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Student Essay on Plymouth and Jamestown: Government, Power, and Survival

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Plymouth and Jamestown: Government, Power, and Survival

Summary:   Description as well as some comparison and contrast of Jamestown and Plymouth.


The Jamestown and Plymouth settlements were both settled in the early 1600's. Plymouth and Jamestown were located along the shoreline in Massachusetts and Virginia, respectively. Although both had different forms of government, they both had strong leadership. Jamestown was controlled by the London Company, who wanted to profit from the venture, while the Puritans who settled at Plymouth were self-governed with an early form of democracy and settled in the New World to gain religious freedom. John Smith took charge in efforts to organize Jamestown, and at Plymouth William Bradford helped things run smoothly.

The settlement of Jamestown was controlled by the London Company. The London Company, for the most part, had full control of the colony. Jamestown greatly needed to plant crops, but instead the Company, driven by money, ordered the settlers search for gold.....

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