The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by Puritans who wanted the freedom to practice their religion without Catholic influence which the Church of England had. They did not seek to settle a colony for religious freedom and believing what they wanted that was not Protestantism. They wanted to be able to eliminate Catholic influence from their Protestant beliefs. They did not want to have to deal with the Church of England changing between Catholic and Protestant or having to go through the Religious
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New World. Amongst the first groups to colonize included; the English in Virginia‚ Plymouth‚ and the Massachusetts Bay. Individually the colonies had their own reasons for inhabitation and exploration. They endured many circumstances that obstructed the beginning of their settlements. Each society evolved‚ adapted‚ and faltered in their separate ways. Each colony had differing original goals for settlement. In 1607 Virginia‚ 104 men reached the land they called Jamestown‚ a trip funded by the London
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Early colonist came to American for a variety of reasons‚ from religious freedom to dreams of getting rich. In this analysis we will look at the vision of two colonies and how the different colony visions led to the colony creation‚ and the differences between them. The New England community was so strong and so supportive in comparison to that of the settlers in Jamestown‚ Chesapeake Bay‚ that it is no wonder they developed into two distinctly different cultures before the year 1700. The Chesapeake
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came over to the English colonies because they wanted to escape religious prosecution and were seeking religious freedom. When Charles I disbanded parliament and drove England’s economy into the ground‚ some Puritans joined up with entrepreneurs and created the Massachusetts Bay Company (MBC). The MBC soon colonized the Massachusetts Bay area‚ which was run by these non-separatist Puritans. This colony of mostly Puritans did not agree with some of the ways other colonies managed their settlements
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American colonies grew considerably between 1600 and 1763. Imports and exports across the Atlantic caused a constant demand for labor in the colonies. The British colonies supplied raw goods as well as some manufactured goods for countries around the world especially in Europe. As the demand for cash crops and raw materials from the Americas grew‚ the demand for labor also increased. Trans-Atlantic interactions fostered continuity in the demand for labor in the British North American colonies from 1600
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Unit 1: The Foundation of the Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch and English Colonies in North America * Initial Contact (Spanish) * The French and Dutch Colonies * The English Colonies Part I: Initial Contact (Spanish) #1: Who were the earliest inhabitants of the Americas? * About 14‚000 years ago (12‚000 BCE)‚ people started to migrate across BERINGIA to Americas * By 8‚000 BCE‚ they reached to Tierra del Fuego * 3 waves came from Asia‚ 1 from Polynesia
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Reasoning Behind Settling in the American Colonies During the time period after the founding of the new world‚ many people is distant lands were looking for a way out. The American colonies seemed to be a fresh start for most people living in different regions. The biggest reason why most decided to settle in the American colonies was due to better economic opportunity that were available there. Many factors encouraged the English to establish colonies in North America. Three main reasons being
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Why did Britain want to keep America as a colony: Britain needed the colony for two reasons? They needed income for the army and land. Britain wanted to keep the America colonies safe and not a threat and manage to secretly tax them without them knowing. As the taxes and population increased‚ the colonists started to riot due to the heavy tax and limited freedom. This then caused the American revolution which is exactly what Britain did not want. ACTIONS TAKEN: How America fought back from taxation
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aspect of life in the American colonies and the European countries who ruled them. The French and Indian War greatly altered all areas of political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies such as making it a more strict and more organized government‚ the great debt that Britain was put into‚ and the ideas of what actions to take next. Out of all of the aspects that were altered between Britain and the American colonies during the French and Indian War
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heard of the uproar that the colonies were causing‚ but I had not expected it to be such a serious matter. When I had heard you would be traveling across the pond to broaden your horizons I never thought anything such as this could happen. Perhaps you should come back to Newcastle with the next available ship? As to insure your safety of course. As for your comments of whether the colonies should actually separate from Great Britain do not be absurd. The colonies are still very young and small
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