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History 102 Question??
Although Virginia and Massachusetts were settled by Englishmen in the first part of the seventeenth century, the characteristics of the colonies were quite different. What factors motivated settlers to go on one colony rather than the other.
2 Answers
- Old Man DirtLv 74 years ago
Religion!
Massachusetts was Puritans.
Virginia was Anglican.
At that point in time religious freedom was not something enjoyed in England or any place else in the world. There was the desire on the behalf of many of the early settlers to enjoy a form of Canna (promised land) on earth and these settlements persecuted those of other religious groups who tried to settle there.
Rhode Island for example was formed by outcasts from the Massachusetts colony.
Penn. was a Quaker colony.
- staisilLv 74 years ago
The Pilgrims only landed in Massachusetts due to a navigational error. Virginia was their original destination. Pilgrims wanted religious freedom. The people who came to Jamestown came to make money and/or find gold.
