliffe along with 105 men came to shore 5 miles from the river mouth at Chesapeake Bay, Many of these men were born into wealthy families and were not accustom to physical labor. Plymouth founded by the protrusion Sir Edwin Sandys in 1620. The religious principles of Plymouth and Jamestown differed greatly; Plymouth was colonized by separatists who wished to separate themselves for the English crown and church of England. On the contrary James town was a commercial endeavor organized to profit English investors ; members of the Jamestown colony along with the members of the Virginia Company were members of the Anglican (Church of England). The leaders of the two colonies also had opposing views. John smith leader of early Jamestown lead with a practical approach but this eventually led him to impose discipline upon colonists which if left to their natural impulses would have led to their self-destruction. William Bradford along with Brewster resolved the disagreement by composing the Mayflower Compact. These difficult negotiations were the first of many Bradford undertook to maintain peace with the Indians and mediate differences in the colony. In April 1621 Bradford was elected Governor of the Plymouth colony when John Carver died.
Brandon Hilleary
Periods 1 & 4
In 1607 and 1620, two English settlements were established in New England and Virginia; Plymouth and Jamestown. Although they were established by settlers of the same nationality, there were many important differences that set them apart. First, they were chartered for different reasons. Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company, after receiving a charter from King James I of England for a settlement in the new world. The sole purpose of this settlement was to reap a profit, and to secure British interests in the new world. Many of the settlers were young men who were either farmers driven away from enclosure or disinherited sons escaping primogeniture laws. Plymouth on the other hand, was established by a group of Separatists known as the Puritans, who fled from the old world so they could live a “purified” version of Protestantism, and to secure it for their future generations. Second, Jamestown and Plymouth began a communal sense of property that nearly ruined each until privatization was allowed. In Jamestown, the problem was that most of the men were indentured servants who had no financial reward for their labor, thus destroying the work ethic. In Plymouth, a similar policy was adopted where accumulated wealth was common wealth, also destroying the work ethic. But when Sir Thomas Dale became the high marshal of the Virginia colony in 1611, he immediately identified the problem and established private property rights. The colony quickly began to prosper as settlers no longer exploited their fellow workers by free riding, and more work incentives were established. Similarly in Plymouth, William Bradford incorporated private plots of land for individuals, and people felt the need to work longer and harder in order to benefit from their labor. Thus, the colonies created a system based on private ownership that not only saved them, but created a truly American form of government. Third, each settlement experienced largely different relations with the nearest Native Americans. Plymouth had relatively good relations with the Natives, while Jamestown had hostile relations with them. Because farmers in Plymouth planted crops like corn and squash, the soil didn't wear out like tobacco in Virginia, thus there was no need for rapid land expansion into Native American territory. Also, the Pilgrims were somewhat weak militarily, and did not want to inflame relations with the Natives. They even enjoyed friendly relations with them, like the First Thanksgiving in 1621. But Jamestown, being a militarily strong and land-hungry settlement, often expanded into Native territory, causing conflicts like the two Anglo-Powhatan wars. The aggressive and battle-hardened Lord De La Warr didn’t help matters when he established a brutal military regime that showed cruelty towards the Natives. This greed for land originated from the cultivation of tobacco, because farmers sought maximum profit and tobacco destroyed the soil. Thus, through purpose of establishment, property rights, and Native American relations, the two colonies had important and distinct differences.
The settlements of Plymouth, New England and Jamestown, Virginia were established by the English, however the two colonies differed from each other in their establishment, their respective settler's cultures, and their relationships with the Native Americans; it's important to note there are similarities to be made as well. Jamestown was the first English settlement in North America, in which said colony reached a level of reasonable success on behalf of the English, becoming the first permanent colony in the heart of New England; the Plymouth settlement was founded in 1620 (the exact location where the Plymouth people landed is still unsure), and was one of the earliest successful colonies founded in North America, however unlike Jamestown, Plymouth was founded by people who had escaped to Holland to practice their religion (often called Pilgrims), then later during the late 1610s, these 'Pilgrims' found a way to practice Puritanism without any outside influence: moving to North America. Unlike the Jamestown settlers, the settlers who came to the New World on the Mayflower had much better relations with the Native Americans than the first settlers, who had tumultuous relationships with the Indians unlike the Mayflower pilgrims. Had it not been for John Smith and Pocahontas, the settlers wouldn’t have made through the Indians and the issues that they overcame. The Jamestown colony was, however, the more successful settlement out of the two colonies, as they were supported by the Virginia Company, while the settlers of Plymouth made the trip to the New World supported by a group of rich Puritans.Jamestown was founded by the Virginia company as an attempt to expand English trade, while Plymouth was founded for religious freedom.
