Jamestown Compare And Contrast

Comparing and contrasting Jamestown and New England.

Ever notice how different things are throughout history? Some include the U.S.As differences of opinion from England which lead to the American Revolution. Jamestown and the New England colonist are also a set of difference as to why they came to America, how they interacted with the natives, and where they landed and how it affected how they lived.Although there are some similarities, there were more differences than similarities because the area was different where each of them landed. Just one question, why would people keep coming to a land where almost everyone dies?

Why people came: The men involved in creating Jamestown were very uninterested in stopping to create a life, they just wanted to make profit off the land. According to history.com "The Virginia Company planned to search for gold and silver deposits in the New World,as well as a river route to the

In the New England towns along the coast, the colonists made their living fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding." They were able to fish, hunt, and farm which makes for a much better diets and in fishing case a good source of profit. Which helped keep the colonist going.

Conclusion: The Jamestown and New England colonist have many differences in the way the were Founded and in the way they worked. Could you imagine what would have happened if Jamestown had been successful, or if the New England colonist never tried to leave England to purify the way of the Church of England? We wouldn't be the American nation we are today. Jamestown and New England may have had some similarities but their differences were more prominent then anything