THE COLONIAL PERIOD IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF US HISTORY HYLES-ANDERSON COLLEGE ONLINE SUBMITTED BY JOSHUA FINLEY APRIL 11‚ 2013 ! ! During the early seventeenth to eighteenth century exploration and colonization were very prominent between the European countries. Columbus had discovered North America but went south and explored and colonized parts of what is now Mexico and South America. After Columbus many groups of Englishmen‚ Frenchmen‚ Germans‚ Scots‚ Irishmen
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are displeased with him and a revolution is starting (substitution). Jefferson’s point was reinforced by all the colonists and was signed by 56 of the most powerful people in the nation (substitution). He was able to reassemble (substitution) the people and encourage them to take up arms‚ and fight in the war for freedom. The people were also rallied to rebel because the colonists did not like being controlled by a force many miles away or being treated unfairly. (deletion I did not like the
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The water was tainted‚ there was no solid ground to establish on‚ and not to mention their new brutal neighbors. These few things were just a small portion of the hardships to come‚ the colony also faced starvation‚ disease and a poor economy. Firstly‚ the colonists were sick and weak‚ most likely from the poor water they were using. The authors describe it like so: “Contaminated wells most likely contributed to outbreaks of typhoid fever‚ and malaria claimed additional
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up on the deck. Even though the colonists faced many hardships at the beginning of their journey‚ things were about to start looking up. The colonists had an amazing relationship with the Native Americans and would have died very early without them. When the Pilgrims arrived‚ they found a field that was already cleared‚ and decided to settle there. On March 16‚ 1621‚ the leader of the Abeniki people of Maine‚ Samoset‚ came over to Plymouth. He then told the colonists that the fields were cleared because
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“Technically‚ the Mayflower colonists had no right to be there at all. In order to establish themselves as a legitimate colony (“Plymouth‚” named after the English port from which they had departed) under these dubious circumstances‚ 41 of the Saints and Strangers drafted and signed
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forced colonists to learn to be independent and self-sustaining. They wouldn’t be able to rely on others in a distant land to watch over them because it took months for supplies to come‚ months for communications to reach England. The American colonists were the ones who sailed on a small ship for 66 days on rough waters to get there. The colonists were the ones that fought off the Indians and tried to barter with them so that they could survive. Considering these circumstances‚ the colonists survived
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of London merchants financed a settlement of English colonist at James town in what is now Virginia. The colony was named after King James 1.England first permanent settlement in North America. The Virginia colonist hoped to make their fortunes by discovering gold or silver or finding a water route to the Pacific. They are not prepared for the hardship they found nor did they expect to do farm work. More than half of the original 104 colonist died of the starvation and disease during the first winter
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This document was created when the American colonist decided to declare their independence from England. A committee of delegates selected from each colony was appointed to write the declaration at the Second Continental Congress. These men consisted of John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ Robert Livingston‚ and Roger Sherman. The Declaration consists of three sections‚ the first was‚ “The Preamble”. The Preamble was discusses why the Continental Congress made up the Declaration‚ how
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European conflicts made some wary of independence. Cultural identity complicated the debate further‚ as many colonists still felt a strong loyalty to Britain. While the immediate suffering under British rule highlighted urgency for some‚ others feared that declaring independence might worsen their situation. The drive for independence was additionally hindered by significant divisions among the colonists. A substantial number identified as Loyalists‚ believing that loyalty to the crown would provide stability
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economic conditions in the new colonies determined investment areas and tripodic relationship between colonists‚ local Indian tribes and the Crown. Prince reports that it took some time before colonists discovered that only through mutually beneficial economic relationships that peace and prosperity would be achieved. In this understanding‚ concurrent sections of the paper provide an analysis on how colonists‚ under the leadership of John Smith‚ used economics to conquer Jamestown‚ get support from English
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