The Plymouth And Chesapeake Colonies a

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The Plymouth and Chesapeake Colonies a Comparison Many individual issues helped shape both the Plymouth and Virginian colonies. As a result the colonies developed different styles of life. Religion played a major part in the Plymouth colonies for the settlers abandoned England to shape a new religious freedoms. However the Virginian colonies settled in order to find gold and silver and where driven by profit not giving much thought to religion. Both settled colonies suffered life loss adapting to the hash weather and conditions of the new settlements. It was difficult to find and grow food. In both colonies there was significant loss of life. The roles of the men and women where quite well adapted for the Plymouth colonies who from the beginning had decided on permanent existence. They were also more geared toward the family life and formed nuclear families. The role of the family where to produce food and developed profit with work done by each of the family members. Education within the development of the colonies was the family task. It was directly linked to religion. How ever after the growth of the colonies it became more suitable the establish schools. The Chesapeake colonies were settled on a more temporary bases and its members where generally men who focused on the search for gold and silver. They did not develop the social structure like the Plymouth colonies. Both colonies depended on trade and skills they received from the native Americans. Although as the colonies expanded the were forced to take land from the natives. Both colonies at times where in brutal conflicts with the surrounding native Americans. With the initial development both colonies profited from indentured servitude. The Virginian colonies eventually turned to African slave trade as the main form of labor force. Were as the Plymouth colonies labor force where the small family farms
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