October 30‚ 1735 in Braintree‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Quincy‚ Massachusetts) a boy was born to John Adams‚ Sr and Susanna Boylston. That boy was John Adams‚ Jr one of the fathers of our country. Well not yet‚ but he was going to get there. He was a very healthy child but when he arrived at Harvard his health took a turn for the worst. John had a respiratory infection‚ depression‚ and was inoculated for smallpox. John became a member of the Massachusetts legislature and was sent the Continental
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The Salem witch trials happened in Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693. Around 200 people‚ in the town of salem‚ were accused of witchcraft‚ and twenty people actually hung. The Salem witch trials are known to the world as a large conspiracy. Today when people read about Salem in history textbooks they think about how deranged the people in the town
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“America’s first rebel”... Roger Williams. This essay will be about the life of Roger Williams‚ and how he founded the providence which became Rhode Island‚ and came to what we call today‚ America. His strong religious beliefs may had made him unpopular‚ but that didn’t stop him from concurring the world with his strong beliefs. Some even say that he is the father of modernized liberty‚ due to being best known for his religious freedom. Roger Williams born in 1603 in London‚ England‚ nobody
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“So they committed themselves to the will of God and resolved to proceed.” (79) John smith and William Bradford were two American settlers that both came from england. They each came to a new world to better their lives. Smith came to jamestown mostly for the money and to get rich.He was a selfish person in his writing he mostly wrote about himself. Bradford came more for their freedom of religion. He believed in God‚ and he wanted everyone to have the right to believe in what they wished for.
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Island may never have came to be‚ if not for Roger Williams. After being exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ for endorsement of a separatist movement‚ It was he who relocated to present day Rhode Island. At that time‚ Massachusetts‚ was a colony ruled by Puritans. These people were anti-separatists‚ which means that they did not believe in the separation of church and state. Any resident living in Massachusetts‚ regardless of Religious affiliation was required to pay taxes to the puritan church
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Bradford had a dream and a vision of one day being free from all religious bondage. He had the passion that it took to get started. Also‚ he had the courage to step out and make his vision a reality. In chapter IV in the book “Of Plymouth Plantation‚” it was said‚ “It was answered‚ that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties‚ and must be both enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.” Because of the passion and courage Bradford portrayed‚ he
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the Seven Years’ War‚ the British government felt that since the colonies benefited that they should contribute to the expenses. As Francis Bernard describes the American colonies acted strongly against this matter. This all took place in Boston Massachusetts. During the summer of 1765‚ because of the Stamp Act‚ there were many protests in the colonies. These protests involved everyone from civic leaders to street mobs. In many cities and towns the slogan became “no taxation without representation”
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thought to be direct and to the point. The plain style consisted of simple sentences and everyday used language. It never had figures of speech and especially not any imagery. A good example of this style is found in the passage from Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation‚ "They began now to gather in the small harvest they had‚ and to fit up their houses against winter‚ being all well recovered in health and strength and had all things in good plenty." William took this otherwise exciting story of
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Notably‚ in colonizing the New World‚ Captain John Smith and William Bradford were both significant figures. They both established colonies and through their writings‚ they hoped to attract more settlers that were relatable to them. Smith was the first man to endorse a permanent settlement of America. Bradford was a Puritan who was brave and firm on setting up a colony where people could practice their preferred religion freely. Both of these men shared similarities and differences with
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crucial for them. To the Pilgrims‚ God was their protector who protected them as they made their way to North America‚ and so they believed having faith in God would shield them from danger in the new‚ unknown world. An example of this value is in “Of Plymouth Plantation”‚ “Being thus arrived in a good harbor‚ and brought safe to land‚ they fell
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