Describe The Foundations Of English And Dutch Settlement In South, New England
HIST 107 QUESTIONS, WALKTHROUGH AND NOTES
Posted on: Monday, September 3, 2012
History 107 Fall 2012 Homework Assignment ONE
On Brinkley, Chapters 1-4 and classroom lectures.
For Antelope Valley Students: e-mail to dlewis60@avc.edu by Wednesday. September 19.
For Citrus Students: e-mail to dlewis@citruscollege.edu by Thursday, September 20.
Answer the following in a minimum of 750 words.
You will likely find, however that you will need more than 750 words. Try and cover as much as you can.
Part One: Briefly describe the foundations of America before 1607.
Part Two: Compare the foundations of English and Dutch settlement in the South, New England and the Mid-Atlantic from 1607 to 1689.
Part Three: Tell me how the Southern, …show more content…
The Revolution of 1689 furnished British Americans a weapon against tyranny. When a government is tyrannical it was the duty of the government to change or overthrow it. No government had the right to tax its subjects other than via their elected representatives.
The new king, William III, gave Massachusetts a new charter in 1691. The new charter took power from the elected General Court and gave it to a royal governor. In the view of Mather and other Puritans this meant the rule of the ungodly! The crisis intensified when New England and New York were attacked by France and her Huron allies. Massachusetts’s governor, Sir William Phips sent an expedition to capture Quebec City. It was decimated by French guns.
The Salem Witch Trials took place in this context. New England had lost her theocracy and been defeated by the French and Indians. Samuel Parris warned his congregation In Salem every Sunday that maybe Satan’s agents had crept into New England. Many believed him. When a small incident of witchcraft took place in 1692, Salem was convulsed with hysteria. Around 150 were accused of witchcraft and 19 were executed. The witch hunt soon blew itself out. Again, the French and Hurons hit the frontier. New Englanders fought on their own until Queen Anne sent British troops that conauered Acadia and renamed it Nova …show more content…
Once again, New England had to fight alone in the beginning. Yankee militia took the mighty French bastion of Louisbourg in 1745 but England gave it back when King George’s War ended in 1748. The truce did not last long. During the truce in 1752 Ben Franklin drew inspiration from the Iroquois and set forth a Plan of Union. All the English provinces in America would keep their governments but also have a British American Governor General appointed by the king and an American Parliament that alone could tax the colonies. The Lords of Trade ignored
Posted on: Monday, September 3, 2012
History 107 Fall 2012 Homework Assignment ONE
On Brinkley, Chapters 1-4 and classroom lectures.
For Antelope Valley Students: e-mail to dlewis60@avc.edu by Wednesday. September 19.
For Citrus Students: e-mail to dlewis@citruscollege.edu by Thursday, September 20.
Answer the following in a minimum of 750 words.
You will likely find, however that you will need more than 750 words. Try and cover as much as you can.
Part One: Briefly describe the foundations of America before 1607.
Part Two: Compare the foundations of English and Dutch settlement in the South, New England and the Mid-Atlantic from 1607 to 1689.
Part Three: Tell me how the Southern, …show more content…
The Revolution of 1689 furnished British Americans a weapon against tyranny. When a government is tyrannical it was the duty of the government to change or overthrow it. No government had the right to tax its subjects other than via their elected representatives.
The new king, William III, gave Massachusetts a new charter in 1691. The new charter took power from the elected General Court and gave it to a royal governor. In the view of Mather and other Puritans this meant the rule of the ungodly! The crisis intensified when New England and New York were attacked by France and her Huron allies. Massachusetts’s governor, Sir William Phips sent an expedition to capture Quebec City. It was decimated by French guns.
The Salem Witch Trials took place in this context. New England had lost her theocracy and been defeated by the French and Indians. Samuel Parris warned his congregation In Salem every Sunday that maybe Satan’s agents had crept into New England. Many believed him. When a small incident of witchcraft took place in 1692, Salem was convulsed with hysteria. Around 150 were accused of witchcraft and 19 were executed. The witch hunt soon blew itself out. Again, the French and Hurons hit the frontier. New Englanders fought on their own until Queen Anne sent British troops that conauered Acadia and renamed it Nova …show more content…
Once again, New England had to fight alone in the beginning. Yankee militia took the mighty French bastion of Louisbourg in 1745 but England gave it back when King George’s War ended in 1748. The truce did not last long. During the truce in 1752 Ben Franklin drew inspiration from the Iroquois and set forth a Plan of Union. All the English provinces in America would keep their governments but also have a British American Governor General appointed by the king and an American Parliament that alone could tax the colonies. The Lords of Trade ignored