Jamestown and The Plymouth plantation are both similar but also different. The stories that were based upon these settlements made me realize that if I were to have to chose which group of colonist, I would have to chose the Puritan settlers.
Jamestown landed in Virginia in 1607 and made it the first English settlement in this new world. Jamestown was a great settlement for goods and crops because of the great weather and rich soil for the plants and food to be successfully grown. The English looked for gold and silver and they did find , in Virginia, it was a better economic living. The English sailors began to build shelter and begin their new lives in this different country. Although they did come upon problems, the natives weren’t so pleased to see strangers take their supposed land. Captain John Smith was one of the main sailors and he fell in love with Pocahontas and when Pocahontas’s father found out he was sentenced to death, but Pocahontas didn't allow it and eventually let him and his other sailors be.
Although, the Jamestown settlement sounds prevail. There is another settlement that happened thirteen years later in Massachusetts. About 102 settlers on the Mayflower ship came to settle in America. The settlers used their cold climate and rocky soil to farm crops. They also fished and traded. The settlers fled England not for money, but …show more content…
The English that settled in Virginia settled for a new living and to seek for more money and to prosper and gain lots of loot. Although, the Puritans left England for freedom and live in peace with the people who believe in the same religion, or even make your own religion. Even though they might have had their differences they both did come to America with the same intentions, to seek a better lifestyle, something different and be leaders for themselves. They actually had a good reason to leave their mother