Since my friends and I were seniors this year we decided that we needed to do something to celebrate us leaving Catskill. We spent many lunches at Subways trying to decide what we should do. We started out wanting to go to Cape Cod for the weekend. Then it went from Cape Cod to Boston‚ Massachusetts. Finally it ended up a day at Six Flags‚ New England. We decided that the best time to do this was on a Monday morning when everyone else is in school. That way their wouldn’t be as many people there
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Jacques Cartier was sailing along the coast of Cape Cod when they encounter boats with First Nations People on it. They were greeted by the First Nations with dancing and gestures that indicated they wanted to trade by showing Cartier various furs. Cartier was hesitant to approach as they only had one boat and are easily outnumbered if they were attacked. As the French ship left‚ the first Nations pursued them. Cartier felt threatened so he fired two shots at them and struck them with lances‚ which
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Plantation by William Bradford tells about the once struggling Pilgrims making a good life for themselves with the help of the Indians. Leaving all civil parts of the world behind the Pilgrims set off. After 66 days aboard the Mayflower they reached Cape Cod on November 11th‚ 1620. The exhausting expedition brought disease and sickness to the travelers. When they arrived they had no houses‚ towns or welcoming faces to greet them. The natives to the land seemed unfriendly and carried weapons. That winter
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In a significant incorporation‚ the Plymouth Colonists played a substantial role in our history. When King Henry VIII came to reign‚ he implemented various alterations upon the recently founded church‚ the Church of England. Part of a Puritan denomination‚ known as Separatists travailed to break away from the church completely‚ whereas come wanted to purify the church and revert it back to their original beliefs and practices. At the time‚ the act of belonging to another church‚ as opposed to the
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Mayflower‚ however‚ was a small ship that set sail from England in July 1620. It had to turn back twice because of a leak that the Speedwell‚ a ship the Mayflower was sailing with‚ produced. After more than two months‚ the Mayflower finally arrived in Cape Cod on November 11. The 1620 agreement (first called the 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
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With enough financial aid to establish a colony‚ the Pilgrims prepared for the move. They purchased their own ship‚ a small vessel known as the Speedwell and were granted another which the Virginia Company rented called the Mayflower. After two unsuccessful attempts of leaving England‚ the Pilgrims were forced to leave the Speedwell behind due to a leak. Losing a ship caused some of them to be sent back to Holland as there was no room. They finally set sail for the northern part of the Virginia
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Key Explorers Chart Assignment (Classwork and Homework Grade) We will start in the Computer lab and you will complete on your own Due 4B on 2/10 and 4A 2/11 Set up a chart giving information on major explorers of the period. We will be able to use this chart as a study guide/reference as we continue to learn how Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa and the Americas changed. As a result of scientific/technological growth..AKA (Scientific Revolution)‚ and cross-cultural contacts: explorations‚ colonization and trade
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in a Bottle is about two characters named Theresa Osborne and Garrett Blake‚ who are both “divorced”(“Nicholas Sparks”). Theresa lived in Boston and was a columnist (Contemporary Authors online). Theresa ends up finding a letter on the beach in Cape Cod written to a lady named Catherine signed by Garrett (Sparks 21-23). She ended up publishing it to a column she wrote for and received letters from others which were also by Garrett (Sparks 49-55). Theresa tracked Garrett down in Wilmington‚ North
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corresponded with investors and neighbors‚ formulated policy with regards to foreigners‚ Indians‚ and law‚ and so had a very active role in the running of the entire Colony. 3. The Mayflower was anchored off Provincetown Harbor at the tip of Cape Cod‚ and while many of the
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Mayflower Compact being one of them. The document was a contract that the colonists would follow in order to survive and prosper. Originally the colonists were set to land in present day Virginia but storms forced them off course and made them land at Cape Cod and create the colony there. Since the king only warranted that the pilgrims settle in the Colony of Virginia‚ they settled in present day Massachusetts and wrote the compact. In conclusion‚ the mayflower compact was a significant document to American
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