When the ship headed for Virginia left England in 1635, it was filled mostly with men in the twenties and thirties. The name of this ship was “Merchant’s Hope”, which does explain the whole reason for these people coming to the New World. They came here in order to find gold, silver and other riches there. Almost all of them had left their families in England to go to the New World in search of immense wealth and prosperity. These people did not think about staying in the New World permanently, and very few of them had prepared for this trip as a long-lasting one. Over half of the people had died during the trip. Captain John Smith had exemplified what had been going on in Virginia at the time the settlers came. He said "There was no talk…but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold…for

By comparing the societies of Virginia and New England we can see that the settlers of Virginia had come to the New World in search of profit, while the Puritans came for religious freedom. The Puritans were much more prepared, and therefore had established better settlements and individuals survived for a longer period of time. While the Puritans had a somewhat democratic political system, the Southern colonies had upper classes where only a few people could vote. All of these factors had contributed to the formation of two very different societies and cultures in America.

the year following." (Document F). His comments basically tell us what was happening in Virginia after the ship had arrived. Even though there was no gold found, many people had started many industries. These industries included tobacco and indigo growing. People who had kept up searching for gold, ended up with no money property and most were not able to survive, and many of them died during the harsh winters. Very quickly after the settlement of Virginia, there emerged social classes. Some plantation owners became very rich. They produced huge amounts of tobacco, and had a lot of indentured servants and soon they acquired slaves. The reason they needed so many slaves was because they had to grow as many cash crops as possible. The plantation owners had been the only lawmakers and voters in the colony. They passed laws that would help themselves, but t

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