Many of the men spent their days vainly searching for gold.” (ushistory.org, “Jamestown Settlement and the ‘Starving Time’"). This meant they were not as focused on farming which almost caused Jamestown to fail. Because New England based their settlement on farming, their town continued to prosper. According to nwhm.org, New England was a society that was “centered more on the self-sufficient family farm rather than the large tobacco plantations of the South.” (nwhm.org, “Women in New England Colonies”). Women in the New England colonies were taught at a young age that they should “maintain household order, encourage faith and moral development, and to be subordinate” and women maintained jobs as midwives and feme sole traders, which was the only business a woman could retain during the 18th century. (Eric Dunklee et al., “Gender Roles in Colonial America”). Men were expected “to have social power, to be educated, own property,
Many of the men spent their days vainly searching for gold.” (ushistory.org, “Jamestown Settlement and the ‘Starving Time’"). This meant they were not as focused on farming which almost caused Jamestown to fail. Because New England based their settlement on farming, their town continued to prosper. According to nwhm.org, New England was a society that was “centered more on the self-sufficient family farm rather than the large tobacco plantations of the South.” (nwhm.org, “Women in New England Colonies”). Women in the New England colonies were taught at a young age that they should “maintain household order, encourage faith and moral development, and to be subordinate” and women maintained jobs as midwives and feme sole traders, which was the only business a woman could retain during the 18th century. (Eric Dunklee et al., “Gender Roles in Colonial America”). Men were expected “to have social power, to be educated, own property,