In England, many of the English settlers decided to move west in search of their own colony. Two men; William Penn and John Smith traveled into two colonies called Pennsylvania and Virginia. Since they both settled into their own colony, they each contained their own, separate issues. Religion was a major part of every colony but differed greatly in these two colonies. Virginia, the first colony established, followed the religious ways of England, meaning that the colonists all worshipped the same way. However, Pennsylvania was a colony in which people could worship anything they desired due to religious freedom. When farming came along each season Virginia struggled because of their lack of knowledge and Pennsylvania had no trouble with planting …show more content…
The colony of Virginia settled by John Smith based their way of religion like the English. The English way of thinking is to have everyone in the colony believe in one God. That was the only way people could worship and pray. Cause of this they were against many things, for example, the Natives was a major problem for them. The colonists in Virginia did not like the Natives and would use them to survive. Although many liked that way of thinking not all agreed to it. In fact, if the people in Virginia did not follow the way the people worshiped they would be punished. Unlike in Pennsylvania, where people able to have religious freedom. Meaning that the people who settled in the colony could believe in any God. Anybody that did not want to follow a strict way of religion would settle in Pennsylvania where they believed in fairness. The leader of the colony, William Penn, was a man that wanted people to live peacefully without war. Since they were more humble than in Virginia the Quakers were much nicer to the Natives. There was no point in which the Quakers and the Natives were in a fight. They each wanted to live peacefully with one …show more content…
In Virginia, they started off in Jamestown, where people did not know anything about farming. Since little people knew how to plant they started to die from starvation. Many of the colonists lead to eating things like snakes, rats, and even their own boots. At this point the only thing they could think of the way to use the Natives. They forced the Natives to grow crops for them so they could once again stabilize. The Jamestown settlers were lucky in the sense that they did not have trouble with having infertile land. Growing crops on the land was not difficult and was not a problem like in other colonies. Despite, Virgina having the Natives farming for them Pennsylvania had good land as well as being prepared and being able to farm. Pennsylvania had no trouble for farming due to the fact that they were friendly to the Natives so they did not force them to plant for them. Instead, the Natives would willingly help them and the colonist was not lazy and could plant for themselves. Pennsylvania succeeded in the aspect of being able to support themselves and were able to feed their
In the late 17th and most of the 18th century, the colonies of Pennsylvania and New England were founded. Pennsylvania was the last English colony to be established. Founded in 1681 by William Penn who was in search for a haven in the New World for the Quakers, who were members of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement that was devoted to peaceful principles. These principles of Quakers' belief have a direct correlation to Christ's working in the soul. Due to the unpopularity of the religion Quakers were persecuted in England.
Penn wanted Pennsylvania to be a desired land for people to come to, which led to his relaxed rules. Religion was a free choice in Pennsylvania. This was important because in other colonies like Massachusetts people of different religions had
As England’s demand for tobacco grew, Rolfe’s cash crop became the savior of many colonies. Similar to Jamestown, due to rough weather a number of colonies were not able to produce much of any agriculture, causing the lack of income and food. John Rolfe’s tobacco plant that originated in Virginia helped many of the other thirteen colonies in ways similar to Jamestown. With the spread of Rolfe’s significant economic force brought indentured servants, slaves, plantations, and high roles in colonial governments, but also brought conflict to the New World. The plant that all started with John Rolfe ultimately influenced the dawn of this nation because of the major influence tobacco had on the French and Indian War.
The earliest English colonies of the 17th century held strong religious beliefs. The different religions the colonists had, influenced and determined certain rule within a colony. Some colonies believed that religious and state rule should be combined while other colonies believed it needed to be separated. Many early english colonists believed it important to abide by religious rule and cast others out that decided to rebel against the religious norm. All of these things contributed to the way religion affected the rule in the early english colonies of the 17th century.
