The Proprietary Colonies, perhaps most recognized as the United States’ original 13 colonies and forever represented in the U.S. ‘stars and strips’ flag as the red and white horizontal stripes. The first English settlement in the new world was in Virginia ,with the first permanent settlement made...
The 13 colonies were divided up into regional categories known as The New England colonies, The Middle colonies and The Southern Colonies. The New England Colonies consisted of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Connecticut. The Middle Colonies consisted of New Netherlands( New York) Pennsylvania...
Many colonies were settled by the people of English origin. Not all colonies were the same though. There were two distinct societies that differed: the New England region and Chesapeake region. The states that were included in the New England region were Rhode Island (founded by Roger Williams), Connecticut...
collection of northern, middle, and southern colonies. Their differences in religion, politics, economics, and social issues, and the way they dealt with them, are what shaped our country into what we are today. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire...
CONTRAST OF COLONIES 1 Comparisons and Contrasts of the Colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts Vincent W. Daquilante Excelsior College COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF COLONIES 2 Abstract This paper will discuss the differences between the colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts in colonial...
♣ 1620 - Mayflower sets sail − misses the Va and lands in New England (present day Massachusetts) − squatters (no legal right; under no government) − Mayflower...
sailed to America and founded the Plymouth colonies. Before even stepping off the ship the people agreed upon some laws, which became known as the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower compact was written because, the Mayflower was originally bound for the Colony of Virginia, financed by the Company of Merchant...
Spain strengthen its colonies in America? • Vocabulary: ▪ missionary mestizo ▪ presidio mission ▪ viceroy Religious Divisions Emerge in Europe Main Idea: Starting in 1517, the Protestant Reformation spread across Northern Europe and into the American colonies, challenging the authority...
Rachel Newman AP U.S. History English Colonies DBQ The “New World” beckoned to many of the European people. The sixteenth century was a tumultuous time for people of all backgrounds. Imaginations were able to soar free form their tethers and see the “New World” for all its endless possibilities. There...
The first successful English settlement on the American continent was established in 1607. And from then on, until 1732, thirteen English colonies settled on the continent. Great Britain was the first and so, the only country to "send" its people as colonists and to settle in that part of the continent...
on the Mayflower. 2. John Winthrop: was famous for the founding, and as a leader of, the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. He was a strict Puritan and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop and the Puritans believed that they would establish a pure church in New England ...
American History 1492 – Columbus – voyages to the Americas 1607 – 1st permanent English colony in America – (Virginia) 1614 – Dutch settle in New Amsterdam (New York) 1619 – 1st African slaves brought to North America by the Dutch Virginia established the first legislative assembly in America 1620 -...
Ann Bradstreet arrived in Massachusetts Bay with her parents and young husband. Her father became Deputy Governor of the new colony while her husband was a future Governor. Over the next few decades, Ann would produce some of the most important poetry from all of the colonies. As a puritan, Ann understood...
Chapter 3 Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700 I. Identify and state the historical significance of the following: 1. John Calvin- 2. Anne Hutchinson 3. Roger Williams 4. Henry Hudson 5. William Bradford 6. Peter Stuyvesant 7. William Laud 8. Thomas Hooker 9. William Penn 10. John...
Thus the Canadian frontier was marked differently, in nature and in historical development, from that of the other European powers the English colonies in the southern parts of the continent. These four major aspects will be discussed in this essay. Commercially the French has had established...
colonize in North America from England -Lost Colony- second attempt of Sir Walter Raleigh to colonize; found by Governor White when he returned with supplies and it was empty -Joint-Stock Company- a company that individually shared expenses in founding a colony; investors shared profits without sharing...
(the "Intolerable Acts") In 1773, Lord North's ministry passed the Tea Act allowing the East India Company to send tea directly to the American colonies. On 16 December 1773 the Boston Tea Party occurred, following a confrontation between the Patriots, the consignees of the tea and customs men. 340...
Revenue acts. The essay argued that even though parliament had the power to regulate trade by imposing laws, the colonies were sovereign in their internal affairs. Thus taxes laid upon the colonies by Parliament for the purpose of raising revenue, rather than regulating trade, were unconstitutional. ...
Baker Mr. Yerlik AP US History 07/02/13 Differences between the Northern and Southern Colonies Both the north colonies and the south colonies appeared as though they might be the same. Looking at both colonies most of the people came from England, they were both in the New World, and they were both...
lawyer at the Court of Wards in London. Other Puritans who believed likewise obtained a royal charter for the Massachusetts Bay Company. Charles I of England was apparently unaware that the colony was to be anything other than a commercial venture to America. However, on March 4, 1629, Winthrop signed the...
the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus’s voyages. Council of the indies- The institution responsible for supervising Spain’s colonies in the Americas from 1524 to the early eighteenth century, when it lost all but judicial responsibilities. Bartolome de las casas- The most influential...
