variety of different social and religious groups who settled in different locations on the seaboard. The Dutch of New Netherland‚ the Swedes and Finns of New Sweden‚ the Quakers of Pennsylvania‚ the Puritans of New England‚ the English settlers of Jamestown‚
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Literary works The front page of the Bradford journal William Bradford’s most well-known work by far is Of Plymouth Plantation. It was a detailed history in manuscript form about the founding of the Plymouth colony and the lives of the colonists from 1621 to 1646.[46] It is a common misconception that the manuscript was actually Bradford’s journal. Rather‚ it was a retrospective account of his recollections and observations‚ written in the form of two books. The first book was written in
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Questions: In the brief history: What was the social and economic status of the first settlers to Jamestown? The colonists chose Jamestown Island for their settlement largely because the Virginia Company advised them to select a location that could be easily defended from ocean-going navies of the other European states that were also establishing New World colonies and were periodically at war with England‚ notably the Dutch Republic‚ France‚ and especially Spain. The island fit the criteria‚
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Cape Cod (35). However before they could get off the boat the Pilgrims had to decide where their community should settle. Three exploration expeditions were launched on the shores of Cape Cod Bay (62-63). On the third expedition‚ Plymouth Rock was discovered and Plymouth was decided upon as the location for the Pilgrims’ settlement. (78-79). Before leaving their boat dwellings for good‚ the Pilgrims constructed their first governmental document: the Mayflower Compact. This doctrine formed a rudimentary
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colony of Plymouth in the New World? The religious turmoil in the Old World that resulted in Plymouth was the Protestant Reformation. This created a branch of protestantism called puritanism. The dutch puritans wanted to escape so they asked the King for a charter and started Plymouth in the New World. Why was the initial and subsequent colonization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony more successful than Plymouth? The initial colonization in Massachusetts Bay Colony was more successful than Plymouth due to
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Sean Mullany 10/14/12 US I Period 1 Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die? “Who died this time?” could have been one of the most spoken questions in the early colonies of Jamestown. In 1607 about 110 Englishmen arrived at a bay of the coast of Virginia. This bay was considered Jamestown. Early Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die? Jamestown was founded in 1607 by John Smith and 110 English settlers. Out of the original 110 settlers‚ only 40 survived‚ which mean that about 65%
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people colonized and settled in the United States Annotated Bibliography Fradin‚ D. B. (2006). Turning Points in US History: Jamestown‚ Virginia. New York‚ NY: Benchmark Books. Summary: This book describes how European settlers colonized America and founded the first colony of the New World‚ Jamestown. The book explores the life of the settlers in Jamestown and the founding father of the first colony. The author focuses on how the settlers survived in the colony and warded off attacks from
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Pocahontas is based on a true life story of a young Powhatan Indian girl named Pocahontas who falls in love with John Smith. In the making of the movie‚ Walt Disney‚ attempts to relate to the early 17th Century historic event of Europeans settling in Jamestown; however‚ Disney did not portrait the true story. Disney rewrote the story by making it a beautifully romantic and animated love story like a Cinderella fairytale. In the Walt Disney movie‚ Pocahontas and John Smith were both young adults when
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Smith was born in January in 1580 in Willoughby‚ England. Smith’s father‚ George Smith‚ was a yeoman farmer. Alice Smith was his mother. They owned land in Lincolnshire. Smith ran away around the age of 15 due to not wanting to be a farmer‚ but a sailor instead. Unfortunately for John‚ his father stopped him and made him become an apprentice. Smith joined English farmers shortly after his father’s death in 1596. That fight ended in a truce and Smith came home and resided on Lord Willoughby’s
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“Desktop research”. This is a second hand form of data whereby already collected data is stored and can be accessed for you to use. This includes data such as that of gender‚ age religion etc and relates to a specific area or location‚ like Mutley in Plymouth‚ or Stonehouse‚ etc. This data is usually found online on City Council or Government websites or in libraries or
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