Steven Fraser
Period 6
The settlements of Jamestown(1607) and Plymouth(1620), which were founded along the same coast of north america developed in thier own unique ways. Each settlement was founded by different groups for thier own reasons. Jamestown was founded by the virgina company,a joint stock company. It was founded on the promise of a quick profit and was not seen as a long term prospect by it's financer's. this placed untold amounts of pressure on the colonists because they had to strike it rich quickly or be abandoned by the virgina company on the shores of a new and unfamiliar land. In 1607 the colonist's arrived and quickly chosse a easily defended position, but aslo one that was teeming with mosquitoes. Most died from starvation or diesease because they were more occupied looking for gold than finding food and finding a way to protect themselves from the mosquitoes. Though the stern leadership of John Smith, Who mandated that everyone must help gather food, was the jamestown colony saved from dieing out. even with his oustanding leadership abilites only 60 of the original 400 colonists were still alive at the end of 1609. Relations with the native americans were rocky from the beginning. in late 1607, John Smith was captured by the native's and was only saved from death though the chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas. A uneasy truce followed until the outbreak of the first Anglo-Powhatan War in 1614. Despite thier efforts the colonist's did not quickly strike it rich but when Pocahontas's husband, John Rolfe, perfected the tobacco plant the colonists soon could not keep up with the european demand for it. Jamestown soon thrived economicaly.The colony of Plymouth on the other hand was founded on solely religious reasons. After leaving England and heading to Holland in 1608 because of thier disagrements with the church of England, a group of sepertists(Puritan's) boarded a ship called the Mayflower in 1620 and made landfall at Plymouth Bay, which was the home of the Patuxet Indian Tribe who had died out from earlier encounters with european's. Like Jamestown the Plymouth colonist's suffered from malnutrition and diseases. Of the original 102 colonist's only 44 survived the first winter. However the next year the colonist's had a abundance of food and game. Although relationships with the native americans were better in Plymouth than Jamestown, they were still full of tension. Pkymouth was economicaly stable though fishing, fur, and lumber but they were never as big and important like the tobacco market of Jamestown.
Steven Fraser
While the two famous colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth were both established along the coastline of the New World, these two settlements retained very distinct identities. Colonists arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in the spring of 1607 as part of a business venture for the Virginia Company, a joint-stock company. The settlement’s primary goal was to produce revenue, so upon their arrival, the colonists foolishly focused all of their efforts into digging up the earth in search of gold, completely ignoring their obvious need for sustainable agriculture. Through the firm handed leadership of John Smith, the colony was able to stay alive with 60 of the original 400 surviving the first two years. Jamestown’s saving grace was the discovery of tobacco cultivation which led to extremely lucrative trade with Europe; the colonists had finally struck gold. The definitive event in European-Native American relations came in late 1607 when Smith was saved from death at the hands of the Powhatans by the chief’s daughter, Pocahontas. Although not romantic as modern interpretations would suggest, this gesture led to a tentative truce between the two groups. However, peace was soon broken with the First Anglo-Powhatan War in 1614. In contrast to Jamestown’s founding as an economic venture, Plymouth, Massachusetts was founded in 1620 by a group of Separatists seeking a place to practice their religion without being persecuted by the British crown. As seen in the early years of Jamestown, only 44 of the original 102 Pilgrims survived the first winter due to disease and lack of food. Those with strong enough constitutions to cope with these harsh conditions celebrated the First Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621; historical analysis of this event illustrates the tense relations between the settlers and the Native Americans, although for the most part they were able to coexist. Plymouth colony never produced any economic activity on the scale of the tobacco industry in Virginia, so eventually it merged with the much larger Massachusetts Bay Colony and began creating revenue through its fishing, fur, and lumber industries.
The settlement of Jamestown and the settlement of Plymouth happened in different ways and for opposite intentions.
