Briefly indicate what factors (economic, social, and political) help us best explain the differences between life in colonial
Virginia (from Jamestown to Bacon’s Rebellion) and Massachusetts (from the Puritan migration of 1630 to the Salem Witchcraft
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1. Although each of the thirteen colonies had its own distinctive characteristics, Virginia and Massachusetts represent two
distinct and very different societies and cultures. Briefly indicate what factors (economic, social, and political) help us
best explain the differences between life in colonial Virginia (from Jamestown to Bacon’s Rebellion) and Massachusetts (from
the Puritan migration of 1630 to the Salem Witchcraft Trials)?
(For the Record, pp. 20-33 and 49-52; Give Me Liberty!, Chapter 2 [entire] and Chapter 3 pp. 96-110)