While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Jamestown, Virginia, was founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company as a profit-seeking venture.
- The colony’s early years were marked by starvation and disease.
- Jamestown relied at times on trade with the Powhatan Confederacy.
- John Rolfe’s introduction of tobacco cultivation in 1612 helped make Jamestown profitable.
- The House of Burgesses, established in 1619, was the first representative assembly in English North America.
- Plymouth, Massachusetts, was founded in 1620 by Separatists seeking religious freedom.
- The Mayflower Compact, signed in 1620, was an agreement among settlers to form a civil government.
- In 1621, Plymouth colonists formed an alliance with the Wampanoag leader Massasoit.
The student wants to emphasize that despite being founded for different reasons, Jamestown and Plymouth both established formal self-government early in their histories. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?