Compare And Contrast Plymouth And Jamestown

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During the 1600's there use to be two very important settlements, the North, also known as the Puritans which is a type of religion in the North, and the South, also known as Jamestown which is located in Virginia. There were many differences between these two settlements like their economy, religion, climate, trade, and the way people live their lives. With the North their climate involved longer winters, mild and short summers. “The cold weather caused less disease compared to the warmer regions.” As of the South, their climate was the complete opposite. They had short, and warmer winters, as well as longer and hotter summers but the South had more disease occurrences. “The east coast of North America is cooler than the regions congruent to it in the “Old World”, with climate in the United States being roughly equivalent to climates 40-60 degrees latitude in Europe.” …show more content…

Roger Williams who was an English Protestant theologian who is an early proponent of the separation of church and state and religious freedom. Also, Thomas Hooker who use to be a prominent Puritan colonial leader and who also founded the colony of Connecticut after dissenting with some of the Puritan leaders in the state of Massachusetts. Some of the important people of Jamestown were John Smith who was an English soldier, explorer, and author. Lastly, John Rolfe, who was credited for the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia and also is known as the husband of