Comparing The Virginia Colony And The Massachusetts Bay Colony

This meant the Chesapeake Bay colonies could not grow cash crops. Instead, they would have family farms where they would only grow food for themselves. Their religion also helped shape the colony. The Pilgrims had left England because they believed the Anglican Church was corrupted, and it contained too many Roman Catholic beliefs. The Pilgrims were also religiously intolerant of other religions, and believed that theirs were the correct religion.

Another tiny colony arrived in Guiana, off the South American coast, also failed in 1604. As more attempts were made, people still continued to fail in establishing a permanent settlement until 1607. In 1607, the first permanent settlement were established by a group of English merchants at Jamestown, Virginia. At first, Native Americans helped this weak settlement by supplying them with food and care. However, later, unable to maintain peaceful relations with the Indian tribes, Jamestown began to grow tobacco on the Chesapeake and it prospered because of their growing tobacco trades with other European

They were part of the Anglican religion. Those in Massachusetts were puritans and looking for a place where they would be free from religious persecution. Wealthy people who could afford the boat journey and did not have to become indentured slaves went for a more settled life. In 1616 John Rolfe imported tobacco seeds to Virginia, as the plants needed long and hot humid seasons. The first people who were granted the right of possessing land authorized the people to cultivate worn out land and grow better crops, as tobacco depletes minerals and nutrients from the ground.

The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was one of the laws that led to anger, dislike, disagreement, and eventually revolution in Colonial America. Another effect was an increase in smuggling and crime in the colonies. The colonists did not want to pay the outrageous taxes so they looked for ways not to have to pay. A third effect was the colonists decided to stop buying luxury products from Great Britain and looked to local manufacturers for their products. They did this to avoid paying the high

Plimoth provided good anchorage and an excellent harbor. Cold climate and thin, rocky soil limited farm size. New Englanders turned to lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing and trade. Freedom from religious persecution motivated the Pilgrims to leave England and settle in Holland; however, they did not fit in and were losing their heritage, so they left to America. Cooperation and hard work were part of the Pilgrim's lifestyle.

Schools were founded much faster than in the southern colonies, because the Puritans "dread[ed] to leave an illiterate Ministery to the Churches" (Document E). This point of view, that education was important, is significant because it was unique to the New England colonies. The southern colonies had no need for education because all they came to the New World to do was farm and get rich. As a result, New Englanders were better educated than the other colonies. Document A explains from a Puritan point of view how much community was valued.

What people always thought is that the European exploration was a negative impact .But the truth was never told.I think that if the European exploration never happened the world would have gotten out of hands.Implus if the Europeans never did the exploration religion wouldn’t pass on.Stay tuned so you can hear some real history. First of all, the European exploration was partially made for resources.One of the resources was food.The Europeans got potatoes,corn,beans, and squash.This food is used in this time period.Those are also one of the tastiest and favorite food. Secondly, the European exploration was almost exactly made for population and religion.The Europeans were having an increasing amount of population.Also the Europeans wanted

England wanted to land in the Americas because they believed that it had the same type of climate as the Mediterranean. Rum played an important role in the American Revolution because it was the only alcohol that the settlers would have. People turned to whisky and left rum because of the importation and taxing that came with it whereas whisky could be made there. Sugar and rum became an important import because it was needed in order to produce other things such as Whisky. Whisky began to be taxed in attempt to increase the income of money.

Particularly, the English inhabitants seized Indian’s land and food, cornering the Indian citizens towards limiting possibilities; needless to say they ended up dispersing. James I made accusations toward the Virginia Company for carelessness and in 1624 James I made Virginia a royal colony. Originally, the monopoly for tobacco created an economic boom in the Chesapeake and enticed migrants, but ultimately diseases kept the overall population low and life expectancy short.

This brought a lot of success to the English economy, and since they prospered, they became lenient towards the colonists in America. This was the beginning of salutary neglect, and eventually, the colonists noticed the abandonment from the Europeans. They decided to use this neglect to their own advantages, and they started to trade with other countries other than England, ignoring the Navigation Acts. More countries wanted the sugar and rice of the southern colonies, and this meant higher demands, which lead the the growth of plantations as well as the population of African slaves in America (especially the South). Not only that, when the English tightened up their neglect right around the end of the French and Indian War the South’s economy was the least affected.