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What were the names of the colonies in the Plymouth area?

Jamestown.


What are English English colonies?

Plymouth, Jamestown, and Roanoke.


What the English colonies?

Jamestown, Roanoke, and Plymouth were some of the first English colonies.


Who sponsored the colony of Jamestown and Plymouth?

The Virginia Company was a joint stock company chartered by King James I of England. The Virginia Company of London successfully established the territory of Jamestown, while the Virginia Company of Plymouth was to establish a colony further north. The Plymouth Company failed when their colony of Popham, in modern-day Maine, failed in 1608. Plymouth, Massachusetts was established by the religious separatists known as the Pilgrims after securing a land grant from Sir Edwin Sandys, a major stockholder in the failing Plymouth Company. So technically, the Virginia Company sponsored both the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies, but the latter was a bit more unofficial.


What was the name of the colonies in Virginia that was settled before the pilgrims landed in Plymouth?

Jamestown


What did Plymouth and Jamestown colonies have in common?

both were governed by the same owner


Why were Jamestown and Plymouth highly important English colonies?

They were the first colonies actually succeeded in establishment.


When were each what colonies established Jamestown Roanoke Island Georgia and Plymouth?

Jamestown was established in 1607, Roanoke Island in 1585 (although it disappeared), Georgia in 1733, and Plymouth in 1620.


What were some of the similarities between the colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth?

They were both settled by the English and both struggled through hunger, disease, and conflicts with the Natives, though the colonists at Plymouth had generally good relations with them at first. The main religions of both colonies were versions of Christianity, but Plymouth was settled by Puritans, and Jamestown was operated under the Anglican church of England.


When were colonies established?

The American colonies were established in 1620. Jamestown was not a colony in 1607 but men looking for gold. Plymouth was a true colony with families.


What colonies were the settlers from England?

Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Penn. State, Jamestown, Roanoke Island, Georgia


Why are Jamestown and Plymouth English colonies?

They were founded by English settlers and were therefore under the English crown.