1. Plymouth Vs. Jamestown

2. Ships Jamestown –Susan Constant –Godspeed –Discovery Plymouth –Mayflower

3. Who Came? Jamestown –104 men –1607 Plymouth –102 settlers –1620

4. Location of Settlements Jamestown –Good Anchorage –Excellent harbor –Warm climate –Fertile soil Plymouth –Good anchorage –Excellent harbor –Cold climate –Thin, rocky soil –Lumbering –Shipbuilding –Fishing –trade

5. Reasons for the Colonies Jamestown –Economic motives –Expanded trade –Obtain wider market for manufactured goods Plymouth –Religious persecution –Came for Dutch lands because children were becoming corrupted by liberal Dutch lifestyle

6. Early Setbacks Jamestown –Inexperience –Unwillingness to work –Lack of wilderness survival skills –Bickering and disagreements –Poor Indian relations –Disease –Absence of the family unit Plymouth –Were used to working together and hard work –Hunger –Disease –Environmental hazards

7. Religious Differences Jamestown –Anglican faith –Church of England Plymouth –Dissenters from the Church of England –Puritan

8. Government Jamestown –1 st representative legislation assembly in the New World –Representative government born here Plymouth –Out of the jurisdiction of Virginia’s government –Established a self- government agreement known as the Mayflower Compact

9. Native Americans Jamestown –Strong Indian empire –Powhatan Indians relationship unstable –Vast differences in culture and philosophies –Colonists gave up attempts to Christianize Plymouth –Prior to settlement, epidemic wiped out majority of Indians in the area –Survivors befriended and assisted

10. Legends Jamestown –Pocahontas –Married John Rolfe not John Smith Plymouth –Miles Standish –Priscilla Mullins married John Alden instead of Miles Standish

11. Thanksgiving Jamestown –December 1619 –Settlers on James River –In accordance with the proprietor's instruction that “the day of our ship’s arrival shall be yearly and perpetually kept as a day of thanksgiving” Plymouth –Fall 1621 –Pilgrims held a celebration to give thanks to God for his bounty and blessings –Thanksgiving we celebrate

12. Conclusion Jamestown –Lastly and chiefly the way to prosper and achieve food success is to make yourselves all of one mind for the good of your country and your own, and to serve and fear God the giver of all goodness, for every plantation which our father hath not planted shall be rooted out. Plymouth –Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shown unto many, yea, in some sort, to our whole Nation.