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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Mayflower Compact. His greatest contribution to early writing is his History of Plymouth Plantation‚ 1620-1647. Bradford and Winthrop both demonstrate an exegetical habit of mind. In their different ways‚ both Bradford and Winthrop and Bradford demonstrate that the Puritans see themselves creating a new center in the New World‚ from which their values would radiate outward. William Bradford ’s history of the Pilgrims‚ in Of Plymouth Plantation‚ sheds a uniquely different light on life in colonial New England
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ethnic‚ tribal‚ religious‚ racial‚ governmental or gender separation from the larger group. Puritans- were a community of English Protestants active during the 16th and 17th centuries. Mayflower Compact- was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Squanto- was a Patuxet. He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the New World and was integral to their survival. Great Migration- was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the
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PREFER RATHER WEK The case describes strategic change to deal with a set of challenges faced by Ann Brengle‚ the Executive Director of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Beginning with a revenue shortfall following September 11‚ 2001‚ Brengle streamlined operations and cut costs. The case provides information on the community of New Bedford‚ MA‚ an economically depressed area increasingly dependent on tourism‚ as describes Brengle’s tussles with the local press‚ local authorities‚ and her own
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Congregationalists who were originally from England‚ but who had moved to Holland to avoid religious persecution. Once they sailed to America and settled Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ they set up governments based on their religious ideals‚ including stability‚ order‚ and equality among men. The Puritans who migrated in 1629 and established Massachusetts Bay were intent on building a better society in America based on their reformed version of the Anglican Church. They did not want to abandon
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Roger Williams helped America start in a good direction with his ideas‚ beliefs‚ and use of power. With the work of Roger we would not have many of the laws and bills put into place as we have today. America as we know it could have been altered to a Jesus-loving nation. I don’t know about you but no birth control and significantly less progression as a society doesn’t sound like a good country to live in. Along with this nation we could of been‚ we would of had many more wars with other major countries
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from 1675 to 1676. It was the bloodiest conflict between American colonists and Indians in the 17th century New England. By 1600‚ colonial settlers no longer depended on the Indians for survival; therefore they pushed into Indian Territory in Massachusetts‚ Connecticut and Rhode Island. To protect their lands‚ the Wampanoag chief‚ King Philip‚ also known as Metacom organized a federation of tribes‚ which in 1675 destroyed several frontier settlements. King Philip’s War was the beginning of the development
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Gables”‚ “Twice-Told Tales‚” and “The Scarlet Letter.” Author was born in the beginning of the nineteenth century in Salem‚ Massachusetts. His ancestors were involved in the witch trials. To be not recognized because of his family‚ he changed his last name from “Hathorne” to “Hawthorne.” The author had served as an American consul in the Great Britain. He died in 1864 in Plymouth‚ New Hampshire.
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Naomi Valencia- 1st Period September 14‚ 2011 Essay: Founding the New Nation #3) Which factor‚ religious freedom or economic betterment best describes the motivation behind the founding of English colonies? It wasn’t just the desire of religious freedom or just the desperation of economic betterment that motivated the founding of the New World; it was both. The development of the colonies in America helped the colonies to decide their own thoughts and ideas. In which Puritans
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America. Soon after the colonists crossed over‚ they began to set up in different areas. "The first English emigrants to what would become the New England colonies were a small group of Puritan separatists‚ later called the Pilgrims‚ who arrived in Plymouth in 1620." (The 13 Colonies).
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