The Place of New Habitation
Many will say that England’s rise to become a world power started in 1606, this as King James of England pondered on how to establish the country’s first colony. In contrast to Spain and Portugal, he made the wise choice of leaving the initiative in private hands. The King gave a charter for land the same year, and the now famous colony of Jamestown, Virginia, was founded the year after. Yet, the first colonists were soon to discover that the New World was far from being anything like the Promised Land of milk and honey, and almost half the population was not to survive the first harsh years.
While Jamestown initially turned out to be a failure, other colonies quickly prospered and grew at an astonishing rate. The Puritan settlements in New England are examples of colonies that were successful practically from day one. By comparing the English colonies in Virginia and Massachusetts, founded by lower class English males and Puritan families......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 1698
Approximate Pages: 7 (260 words per double-spaced page) |