Disscussion_of_Colony's

Discussion of colony’s With the Chesapeake and New England colonies beginning in England and everything being different from these two colonies it was very challenging. The colony of Virginia started off with basically a bunch of single men in search for an adventure. The Massachusetts people were puritans that were after religious freedom and a good place to have their kids. In 1607 the colony of Jamestown was settled, they had one thing in mind and that was to search for gold and other eye catching items to be sent back to England. Their search went ok till they hit rock bottom, then the settlers turned to farming to grow crops to survive on and to see or trade. A major crop was discovered called tobacco, which the settlers found out this crop would grow with out any problems. Soon the colony had an economy based on farming. When the colony of Massachusetts arrived in America, they came for one reason that was for religious reasons. Before they departed for America, the colony left England and made home in Holland where they could worship as they pleased. But after a little of ten years there, it was time to move on and come on to America. Over the next couple of years, these regions had many problems. Virginia had large amount of settlers arrive to the colony as indentured servants which would work for so many years to pay for their up keep. With the servants arriving, it caused some social problems. The social classes were soon developed into three groups that consisted of the planters on top, poor farmers middle and servants on the bottom. The northern climate was much cooler and not suited for large plantations, like the ones in the south. The colonists of Massachusetts stayed together, so that they could have sustenance farms. By having small communities, everyone kept an eye on each other so that no one would fall into sin. The northern colonies had to attend church no matter what; leadership was provided by all church members. Jamestown was settled on low defensible ground, so by the end of the first year only a third of the people remained alive. The cause of death of the people was a fever from an insect and dirty drinking water. Although new settlers arrived to the colony, they did not pack enough food and other important supplies to get threw hard times. Another big problem was that there were not enough women for men to build and start new families and reproduce. From this problem many of the men didn’t even marry, Virginia finally began to sustain itself in the late 1680’s. The Virginia colony got into the agricultural center by growing rice, tobacco and other cash crops. Since the colonists were not used to hard labor, and the larger farms needed a lot of people to run it. The slave trade became a large business in the south. If the crops failed the economy would go into a slump. In the north, along the rivers and harbors cities grew where they stored items till they were sent back to England. Because of a larger middle in Massachusetts there was a larger cash flow and therefore no need to flaunt wealth. There were many differences between these two colonies, but both survived in the American wilderness. The colonies stuck together to get through the worst times that they faced. Later on in years wars started to come about and it almost tore the strong country apart in the end.