rginia Company voyaged to America with their hearts in hope for goldand their minds set on discovering this precious metal and nothing else.Meanwhile back in England, around the 1530s King Henry VIII had broken tieswith the Roman Catholic Church and was anointing himself the Head of theChurch of England. Soon in 1603 King James I become the head of the Churchof England causing the Puritans to oppose him as a spiritual leader. Since theycould resist him as a spiritual leader and then would certainly defy as a politicalleader as well. Therefore, King James I menaced then out of the land.Compelled to sail to America in search of religious toleration these English soonfounded Plymouth colony. They were separatist known as pilgrims, settled theland in strong belief that they would be free of religious prosecution. Coming toAmerica for entirely opposite motivations, cause these two colonies began tocontrast from the very start.Controlling the colonies dealing with separate perspectives on life,Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay colony (part of NewEngland) and Governor William Berkley of the Virginia colony (part ofChesapeake) had a difference in views on the upraising of a community.According to John Winthrop all people are equal; the rich, the poor, the mean,and the powerful. With God at the center of the New England colony, thepilgrims believed in working together as one for the glory of God, where thecolonist at Chesapeake believed that one man could be better then another. In1630 while Governor Winthrop was aboard the Arbella he writes that thecommunity needs to uphold a fellowship together. Their unity should be abidedby one spirit of peace for everyone is a worthy servant of Christ. On the otherhand Governor Berkeley viewpoint was quite varied form that of Winthrops. In astatement to his council on defending Virginia against a Dutch attack in 1673,Berkeley addresses his council by telling them that it is their duty to take...
