Protecting private property was a central issue during the American Revolution
The experiments in both colonies resulted in severe starvation, death, and economic collapse. The lack of personal incentive led to widespread food shortages, laziness, and societal ruin.
People refused to work either because they simply didn't want to or because they felt others were unequally taking advantage of their efforts. Working all day in the fields is not the same as sweeping out the barn for an hour.
Governors of both colonies eventually abandoned collective ownership and communal mandates in favor of private ownership, assigned plots of land to families and individuals.
In Jamestown, starvation ceased after 1611 when private land grants replaced collective (communist) farming.
By 1623, starvation had claimed half of the Plymouth colony. However, the introduction of private property resulted in a food surplus by 1624, just one year later.
Protecting private property was a central issue during the American Revolution that unified the colonies (see 4th and 5th Amendments).
Robert Owen (1771-1858), a Welsh textile manufacturer, the father of British socialism, tried multiple times to introduce socialism, both in Britain and the United States. He tried 7 times in Britain and 17 times in different places in America. All failed for the same basic reasons... internal conflicts, lack of discipline. He founded New Harmony, Indiana.
Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a German philosopher, social scientist, and revolutionary socialist. He was a lifelong collaborator of Karl Marx, with whom he co-wrote the Communist Manifesto.