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Chesapeake Bay Versus Massachusetts Bay

Chesapeake Bay Versus Massachusetts Bay. Jamestown (1607) Versus Plymouth (1620)/ Mass. Bay (1630). Purpose. Jamestown (1607). Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630 ). Religious Freedom (for themselves) “City upon the Hill”/Model Christian Society. To find gold To attract settlers

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Chesapeake Bay Versus Massachusetts Bay

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

  2. Purpose Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) Religious Freedom (for themselves) “City upon the Hill”/Model Christian Society • To find gold • To attract settlers • To make MONEY

  3. Early Leaders Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) John Winthrop • Joint-Stock Company (Virginia Company) • John Smith, John Rolfe

  4. Religion Jamestown (1607) 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) • Anglican • 1690s Church of England took stronger root • Never really essential

  5. Land Distribution/Communinty Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) Land and villages planned and shared Small towns Community based on cooperation • Uneven land distribution • Plantations vs. Backwoods farmers • Community held together by force and necessity

  6. Family Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) Brought in as families Many different tradesman Strong sense of community • Predominantly males looking for gold/wealth • Indentured Servants and women brought in • Later slaves “20 and odd”

  7. Government Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) Theocracy Mayflower Compact (1620) Governor and Legislature • Secular • Virginia House of Burgesses (1619) • Royal Governor (paid by HOB)

  8. ECONOMY Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) Small farms and tradesman Later fishing and shipping • Tobacco • Headright System

  9. HISTORY/LEGENDS Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) 1st Thanksgiving (1621) Salem Witch Trials (1693) • John Smith & Pocahontas?

  10. NATIVE AMERICANS Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) Wampanoag (Narragansett) Massosoit Squanto Metacon (King Phillip) • Pohattan Confederacy (Algonquian) • Pocahontas (Married John Rolfe 1614=peace)

  11. CONFLICTS Jamestown (1607) Plymouth/Mass. Bay (1620/1630) Pequot War (1634-1638) MYSTIC King Philips War (1675-1676) • Indian Uprising 1622 • Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

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