Both were settled solely by English colonists.
The Pilgrims had been blown off course and arrived miles north of Virginia where they were heading. To keep order, they wrote and signed a comapct agreeing to make an obey laws when they settled.
The first English colony was most likely St. John's, Newfoundland (now in Canada), settled permanently since 1583. However, there are other communities on the island of Newfoundland (such as Harbour Grace) dating from 1583 as well, so the exact first colony is hard to pin-point and has been lost to history. Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina was settled in 1587, but the colony failed and was "lost". Jamestown, VA was not settled until 1607.
By the Virginia and New Jersey Compromises combined together to make the Great Compromise that gave 2 reps to each state for the Senate and population determined how many reps each state had for the house.
The Pilgrims.
Scott-irish and germen
The people who settled in Virginia were a lot of English people.
Jamestown Virginia was settled on 13 May 1607.
Jamestown Virginia was settled on 13 May 1607.
Jamestown Virginia was settled on 13 May 1607.
Jamestown Virginia was settled on 13 May 1607.
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The earliest planters of the Southern Colonies settled along rivers and creeks of the coastal plain. Because the land was washed by ocean tides, the region was known as the Tidewater. The Tidewater's gentle slopes and rivers offered rich farmland for plantation.*a plantation is a large estate farmed by many workers*
Virginia
Most of the religious groups who settled in colonial Virginia were Anglicans and other Protestant denominations.
Religious dissenters from the Boston Colony settled in Portsmouth, RI in 1638. However, it was named on May 12, 1639.
Most of the religious groups who settled in colonial Virginia were Anglicans and other Protestant denominations.