Carter September 21, 2015 U.S History The Original 13 Colonies The original 13 colonies were created around the 16th century. It was divided into three sections- the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. Each section developed their own economical, social, and political...
priests accompanied conquistadors to attend to their spiritual needs and to attempt to convert the natives to Christianity. 12. They helped control the colonies and tried to set the main religion for the new world. 13. Africans came from an uncivilized and primitive society. 14. The English thought that...
People who immigrated into the New England colonies (Puritans) left England because of religious prosecution. Others, for example, in the Southern colonies, were more in the favor of the economic benefits the land had to offer. The founders of these colonies had their own ideas on how to operate their...
Hill in the New World. Were Winthrop and his Puritan followers successful in doing so? In other words, how successful were the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony in “purifying” the Church of England? Why? Puritan Essay Outline I. Puritans’ basic belief- duty to conscience over duty to king ...
1775, suggests that the American Revolution was inevitable. Within a dozen years of British’s victory, war broke out between British soldiers and Massachusetts militiamen at Lexington and Concord. The war cost British up to £122 million, so they taxed Americans with a Stamp Act. This Stamp Act was outrageous...
1700-1775, the colonies in America began to pull away from their homeland in England, although they had once been incredibly loyal to their mother country. As England practiced salutary neglect, trusting the transplanted Europeans to run their own governments under England’s ideas, the colonies began to realize...
English Civil War was happening, trading in the colonies had dropped due to Dutch shipping. To win this trade back from the Dutch, Oliver Cromwell convinced Parliament to adopt a Navigation Act in 1651, which required all goods imported into England or her colonies must arrive on a English ship with the majority...
thousands of Puritans fled to America. Winthrop and his associates established the Massachusetts Bat colony in the area around present-day Boston. Over the next decade about 10,000 Puritans migrated to the colony, along with 10,000 others fleeing hard times in England. 5. Puritans thought the physical...
WHY TRANSPORTION TO BOTANY BAY † FOR CONVICTS? There were numerous reasons why the British established what became their colony in Sydney. Look at each reason based on Robert J. King’s crystalisation in his brilliant work, “The Secret History of the Convict Colony” about Alexandro Malaspino’s report...
Their idea is to create their perfect society and spread Christianity. After accepting the charter to the king, they arrive to Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Company in 1620. The Puritans developed a new idea European Millenarianism in which they believed that they were on a mission to spread their...
Puritanism was highly reflected in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The Puritans is a religious group, which migrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England in the early 1600s, believed in a “pure” interpretation of the Bible, which did not contain some of the traditional practices...
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accurate regarding the Mayflower Compact? A. It founded the Plymouth colony under a proprietary governor. B. It gave the Pilgrims their own charter. C. It created the Massachusetts Bay Colony. D. It made Plymouth a royal colony. 4. Imagine that you're a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses....
to life in the New World; however, various challenges arose along the way. The first challenge they faced was how to govern the colony. Due to the rapid growth, the colony was not able to meet its form of government as identified by their charter. The General Court was initially monopolized for the...
freedom in the New World. Their religion was brought with them as naturally as their provisions of food and clothing. As good Englishmen planting a colony under the name of King James, they brought with them the official religion of England -- that of the Anglican Church, or the Church of England. What...
These were the final words spoken by Nathan Hale before he was hanged for espionage. The history of the United States from when it was just thirteen colonies under British command, to the civil war that threatened to destroy a great nation has always been an interesting one. Whether it was issues with a...
relationship between the American colonies and their British parent state in the 17th and 18th centuries was not particularly well-defined. The colonies were governed by Royal Charters issued by the King of England (later Great Britain), who was usually represented in each colony by an appointed governor. The...
Puritan Understanding of God A primary part of the fate of America is shaped by the first Puritans who landed on the shores of New England Massachusetts. Exiled from England, their agenda was strictly religious. The Puritans settled, where they created an ideology that was essential in the shaping...
Geography’s Impact on British Colonies In order for the British colonies in North America to thrive and develop, four key elements were necessary. First, a relatively even topography with fertile land and a steady source with availability of natural resources. Second, a proper climate and weather...
Aaron D’mello 07 Dominic D’souza 08 Godwin Fernandes 09 Project on: - Explorer John Smith Contents • Early adventures • Virginia Colony • Voyage • Site • Encounter with Pocahontas' tribe • Smith’s leadership of Jamestown • New England • Authorship • Credibility as an author ...
shamrocks, pubs and distinct Bostonian accent you hear all the time. Roxbury is a neighborhood within Boston Massachusetts. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in sixteen thirty and became a city in eighteen forty- eight. The city of Roxbury became a suburb of Boston...
