various reasons why the American Colonies were established. The three most important themes of English colonization of America were religion‚ economics‚ and government. The most important reasons for colonization were to seek refuge‚ religious freedom‚ and economic opportunity. To a lesser degree‚ the colonists sought to establish a stable and progressive government. Many colonies were founded for religious purposes. While religion was involved with all of the colonies‚ Massachusetts‚ New Haven‚ Maryland
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strained and bruised us and our continual labor in the extremity of the heat had so weakened us‚ as were cause sufficient to have made us as miserable in our native country or any other place in the world”(71) So there technically was food for the colony to eat‚ but the president made them diet so their food can last more. This wasn’t good for the people because this made them even weaker and not like in william’s story in jamestown it was extremely hot ‚and the heat with not a lot of food made them
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The Roanoke Colony The Roanoke colony‚ a settlement now looked at through the eyes of curiosity. What happened to them? Why did it happen? Will we ever find out what really happened? These are the questions that come to mind when anyone who has heard about the Roanoke colony think about this mysterious event. Many people hope to answer these questions and I am one of them. We may never know what really happened‚ so the best we can do is narrow it down to a few possibilities that are much more
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The thirteen colonies that joined together to become the United States of America were but a part of the first British Empire. They were the product of a broad and dramatic expansion of England that began with the establishment of “plantations” in Ireland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and reached a peak with the conquest of Canada and the extension of British influence over India during the 1760s. In the New World alone at the time of the American Revolution Britain had close to two dozen
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sure of themselves that any one of these authors is actually telling the truth? Some accounts can never truly be proven false or true‚ but evidence can lead some to come to conclusions themselves. In the two stories‚ or reliable source writings‚ Of Plymouth Plantation written by William Bradford; or The Interesting Narrative of the Life of OlaudahEquianowritten by OlaudahEquiano‚ both authors claim to have experienced what they wrote about firsthand. But how can one be sure that each is a “reliable
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Different Types of American Colonies There are different types of English colonies‚ including Royal‚ proprietary‚ and private as the most common types. These are three very different types of colonies and had different rules associated with them. Each colony was a part of one of these types‚ but some even switched between the three types of colonies. These switches came from changes in power and needing different types of government to make this happen. Royal colonies were the most common form
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New England and the Chesapeake Compared MARY BETH NORTON The England that the seventeenth-century migrants left behind was undergoing dramatic changes‚ many of which stemmed from a rapid rise in population that began early in the sixteenth century. As the population grew‚ the economy altered‚ social stratification increased‚ and customary modes of political behavior developed into new forms. England’s ruling elites saw chaos everywhere‚ and they became obsessed with the problem of maintaining
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relations between Indians and the English were variable. On one side of the spectrum‚ the Wampanoag and Puritans got along very well‚ even having the “first Thanksgiving”. On the other end‚ the Pequot War waged the Pequots against three English colonies. Both sides tried to assert their interests; the English used their advanced firearms to drive the Indians off their land‚ and also accidentally their Old World diseases helped their cause. The Indians used their knowledge of the land and agriculture
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how do you think they will fit (or not fit) into the various schools discussed herein? We also read William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation. This is both a work of history and a primary document in and of itself. We often group writings like his as the "Providential School." Please analyze the ways in which Bradford’s ascribing of the hand of God in the history of Plymouth shape the narrative he presents. Does recognition of God in writing history lead to inappropriate bias‚ or can it have a
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each other in their causes‚ courses‚ and consequences. In New England‚ King Philip’s War was a conflict between the Wampanoag Indians and the English settlers of the Plymouth Colony from1675 to 1677. Far‚ far away in what is now New Mexico‚ the Pueblo Revolt was an uprising of Pueblo Indians against the Spanish settlers in the colony of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in 1680. Their similarities explain much about the relationships between Native Americans and European colonists at the time. Firstly
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