Chesapeake Bay Versus Massachusetts Bay Jamestown (1607) Versus Plymouth (1620)/ Mass. Bay (1630)

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Chesapeake Bay Versus Massachusetts Bay Jamestown (1607) Versus Plymouth (1620)/ Mass. Bay (1630)

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Chesapeake Bay Versus

Massachusetts Bay

Jamestown (1607)Versus

Plymouth (1620)/ Mass. Bay (1630)

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Purpose

Jamestown (1607)• To find gold• To attract settlers• To make MONEY

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• Religious Freedom (for themselves)

• “City upon the Hill”/Model Christian Society

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Religion

Jamestown (1607)• Anglican• 1690s Church of England

took stronger root• Never really essential

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• Key aspect to all life• Strict moral code• No separation of Church

and State/ Theocracy• No toleration (Roger

Williams/ Anne Hutchinson)

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Land Distribution/Communinty

Jamestown (1607)• Uneven land distribution• Plantations vs. Backwoods

farmers• Community held together

by force and necessity

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• Land and villages planned and shared

• Small towns• Community based on

cooperation

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Family

Jamestown (1607)• Predominantly males

looking for gold/wealth• Indentured Servants and

women brought in• Later slaves “20 and odd”

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• Brought in as families• Many different tradesman• Strong sense of community

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Government

Jamestown (1607)• Secular• Virginia House of Burgesses

(1619)• Royal Governor (paid by

HOB)

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• Theocracy• Mayflower Compact (1620)• Governor and Legislature

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ECONOMY

Jamestown (1607)• Tobacco• Headright System

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• Small farms and tradesman• Later fishing and shipping

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HISTORY/LEGENDS

Jamestown (1607)• John Smith & Pocahontas?

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• 1st Thanksgiving (1621)• Salem Witch Trials (1693)

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NATIVE AMERICANS

Jamestown (1607)• Pohattan Confederacy

(Algonquian)• Pocahontas (Married John

Rolfe 1614=peace)

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• Wampanoag (Narragansett)• Massosoit• Squanto• Metacon (King Phillip)

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CONFLICTS

Jamestown (1607)• Indian Uprising 1622• Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630)

• Pequot War (1634-1638) MYSTIC

• King Philips War (1675-1676)