and we can not even tell the difference. Salem‚ Massachusetts the place where it all began was already under a great amount of distress because the differences between the Puritan community and the farmers. The main thing people think about when they hear the name Salem are witches and the Salem witch trials. Salem is and forever will be the grounds that were stained with the bloodshed of many innocent lives. Back in the 1600s in Salem‚ Massachusetts more than 200 innocent people were accused of
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AP U.S. History: Summer Assignment Contact: sbillingsley@aacps.org http://southriverhigh.org/teachers/social-studies/mrs-billingsley/ Due: first day of class A. America In The World (pg. 22) “The Atlantic Context of Early American History”: Use the insert from the textbook (attached below) to answer the following questions in Part A. Questions 1. Explain what Brinkley means as the “Atlantic World” in the context of the “age of globalization”. 2. What are the forces that reveal the influence of Old
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The New England Colonies had various type of religions. Massachusetts had a strong population of Puritans. Rhode Island provided many types of religion for the people settling there. Many people in Connecticut were mainly Puritan. The Middle colonies New York and Pennsylvania provided various religions. Some of the religion found in Middle colonies were Quakers‚ Catholics‚ Lutherans‚ and Jews and a few others. The southern colonies‚ Maryland and Georgia had no majority religion‚ so they had various
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Salem After the Fact Throughout the years‚ many have wondered what happened to Salem after the famous Salem Witch Trials. The recovery period that was necessary after these trials lasted for a quite a while; people were scared and afraid that something along the lines of the trials could occur again. As a result of the trials‚ in the next decade to come apologies were issued publicly‚ and compensation was paid as restitution to the families of those who were affected; much of the cataclysm had settled
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So Jamestown and Plymouth are two colonies that were established by Europeans around the 1600‚ but when established‚ they both had different reasons for creating their colonies. When reading these two stories‚ you can already tell that these two colonies have a tremendous difference‚ but also you can identify the similarities of these two colonies. Jamestown a colony in Virginia‚ which was a humongous disaster in my opinion. Around 300 settlers migrated to Jamestown and arrived on May 14‚ 1607 and
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In the late 1600’s Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ the Salem Witch Trials was conceivably thought of as terrifying or even unjustified. Left and right‚ convictions of witchcraft were put on other villagers in Salem. Abigail and other girls‚ Tituba‚ Proctor‚ and others are to be blamed for the deaths and events in Salem‚ but Reverend Parris seems to have the bigger faults. Parris’s childish and avaricious characteristics caused the deaths of many innocent people. Reverend Parris enacted an essential role in
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Analysis: The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson On the night of August‚ 26‚ 1765‚ a violent mob broke into Thomas Hutchinson’s house and sacked the entire place‚ stealing around 900lbs in cash‚ and breaking/stealing a total of around 2200lbs sterling. The wide spread feeling in America was that Thomas Hutchinson had betrayed his beloved country for selfish reasons. It was hard to imagine a man like Hutchinson to betray his country with a background like his own. His family generally helped to found New
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church and practice their beliefs without opposition. They formed colonies where religion and religious beliefs were major principals in the society. One such colony was Massachusetts Bay Colony which was founded by John Winthrop who was a wealthy English puritan lawyer. Winthrop also became the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and served for over a decade. Winthrop set out to create a holy society that would be a model for mankind and he had a big role to play in some of the most prominent
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Fearing the loss of their rights‚ colonists in Massachusetts gathered and prepared to revolt against the British government. To keep control over the rebels‚ the Continental Congress assembled in September 1774 to figure out the best way to assert their position without resorting to war. Even at this point
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(God knows before a person is born whether or not they are “chosen” to go to heaven or hell- cannot go to heaven by good works‚ must be “elect” ) These followers of Calvin (Puritans) made up the immigrants who settled the New England colonies of Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ and NH. III. The Church of England . Also known as the Anglican church‚ founded in 1534 By King Henry VIII‚ remained similar to Catholic Church in most ways. Puritans
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