Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Jamestown offered anchorage and a good defensive position.
2.Warm climate and fertile soil allowed large plantations to prosper.
3. Plymouth provided good anchorage and an excellent harbor.
4.Plymouth Colony was founded off the Massachusetts coast, a location where there was a cod climate and rocky soil.
5.Most of the citizens in Jamestown were spares, gold-seeking gentlemen and they were not used to physical work such as hunting or farming
6.The Mayflower was bound for Jamestown Colony, which at the time already had around 1000 people, and was to become a center for commerce in the Americas.
7. Plymouth Colony received more prominence than Jamestown partly due to the Civil War.