In the early seventeenth century two separate groups founded two very different colonies. The first to be colonized was the settlement of Jamestown, located in present day Virginia. Just over a decade later the colony of Puritans founded on what is now known as Cape Cod, Massachusettes. Though both the Jamestown and the Massachusettes Bay colony were established in a similar historical timeframe, they developed different social views regarding the future economic and political status. …showed first 75 words of 430 total…

…showed last 75 words of 430 total…rich. Tobacco was the basis of economic life in Virginia. The profits produced by the tobacco saved Jamestown and ensured the colony's success. Although there are similarities and differences between the two colonies, they were both pretty equal in their abilites to adapt to their new surroundings. They both had their way of life and different views. If not for the settlers of these colonies, we would not be where we are today in America.