During the age of colonialization, many of the European world powers set out to colonize the new-found continents called the Americas. Two of the powers, England and Spain, mainly focused on North America and the surrounding islands. Spain colonized the South Eastern part of North America, along with the islands in the Caribbean; while England mainly focused on the North-Eastern region. Even though Hispaniola and Virginia were colonized by two very differing countries, their colonies developed in similar ways even with their different starts. The first settlement in the New World for England was founded in 1607 and named Jamestown, as tribute to the current King of England at the time. “The Virginia colony was founded and, at first, run by the Virginia Company of London”. Sir Walter Raleigh had paid for the expedition himself and therefore carried all the risks. But, the company decided to sell shares that were connected directly to the colony’s success, and thereby reliving him of some of the responsibility. A council in England appointed a secondary council that was to attend to and make the rules of the new colony; and would also appoint a president. Seeing that that was rather weak, the King sent a charter that gave the power to private investors from the Crown. Both Thomas Gates and Thomas West were made Governor in 1610 and 1611and put into place some very strict rules for the Colony. Jamestown was always under a change of management. The politics of the town changed greatly through the period of colonization. In 1619, the House of Burgesses met for the first time to”… to enact legislation for the colony, but its actions were subject to veto by the governor, council, and ultimately by the directors in London.” The House however, did not get much done due to an outbreak of malaria that occurred at the same time. Unable to hold onto the colony and produce a