Compare And Contrast Virginia And Massachusetts Colonies

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In the early stages of North American colonization by the English, the colony of Jamestown, Virginia was founded in 1607 (Mailer Handout 1 (6)). Soon after the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1629 (Mailer Handout 2 (1)). These two colonies, although close in the time they were founded, have many differences in aspects of their lives and the way they were settled. The colonies have a different religious system, economic system, political system, and they have a different way of doing things; whether that be pertaining to making money, practicing religion, or electing governors. Along with the differences, there are also a sameness between these two colonies. Each colony has been derived from England and has been founded by companies …show more content…

Just like their religions, Massachusetts gave more power to the people and Virginia gave power to England. In the New England Handout, Mailer describes the difference further, “Unlike in Virginia where a governor is elected from a faraway company in London, and after 1624, by the Crown itself, the ‘freemen’ of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire elect their own governors.” (1) This information describes the contrast in the way a governor gets elected. In Massachusetts, the “freemen”, men who own land, get to vote for their governor, while Virginia’s governor gets appointed by the crown. Virginia’s government also consisted of the Governing Council, rich elites controlling everything, and the House of Burgesses, upper middle-class landowners. The main reason the governments of these colonies differ is the fact that the charter of Virginia created by the Virginia Company resides in England, or in other words it is controlled by the crown. On the other hand, Massachusetts’s charter, created by the Massachusetts Bay Company, resides in the colony, so the colony self-governs itself. This brings forth another comparison of the two colonies; the reason why they were founded. Both the colony of Massachusetts and Virginia were founded by companies looking to make money off the New World, but the founding of Massachusetts was motivated more by religious goals and family dynamics. Erin Bonuso, author of “Colliding Cultures”,

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Compares the colony of jamestown, virginia, and the massachusetts bay colony, which were founded in 1629.
Explains that massachusetts was mainly a puritan colony, while virginia, named after the virgin queen elizabeth, was anglican and tied close to the church of england.
Explains that massachusetts gave more power to the people, while virginia's governor got appointed by the crown. the governing council, rich elites controlling everything, and the house of burgesses, upper middle-class landowners.

Compares the colony of jamestown, virginia, and the massachusetts bay colony, which were founded in 1629.
Explains that massachusetts was mainly a puritan colony, while virginia, named after the virgin queen elizabeth, was anglican and tied close to the church of england.
Explains that massachusetts gave more power to the people, while virginia's governor got appointed by the crown. the governing council, rich elites controlling everything, and the house of burgesses, upper middle-class landowners.
Explains that both massachusetts and virginia were founded by companies looking to make money off the new world, but the founding of massachusetts was motivated by religious goals and family dynamics.
Explains that the english colonies in new england established from 1620 onward were founded with loftier goals than those in virginia.
Explains that virginia was settled for economic gain, while massachusetts (part of new england), because of religious motives, led to the shaping of the colonies.
Explains that the climate and location framed the economic systems in each of the colonies. virginia is a southern colony making it warmer, while massachusetts relied heavily on trade and little on agriculture.
Explains that massachusetts and virginia's political, economic, and religious systems differed but resembled each other. each way these colonies were forged contributed to what the united states is today.

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Compare And Contrast The Economic And Political Life Of Virginia
explanatory essay
political: Virginia was a corporate colony governed by a royal charter giving the Virginia Company complete control over the government until 1624 when Virginia lost its charter and became a royal colony; Maryland was a proprietary colony which gave its Catholic owners, the Calvert family, the right to control the government. North and South Carolina and Georgia were also royal colonies which gave the King absolute power to appoint all governors.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that virginia was a corporate colony governed by royal charter giving the virginia company complete control over the government until 1624 when virginia lost its charter.
- Explains that fertile soil allowed the colonies to rely on cash crop farms such as tobacco, sugar, rice, corn, and cotton. plantations in the south were large and required many hands to work them.
- Explains that the majority of european colonists consisted of free men and women, while protestants also began to dominate other religions. wealth set the classes of power and respect, plantation owners being the highest
- Explains that virginia was a corporate colony governed by royal charter giving the virginia company complete control over the government until 1624 when virginia lost its charter.
- Explains that fertile soil allowed the colonies to rely on cash crop farms such as tobacco, sugar, rice, corn, and cotton. plantations in the south were large and required many hands to work them.
- Explains that the majority of european colonists consisted of free men and women, while protestants also began to dominate other religions. wealth set the classes of power and respect, plantation owners being the highest
- Explains that native americans & southern colonists relations were moderate, but the south took a lot of their land and forced them to move further west, which caused native relations with southern colonies to go down hill.
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