Jamestown colony in Virginia. He was executed for being a spy for Spain. Laws regarding the death penalty varied from colony to colony. The Massachusetts Bay Colony held its first execution in 1630, even though the Capital Laws of New England did not go into effect until years later. The New York Colony instituted...
problem of children obeying authority, partying, and breaking rules. Strict moral codes were enforced, but many were broken. Alcohol was not band in the colonies, therefore many lawbreaking misbehaviors that exist today, were a problem as well in colonial times. Another issue from colonial America that is relevant...
behind the Puritan and religious immigration to America, his predecessor, John Winthrop came at a time when the colonies were new. As a governor in the newly-founded Massachusetts Bay Colony and prominent religious and civic person, Winthrop saw it as his duty to remind fellow Puritans of why they came...
in twelve out of fifty states, that is twenty-four percent of the United States. The twelve states that have approved gay marriages are Massachusetts on May 17, 2004, Connecticut on November 12, 2008, Iowa on April 24, 2009, Vermont on September 1, 2009, New Hampshire on January 1, 2010, New York...
time of the land wars have been well documented. The very first New Zealand Maori Commercial dairy farmer was Taiwhanga who was selling butter at the Bay of Islands in the 1830s. As early as 1842, a bank manager in Wellington estimated that the local Maori in the area possessed upwards of $150,000. They...
in North America. Chapter 2 1. Summarize the major factors that led England to begin colonization. 2. Describe the development of the Jamestown colony from its disastrous beginnings to its later prosperity. 3. Describe the cultural and social interaction and exchange between English settlers and...
“The Devil in Massachusetts” The witch hunts in Salem Village were a huge tragedy on American History, but has America really learned its lesson on major principles that should never have happened in the first place? Marion Starkey did wonderful research as to let this book shine even in its horrible...
Title--MLA The very first Europeans who came to the New World came to establish colonies and explore the vast land. There were explorers from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and England, mostly Christians. Many of them came to the “New World” in search for riches and religious freedoms. Little did they...
jailing of three accused witches. Why the accusations continued is still debated to this day. A recent small pox outbreak, the revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter by Charles II and the constant fear of Indian attacks helped in creating anxiety among the early Puritans that God was punishing them...
faith is the sole condition of justification, and assurance is the essence of justifying faith. Eighty years earlier peace was broken in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) over these doctrines. That upheaval, labeled the “Antinomian Controversy,” occupied the MBC for seventeen months from October 1636...
flourishing, thus starts the globalization of spreading the cocoa plant to the tropics around the world. Many countries established cacao-growing colonies. The English, Dutch, and French also colonized cacao-growing lands near the equator. The British planted trees in Ceylon. The Dutch established plantations...
* Barack Hussein Obama Senior He is the father of Barack Obama; was born on the shores of Lake Victoria just outside Kendu Bay, Kenya Colony, at the time a colony of the British Empire. His family is a member of the Luo ethnic group. Visited his son only for one single time. In his memoir, Barack...
a small group of people known as the Pilgrims escaped religious persecution in Europe and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Between 1630 and 1640, a larger group followed them and established a colony. More immigrants came to America in search of economic opportunities. A lot of these white E...
conquistador Juan Ponce de León landed on what he called "La Florida"—the first documented European arrival on what would become the U.S. mainland. Of the colonies Spain established in the region, only St. Augustine, founded in 1565, remains. Later Spanish settlements in the present-day southwestern United States...
SLAVERY in MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts was the first slave-holding colony in New England. Circumstantial evidence gives a date that the first certain reference to African slavery is in connection with the bloody Pequot War in 1637. The Pequot Indians of central Connecticut, pressed hard by encroaching...
social life in the colonies. Politically, the colonists had no representation in the British Parliament. Economically, the king sanctioned taxes against the colonies in North America to pay for the French and Indian War. Britain also did not allow the colonies to trade with any other colony. Socially, the...
upon colonists, specifically Massachusetts, to discourage the other colonies from opposing British rule. “Yet nothing was done until Lord North, confronted with what he regarded as the insufferable unruliness of the Bostonians, determined in 1774 to purge the Massachusetts Constitution of its crudities...
beliefs. Document 3: A- Massachusetts, New Plymouth, Connecticut, and new haven P- form military alliance P- protect themselves against natives Sentence: During the period of salutary neglect, The New England Confederation was formed between Massachusetts, New Plymouth, Connecticut, and...