where to flee‚ the Pilgrims studied Smith’s map and were intrigued by the label "Cape Cod." They were determined to profit from fishing‚ although according to Mark Kurlansky‚ in his book Cod: a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World‚ "they knew nothing about fishing‚" (p. 68) and while the Pilgrims were starving in 1621‚ there were British ships filling their holds with fish off the New England coast. Believing they would "receive blessings" if they took pity on the Pilgrims and assisted them
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THANKSGIVING When was the country we know now as the United States first settled? 1620 = omit Spanish‚ Dutch‚ Indians and the French First Pilgrims = Spanish Settlers introduced horses‚ cattle‚ sheep‚ pigs‚ etc. providing basic elements of cowboy culture should be like 1 million BCE problem: “settlers” = white Scarcity of disease in the Americas super healthy condition no livestock = no diseases from them ; no immunity/never exposed to it low social density encounter
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Dates: 1607- King James I gave the permission to start a tobacco colony: North America‚ Virginia‚ Jamestown 1620-pilgrims arrived from England 1630-Puritans arrived MA 1765-Stamp Act: purchase stamps to show you paid taxes on all printed items. Quartering Act: must feed and house soldiers 1773- Boston Tea Party: colonists dressed up as Indians‚ toss 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor 1775- The American Revolution begins this year 1776- Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense”
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difficulties and realities of New England. John Smith‚ a pilgrim who arrived in the Americas‚ writes a description of the new land. In "A Description of New England" he shows what a wonderful world of vast food and pleasure await. However‚ William Bradford‚ another pilgrim who arrived on the coast of Massachusetts‚ in Plymouth‚ gives his take on the early settling of the new land. In "Of Plymouth Plantation" he writes a description of how the pilgrims actually lived and what really happened in Plymouth
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Relationships Between Natives and Europeans In The New World The interactions and relations between European colonists and Native Americans were at times problematic and other times constructive‚ nevertheless transforming both cultures significantly. Before the arrival of Europeans‚ many native cultures occupied the lands and considered it to be their homeland with their own thriving culture and way of life. European settlers and explores invaded the area‚ only hoping to gain power‚ wealth‚ land
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such as scurvy. But right when the colonists landed in present-day Cape Cod‚ they got right to work with enthusiam and held on to one major goal: to survive! And unlike Jamestown‚ the Pilgrims already had a government issued before landing within the colony‚ centered around the Mayflower compact. When the Pilgrims came to America on the ship called the Mayflower‚ there were people of different political and religious beliefs. The
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of the law is Blacks could not touch a White female because the Black risked being accused of rape (Pilgrim 1). Another example of the law is a Black male could not offer his hand with a White male because it implied being socially equal (Pilgrim 1). Third example is under no circumstance was a Black male to offer to light the cigarette of a White male because that gesture implied intimacy (Pilgrim 2). If the laws were not followed‚ violence must be used to keep Blacks at the bottom
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1877 to the mid-1960’s (Pilgrim). White people in these states believed that they needed these laws‚ because Blacks were inferior to Whites in every way (Pilgrim). They also believed that “integration would mongrelize the White race” (Pilgrim). One punishment for not obeying these wrongful laws was that the black person would be lynched (Pilgrim). Punishments for not abiding by Jim Crow Laws almost always ended with the black person in question losing their lives (Pilgrim). In To Kill a Mockingbird
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Mayflower Compact in 1793) was a legal instrument that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived in New England. The core members of the Pilgrims’ immigrant group were Separatists‚ members of a Puritan sect that had split from the Church of England‚ the only legal church in England at that time. Others in the group‚ however‚ had remained part of the Church of England‚ so not all of the Pilgrims shared the same religion. When the Pilgrims left England‚ they obtained permission from the King of England
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ship called Mayflower. They were pilgrims and they wanted to start a new life in the New World. The voyage was very hard. They were cold and hungry and most of them died. The voyage took 66 days and they landed on the north-east coast of North America what today we know as Massachusetts. Only half of the Mayflower’s original passengers and crew lived to see their first New England spring. One day they met some Native American Indian and they thought the pilgrims how to grow
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