Religion played that of a great role in the colonial regions. This is so, as colonies, mostly in New England, the colonial settlers were actually driven by religious intolerance in England. As stated in “Puritan New England: Kahn Academy”, “During the 1620s and 1630s, the conflict escalated to the point where the state church prohibited Puritan ministers from preaching. In the Church’s view, Puritans represented a national security threat because their demands for cultural, social, and religious reforms undermined the king’s authority. Unwilling to conform to the Church of England, many Puritans found refuge in the New World.”
One Man’s Vision Against a World’s View During the 1600’s the world changed drastically due to the widely held belief that expanding empires would lead to great fortune and world domination. William Penn, an Englishman who was inspired to build a community tailored to his Quaker beliefs (that of the “friendly neighbor), wrote an invitation to his English compatriots regarding the land he saw and his ideas of that land. In “Letters to the Free Society of Traders” (1683) Penn wrote of the land, the plants, and the people favorably.
In the beginning Jamestown,Virginia was a place settlers came to but ended up starving,the situation became so extreme the Virginia Company described it as: “one hungry man killed...and ate his wife (Shi and Tindall).” However, when it was reinvented Virginia changed to flourished new colony, where tobacco was discovered and was used in sales. The Virginia company decided that they would sell land to those who had money and would sell more to those who brought servants. So Jamestown was transformed into a tobacco growing region where people started to own their business and grow to be wealthy planters.
The New Englanders took religion seriously, making unitary laws according to Puritan standards. John Winthrop, later chosen as the first Massachusetts Bay Colony governor, was seeking religious freedom. Wishing to inspire the colonists to dwell in brotherly unity, he summoned them together to remind them “that if we [colonists] shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.” On the other hand, those in the Chesapeake region came for the wealth that America promised. They were there to become prosperous or die trying.
The New England colonies were first founded in the last 16th to 17th century as a sanctuary for differing religious groups. New England was made up of the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. New Hampshire, however, was formed for economic reasons instead of religious ones. The Chesapeake region, which is made up of the colonies of Maryland and Virginia, was founded by the British colonies for the purpose of farming. However, by the 1700’s, despite both being settled by Englishmen, New England and the Chesapeake region had developed differently.
Edmund S. Morgan believes the Virginia colony was a disaster due to the lazy and stubborn minded English settlers. Morgan does not view Virginia as a successful colony. The English had an interesting relationship with the Indians during their century-long settlement battle. When first arriving the English had announced their guardianship toward the Indians. Their civilized relationship allowed the English to buy corn from the Indians.
The colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia were a start of the new world for England. These were founded by similar people but, with their strikingly differences, grew into separate political, economic and social structures. Both settlements arose from over-crowdedness in England: people wanted a better life. Virginia was settled by men who were single and looking for opportunities and wealth. They were part of the Anglican religion.
The three main colonies that we hear about are Virginia, Plymouth, and Massachusetts. These three colonies basically define all the others, as each group and its main founder either went for a personal financial gain or to escape religious persecution. Virginia was originally settled by Captain John Smith and grew into a successful trade colony through tobacco. Plymouth was originally founded by the Separatists and was lead by William Bradford. Eventually the dwindling Plymouth joined with Massachusetts which was originally Puritan based.
The primary goal of Jamestown was to make the colonists who journeyed there wealthy. They were looking for Gold and Silver. Religion wasn’t a main focus of this colony. The Colony was only Anglican because it was controlled by Britain. From the beginning, the main focus of the New England colonies was religion.
In the book “American past and present” written by Robert A. Divine et al. its said “Simply because a person happened to live in a certain com- munity did not mean he or she automatically belonged to the local church” (39). And also they didn’t have the freedom to have an opinion to make their colony better “The mag- istrates elected in Massachusetts did not believe they represented the voters, much less the whole populace. They ruled in the name of the electorate, but their responsibility as rulers was to God” (39). Citizens of the colony were living there with out any choice of how the rules have to be.
This was mostly because of the conflicts between the Jamestown settlers and the Indians. There was also a need to help the planters because of the