The settlement of Jamestown happened May 14th, 1607 when 104 Englishmen and boys began their settlement on the Virginia James river. The expedition to the New world was sponsored by the Virginia Joint-stock company with the intentions of using the resources that the land offered for a profit. The settlers came a upon the Powhatan indians. The relationship between the settlers and Indians were unstable from the start. Prior to the Indian uprising in 1622, the settlers had dreams of christianizing and living peacefully with the Indians. This was not possible do to the differences in culture, philosophies, and the English desire for dominance.
The settlement of Plymouth was discovered by a group know as the “puritans”, later know as pilgrims. They puritans left for the New World for religious freedom. They departed on The Mayflower. The Mayflower dropped anchor on December 17th. After three days of surveying the site, they decided it would be a good place to settle do to the defensive position it provided. On March 16th, 1621, the first formal greeting with Native American occurred. They greeted the englishmen by proclaiming, “Welcome Englishmen!”
The settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth differ because of the reasons for the settlements. The reason for Jamestown’s settlement was for economic opportunities that the land provided. The reason for the settlement of Plymouth was for religious freedom and security that the land had to offer. The similarities of the two settlements is that the New World both offered self-assurance to the puritans and the Virginia Joint-stock company.
Annelise Rank
Periods: 1& 4
REDO:
When a group of Seperatists left the Church of England and fled to the New World for religioius freedom, the Plymouth colony was founded in Massachusetts.
Plymouth: Before settling in New England when landing there in 1619,
the Separatists created the Mayflower Compact (a compact allowing them to live in a civil society according to their own laws). Although these settlers demanded the right to live in a civil society, they didn't have a clue how to survive on their own, which lead to the "Starving Time"(1609-10). This time period wasn't all that bad for the Seperatists, they began to build a relationship with the Native Americans, who taught them how to live on their own by teaching them survival techniques such as; hunting, and how to crop and grow food.
Jamestown: Jamestown is a colony in Virginia, whose settlers were English. Not only were they English, but they were highclass Brits. The purpose behind the colony of Jamestown, was to find gold for money. According to Answers.com, the Virginia company was an English trading company chartered by James I in 1606 to colonize the eastern coast of North America, whose shareholders were residents of London. Approximately 105 colonists in three ships reached Virginia in 1607 and founded Jamestown. The company expanded its territory with new charters, and authorized a two-house legislature; including a House of Burgesses. The colony survived many hardships, but the company was divided by internecine disputes and was dissolved in 1624, whereupon Virginia became a royal colony, Plymouth Company. Although the settlers in Plymouth were on great terms with the Native Americans, the settlers in Jamestown were not. Their relationship with the Native Americans wasn't good. They wanted to Christianize and Europeanize them. Their goal was to basically make the North Americans just like them.
Both Plymouth and Jamestown were colonies whose settlers were of English decent, but their morals and beliefs divided the two. Although Plymouth's settlers and Jamestown's settlers were very different, they helped shape the place we call home, America.
The first English colonies to be planted in the Americas in the 1600 were Plymouth and Jamestown, but for many different reasons. Plymouth was established by a group of religious dissenters called Puritan Separatists, who wanted nothing to do with the Church of England and wanted make their own “pure” church. However, many citizens in England were harsh to them, and in an effort to escape further persecution, they left to Holland, and then came to settle in the Americas under the Virginia Company’s approval. When arriving, the people experienced a harsh winter in 1620-1621, until none were left in the spring to come when more arrived in the Mayflower. But after this event the people of Plymouth were able to find abundant harvest, which led to the awkward encounter of Thanksgiving Day, where the settlers threw a loud party and forcibly sharing it with some 90 Native American warriors. There were never any major conflicts between tribe and town, Plymouth was soon efficiently built on an economy of fishing, lumber, and trade; yet the Plymouth colony never grew in great size and would be miniscule compared to Jamestown and later colonies. The Puritan settlers were the first English settlers to also maintain their society under their own written documents of agreements, a precursor to documents like the Constitution. The settlers of Jamestown were established by the joint-stock company called the Virginia Company in England to settle in the Americas; mainly convincing others to come by stating there would be gold in the land. The first arrivals to their new land were all man, resulting in the issue of growth in the colony; while not creating homes and means of providing for themselves since too many were searching for gold rather than food resources. This catastrophe almost was confirmed as disease and hunger began to spread until the man John Smith forced them into work and prevented the entirety of the colony from caving in. Jamestown’s people came for economic gain and to expand and grow, but one of the main obstacles was the Powhaton tribesman, who at one time taught them how to hunt and cultivate crops. This mutual friendship would not last, as constant raiding by colonists of the tribes caused a war, destroying the Powhatons. Both these colonies were important components to the colonization of America and laid the foundations for the arrival of more colonies and of what our nation would be as a whole.
