Question

In what way did the Jamestown Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony

diff er greatly?

(A) Unlike Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay was established as a joint stock

company.

(B) Jamestown became a royal colony, while Massachusetts remained a

proprietary colony.

(C) Unlike Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay maintained peaceful relations

with the Native Americans within the region.

(D) Massachusetts Bay did not suff er from the same hardships as

Jamestown during its fi rst years.

(E) The practice of slavery was legal in Jamestown but not in

Massachusetts Bay.

Answer 1

One way in which the Jamestown Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony
differed greatly was "(D) Massachusetts Bay did not suffer from the same hardships as Jamestown during its first years," since many in Jamestown died of starvation and Native attacks.