Colonies of New England Were Essay

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(Winthrop)

In comparison the works all also demonstrate the extreme difficulty that must have been experienced by the colonists when they sought to move to places where there was no infrastructure. The Plymouth and Jamestown accounts even say something so similar it could have been written about the same place and peoples, "But when they departed, there remained neither tavern, beer house, nor place of relief" (Smith) and "Being thus passed the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembered by that which went before), they had now no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weatherbeaten bodies; no houses or much less towns to repair to, to seek for succor." (Bradford)

In contrast the works offer a divergent general feel, as the Jamestown colony sets up a small government simply to oversee the development of the common goal, a profit, the Plymouth colony writes what many would call a constitution and finally the Massachusetts Colony develops a manifesto, that is not dissimilar to a covenant with God to live in this new place as if they were living in the city on the hill. The Jamestown colony developed only enough infrastructure to live a season or to and create a profit and make discoveries, while the Plymouth Colony Sought out peace with the natives and took pride in building the infrastructure of an agrarian society, with individual and communal farming.

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The Massachusetts Bay colony sought to develop a permanent spiritual home through good acts and deeds for self and others.

The Jamestown Colony build a communal fort, while still coveting the remaining small ship they have for retreat, with fortifications, the Plymouth Colony sets about to build single dwelling homes, in certain order to be sure and the Massachusetts bay colony gives the impression that structure is unimportant if they are to live as God would have them live, as by provenance and toil it will all work itself out. "If thou pour out thy soul to the hungry, then shall thy light spring out in darkness, and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in draught, and make fat thy bones, thou shalt be like a watered garden, and they shalt be of thee that shall build the old waste places," (Winthrop)

The tenor and intent of each of these three colonial endeavors can be clearly seen as different, while at the same time each colonist and colony faced the same dire situation of depravity, heavy toil and possible death by savage or starvation. The primary sources of each compare and contrast to detract from the fallacy that all the New England colonies were homogenous attempts to settle, in a permanent way and make a new….....

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