As mentioned earlier, the Jamestown colony was established as a business venture (Ayers et al, page 48). The owners of the charter intended to become rich and stay in England. Most of the first inhabitants were also only concerned with becoming wealthy and returning to England (Ayers et al, page 48). This became quite a hindrance for the population of Jamestown. Many of the original settlers were too concerned with making money to worry about the necessities of survival. Having wasted space and efforts bringing servants instead of farm

Established in 1620, the Plymouth colony was created by the Pilgrims (Ayers et al, page 58). The Pilgrims originally left England for the Netherlands in 1607 when some members of their church were jailed as nonconformists (Ayers et al, page 58). Finding that they were also unhappy in Dutch Society, the Pilgrims began looking for another option (Ayers et al, page 58). Making an agreement with a group of London merchants who had obtained the rights to land from the Virginia Company, the Pilgrims left for Virginia and their religious freedom (Ayers et al, page 58). Landing in Cape Cod instead of in Virginia, the Pilgrims decided to build their colony at Plymouth instead of continuing on (Ayers et al, page 58). Despite previous dealings with previous Europeans that had not gone well, the Native Americans helped the settlers at Plymouth (Ayers et al, page 58). While the colonists had difficulty making repayment to the London merchants, it was agreed in 1626 that the land would be sold to the Pilgrims, which was accomplished by 1645 (Ayers et al, page 60). Although the economic opportunities continued to grow in Plymouth, the population, by choice, remained small and separate from that of the rest of the New England Colonies (Ayers et al, page 60).

ers, and being unwilling to do the work themselves, many settlers starved to death or resorted to cannibalism to avoid it (Ayers et al, page 48). Realizing that the company was not going to feed them, and the

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