that it might be destined to have a future as magnificent as that which they confidently expected for the country itself. The English language on this continent apparently developed certain differences in the 150 years since the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth. According to Thomas Jefferson‚ Americans were more tolerant of innovations in speech than British people‚ and these might eventually justify calling the language of America by a name other than English. The consciousness of an American variety
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presented “A Description of New England” by John Smith‚ “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford‚ “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet‚ and “The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson” will show a concentration on the idea of self-improvement. Although each of these writers has many differences an underlying commonality is shared between them‚ the ideal of self improvement. John smith was part of the ruling council in Jamestown which was the local government. He was put in such a position
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succeeded. Among the successful are Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ Vineyard Bay‚ Massachusetts‚ Plymouth‚ Massachusetts‚ and Salem‚ Massachusetts. Pilgrims (also known as Separatists) came from Holland to North America to establish a colony in Virginia and freely practice their religion. However‚ their route was miscalculated and their ship‚ The Mayflower‚ landed in Massachusetts. Instead of traveling more to get to their original destination‚ they set up a colony in Plymouth. Although over 50% of the original
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settling of British North America than did religious concerns is somewhat invalid. As the civil wars commenced‚ colonies were founded as a haven for religious persecution back in England. Puritans want a “New England”. Separatists created the Plymouth Colony because they wanted to completely separate from the Church of England. Also they wanted a haven to live peacefully as English subjects and purified Protestants. Moderate Puritans create Massachusetts Bay‚ because they felt reform was too slow
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AP US History Chapter 2 Identifications 1.) English Protestant Reformation: took place in 1530’s when King Henry VII broke with the Roman Catholic Church. 2.) “Sea Dogs”: English buccaneers who sought to promote the twin goals of Protestantism and plunder by seizing Spanish treasure ships and raiding Spanish settlements. 3.) Francis Drake: famous “sea dog” who returned in 1580 with his ship full of Spanish booty and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth on the deck of his ship. 4.) Sir
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As the great American Gordon Wood once said‚ “ The revolution resembled the breaking of a dam‚ releasing thousands upon thousands of pent up pressures. There had been seepage and flows before the war‚ but suddenly it was as if the whole traditional structure‚ enfeebled and brittle to begin with‚ broke apart‚ and people and their enemies were set loose in an unprecedented outburst”. The American colonies had been experiencing signs of revolt ever since their creation. Hundreds of evolutionary ideas
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Chloe Chandler European colonization of what would become North America was motivated by various reasons‚ including the desire for religious freedom‚ profit‚ or a chance to start over. The colonies were populated by religious groups seeking freedom to practice their religions without interference from England‚ indentured servants‚ debtors seeking a clean slate‚ settlers hoping to find a profit and people who were brought to America involuntarily as slaves from Africa. The establishment of European
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During America’s colonial era‚ King James I divided the Atlantic seaboard into two in 1606: the northern half to the Plymouth Company and the southern half to the London Company(Virginia Company). Later on in 1607‚ the Virginia Company would send 100 male settlers to America‚ where they would land in the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay area and create Jamestown. Although Jamestown was the first permanent colony of the New World‚ more than half its settlers died due to disease‚ famine‚ and local Native
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Fenderson‚ Febee AP US History Period 4 Unit 1 Terms 1. Anne Bradstreet—Puritan poet in colonial New England whose writings served as early public struggles against female treatment in that time period 2. Anne Hutchinson—Arguably the first American feminist who‚ despite living in an early Puritan colony‚ publicly called for gender equality 3. Antinomianism—A belief that emerged after the Protestant Reformation that Christians are free from any laws by their faith in God 4. Chesapeake
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The colonists’ decision to grow tobacco changed Jamestown by improving the economy of the settlement. Suddenly‚ they had a way to make money and attract new settlers. Tobacco was the “cash crop” of Jamestown. 7. The Virginia Company created the House of Burgesses because settlers were complaining about how they had to take orders from London. They decided to let the settlers
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