Jamestown was founded in 1607 by a group of 104 settlers, located in Virginia. Plymouth was located in Massachusetts founded by a group of 102 settlers thirteen years after Jamestown was founded. The very first English settlement that was permanent in the New World was Jamestown. With those two colonies Plymouth and Jamestown an English settlement in North America began. The settlers in Plymouth were separatists who fled there for religious freedom where they created the Mayflower compact so they could establish a self-governing agreement of their own. Where as the settlers in Jamestown were economic motives that led them to settling in Virginia. The Pilgrims, settlers in Plymouth were from the Church of England and they also established the Puritan Church. The settlers at Jamestown were members of the official Church of England.
Jamestown vs Plymouth
The English wanted to depart from their hometown in England in the 1600s, and came upon an agreement with the king that they would explore the world. There were a few times where they weren’t very successful, and two managed to last a long time. These two were Jamestown and Plymouth and they survived for a while because of their social; economic; and political control. The people worked very hard to achieve this, and in two different places it was in two different ways.
Jamestown and Plymouth were two of the first landmarks made by the English. Jamestown, founded in 1607, was led by a group of 104 men. Plymouth, was founded in 1620 and was led by a group of 102 settlers. While Plymouth was found in the colder areas of America in Massachusetts, Jamestown was found in a more plentiful region of Virginia where there was a lot of food, water as well as crops. Jamestown was founded by the Virginia company as an attempt to expand English trade, while Plymouth was founded for religious freedom. Compared to Jamestown, Plymouth got along with the Native Americans and hosted the First Thanksgiving with them. Jamestown had a bit of issues with the Indians so they had to call in a man named John Smith to settle things. He met an Indian princess named Pocahontas who later saved John Smith’s life. I believe one of the main reasons Plymouth joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony is because of how many diseases came and left through Plymouth. I believe the main reason Jamestown survived was because, had it not been for John Smith and Pocahontas, the settlers wouldn’t have made through the Indians and the issues that they overcame
The colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth were both established along the eastern coastline but had very different reasons for coming to the New World. The Plymouth colony was started in Massachusetts when a group of Separatists left the Church of England and fled to the New World for religious freedom. They landed in New England in 1619 on the Mayflower. They dropped anchor at Plymouth Bay, originally the home of the Patuxet Indian Tribe but the tribe had all died from diseases brought by Europeans. They encountered many hardships and only 44 of the original 102 who landed there survived the first winter due to disease and lack of food. Even though they managed to coexist with the Native Americans there were tense relations. If not for the Native Americans help in understanding how to live off the land the Pilgrims would have lost even more lives. Those who lived through the bitter cold and harsh conditions celebrated the First Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621. When the Puritan orthodoxy was challenged by outspoken members of the colony like Anne Hutchinson who was charged with heresy and banned, some of their followers ended up forming their own groups elsewhere. The Plymouth colony never produced any economic activity on the scale of the tobacco industry in Virginia, so eventually it merged with the much larger Massachusetts Bay Colony and began creating revenue through its fishing, fur, and lumber industries. Jamestown was an English colony in Virginia founded in 1607. King James I granted the mission and it was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London. Jamestown’s purpose in the Americas was for economic reasons and the hope of finding gold. They struggled due to inexperience, the unwillingness to work hard and their lack of survival skills. They spent a great deal of time digging for gold instead of planting the food they would need to survive. When John Smith took over in 1608, he saved the colony by showing them how to work hard, plant the food they needed and 60 of the original 400 survived the first two years. Jamestown was virtually saved with tobacco cultivation which led to extremely lucrative trade with Europe; the colonists had found gold in tobacco trade. In late 1607 John Smith was saved from death at the hands of the Powhatans by the chief’s daughter, Pocahontas. It was not the exciting, romantic version we’ve read about but European-Native American relations were tentatively reestablished which led to a truce between the two groups.
