Massachusetts Bay colony vs Jamestown

What has made some colonies more successful than others? This, what would seem to be hard question, actually can be answered in a couple of different reasons. Such as Geography, goals, number of colonist, disease and water purity, and other reasons. The Massachusetts Bay colony was more successful for the beginning. At the beginning of each settlement, New England already had the upper hand over the Chesapeake because New England had 20,000 settlers versus the 5,000 going to the chesapeake (doc 7). This is an advantage to the New England colonies because, the more people there are in a colony, the more people can work towards creating a strong settlement and not dependent on limited resources such as tobacco. It is better to branch out like New England did and create more opportunities for the settlement. Not only is having a lot of settlers important but also keeping them alive is another key component. Jamestown already started off with low number compared to New England, but not only that but they had a high mortality rate. This is from multiple reasons, a couple being the deadly fresh and saltwater mix …show more content…
The Massachusetts Bay colony’s goal was to spread religion in the new world and to grow as a community of brothers in Christ (doc 2). The Colonist of the north did not care what background you came from, rich or poor, you were welcome to be apart of the colony. The southern colonies were brought together by fear. What I mean by that is the Chesapeake region was always so worried about defending their land from natives (doc 5). This is was such a hard job to accomplish because the colonists lived so spread out to make room for more tobacco plantations. This made it hard to defend if your fellow settler was under attack from natives what could you do if you lived miles