comparison of jamestown and plymouth
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Comparison of Jamestown and Plymouth. 17th century settlements. Motivations for Jamestown Colonization. Economic prosperity Single men hoped to make fortunes in Virginia and return to England Previous explorers brought home tales of vast amounts of gold and other valuable resources. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Motivations for Jamestown Colonization
• Economic prosperity• Single men hoped to make
fortunes in Virginia and return to England
• Previous explorers brought home tales of vast amounts of gold and other valuable resources.
• English wanted to prevent Spanish and French from expanding territorial claims in North America.
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Motivations for Plymouth Colonization
• Religious freedom• Puritans persecuted for
rebelling against the Church of England
• Felt Church of England had not completed the work of the Reformation and was still too close to Roman Catholicism
• English wanted to prevent Spanish and French from expanding territorial claims in North America.
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Founding of Jamestown Colony
• Founded 1607• Funded by London
Company, a private enterprise
• Charter granted by King James, but not funded
• Company recruited people with promises that gold could be found by those who made trip
• King made decisions on government of colony
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Founding of Plymouth Colony• Founded 1620• Funded by London joint-
stock company• Separatists granted land
in Virginia, but instead settled in Massachusetts after going off course
• Signed Mayflower Compact to provide self-governing guidelines since were not settling in Virginia
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Early Difficulties in Jamestown• Laziness of colonists• There were few
expectations that manual labor would be required
• Depended on Native Americans for food
• Disease and starvation killed 80% of colonists in the first year
• Failed attempts to befriend natives led to confrontations
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Early Difficulties in Plymouth
• Mayflower arrived in Plymouth on Dec. 21
• During harsh winter 54% died
• Early attempts at growing crops failed
• Taught how to grow crops by Squanto
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Factors of Jamestown Success
• Captain John Smith takes control of government
• “No work, no eat” policy• Firm leadership gives
direction during difficult early colonization
• Growing tobacco made the land of the colony valuable
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Factors of Plymouth Success• Strength of Mayflower
Compact• William Bradford and Miles
Standish provide leadership
• Pilgrims able to grow corn (taught from natives)
• Initial cooperation of native population and Pilgrims allows for the growth of the colony
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