Bailey Fitzpatrick
3&4
In the 1600s, three European countries migrated to the new world now known as North America. These three countries were the Spanish, the French and the English. The English founded the Jamestown colony in 1607. The motivation for starting the colony was the promise of gold and the idea of making a path to Asia. The Jamestown colonists had trouble with the new climate as well as diseases. Many of them died from either disease or starvation. Since most of the Jamestown colonists were upper- class, they did not have a lot of farming skills or good work ethic. The Plymouth colony was founded by the Virginia stock company after King James I of England requested it. The purpose of the Plymouth colony was for English separatists to find religious freedom. Most of them were families who did not believe that their religious freedom was being fulfilled in England. They struggled at first because of the fighting with the Powhatan tribe. They eventually made peace and started a trade agreement. They had a decent relationship with the Wompanoag indians. Their relationship would eventually be tainted though because of the Plymouth colonists killing all of the Wompanoags' game. The Wompanoags' only killed what they needed, but the Plymouth men just killed as much as they could.
Jamestown and Plymouth were founded for very different reasons and had very different purposes for being there. Jamestown was the first colony to be founded in the new land and should be known by every American as common sense. There have been a couple reasons people thought Jamestown was founded for; one of which is that they figured finding a new town in North America was more important for king James, while others thought it was just a place for freedom of religion which is what most people today believe because that’s what the books say. Since it was the first founded town and because King James really just wanted to get a town in North America it wasn’t as religious as people were hoping for. Realizing that Jamestown wasn’t as religious as people thought they mainly just stayed there for the adventure and new lifestyle. From Jamestown we get the two famous people Pocahontas and John smith. The story behind them is that they were lovers and wanted to be together, but the truth is that even though they were real people they were not lovers they were just two people. From the Plymouth settlement we get the story of thanksgiving, which turned out to be more of a legend than people thing.
With the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, England gained its right to colonize the new world. The colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth are both beacons of English colonial dominance but these colonies are fundamentally different. The colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth, despite sharing English roots, deviate in how they were founded; and how they were governed. For these proximate factors is what differentiates Jamestown from Plymouth. The colony of Jamestown was founded by a joint stock company looking to profit of the vast resources. The existence of Jamestown was dependent on it being profitable or else the joint stock company would leave Jamestown to fend for itself. This constant fear of abandonment will create an unhealthy culture in Jamestown that will promote profit seeking at any cost. Instead of looking for food for the winter the people of Jamestown searched for gold and this led to many deaths that winter. Unlike the Jamestown the Plymouth colony was founded as haven for the religiously persecuted Puritans. These Puritans had very strong religious convictions which led them to see their colony as a holy experiment and viewed anybody with different views as dissenters. Both these colonies have a sense of peril in their actions. Jamestown is desperately trying to stay profitable in order to avoid being cut off by their joint stock company. While the Puritans are paranoid about religious diversity because they were victims of religious persecution in England and this led to them embracing intolerance towards other religions as a way to protect their own religious sovereignty. If they can keep their colony homogenous in terms of religion this eliminates any chance of their religion being contested and infringed upon by others which happened to them in the old world. The colony of Jamestown was not democracy and for period of time was under the tyrant Lord De La Warr. Jamestown was governed by the brutal Lord De La Warr, who punished anybody who stood against him. This form of despotism is consequence of Jamestown’s unhealthy profit driven culture because the joint stock company saw it fit to install a dictator as long as it keep the profit margins up disregarding the rights of their people. This despotism allowed for several Anglo-Indian wars to sprout because governments controlled by tyrants are more prone to warfare because there are no dissenting opinions that allow for dialogue that might otherwise prevent war. The Plymouth colony was a democracy as shown by the signing of the Mayflower compact. The Plymouth colony was a laboratory for liberty because many of practices the Puritan government had would be adopted in the constitution. The colony of Jamestown was governed with an iron fist and fell victim to transatlantic despotism, while the seeds of American democracy were being planted in Plymouth. Despite sharing English roots these two colonies have very different histories and government practices.
Post a Comment