Compare And Contrast Pennsylvania And Virginia

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

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

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