To what extent did the early New England Puritans live up to their idealized vision of community? Explain…
Bibliography: Lawson, Steven F. "Colonization and Conflicts." Exploring American Histories. By Nancy A. Hewitt. Vol. 1. N.p.: Bedford/St. Martin 's, 2013. 44. Print.…
After carefully examining your OPVL on the excerpt, “Gender, Work, and Wage in Colonial New England”, I could find no faults in how it was written. Your origin statement covers all necessary bases (author, primary v. secondary, date of creation) and even ventures further by including a small description of what the source covers. You then transition into extending your source description in your purpose statement. While reading, I became drawn in by what you had stated in your purpose statement, the idea that women at the time had done the opposite of what historians would have expected. Your value was extremely analytical and detailed, as you were able to point out all in which the source had to offer. Lastly, your limitation in itself would…
New England and Middle Colonies developed differently because the Anglican Church was persecuting Protestants and Catholics. Therefore these groups settled in New England and not Virginia/Middle Colonies. This impacted political development because the Middle Colonies were for profit, and as a result they developed different politically.…
The New England Colonists highly valued religion and rules. Some well known colonists are the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims came to the New England Colonies for freedom of religion. They believed that the Church of England had gone to far beyond Christ’s teachings. There way of dealing with serious crimes was execution. The lesser crimes were handled with fines. There was one law on guns, if you did not bring a loaded gun to church you were fined 12 shillings. The church building itself had no significance to the Pilgrims, and was usually called simply the "meetingplace" or "meetinghouse". The meetinghouse was kept drab, and had no religious icons. The pastor was not essential to the church. Another well known group of colonists are the Puritans.…
The Thirteen Colonies of America were all founded by England in the 17th century. However, the origins, beliefs, economies and governments of these colonies are as varied and diverse as America itself. The Northern Colonies of New England and the Southern Colonies were the most prolific of the New World and were very different in most cases.…
During the seventeenth century, in response to the change of; environment, social structure, family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others.…
Colonial development along the eastern seaboard was strongly influenced by the geography of the regions settled and the ethnic makeup of the colonists. Generally, the colonies may be best understood as being divided in the following way: New England (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island), Middle (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware), and Southern (The Carolinas, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia). While these colony groups had many things in common, they also had their own distinctive features. Colonists brought traditions from their home countries and developed new ways of life in North America as they responded to the unique demands of climate, economics, and belief systems. The following is an overview…
Throughout history, many people from the same country have immigrated to different lands where their new lifestyles had very little in common. This was obvious in the settlement of the New England and Chesapeake colonies before 1700 which caused the development of dissimilar societies. The people of New England and the Chesapeake colonies formed different governments upon arrival to North America. They had different motives and incentives for immigrating to America. The composition of the colonists of New England and the Chesapeake area were nothing like one another during the settlement of the colonies.…
A normal day for a married woman would consist of doing the housework which incudes cooking, cleaning, feeding the animals, sewing and more. “…I think you want to do other things besides learn how to feather-stitch and drop curtseys to rude rich old hags at the Ragged School.” P.57. I think some girls and women wished to do other things like Beatie, but most learned how to cook and clean and became a housewife. A daily routine would include daily jobs like for example on Monday a married woman would do the ironing and laundry and on would have been some chores that they did everyday like the cooking and keeping the fire burning. Married women were not…
In all colonial regions, men’s and women’s roles in the colonies were strictly defined, but the definitions varied from place to place. Colonial education varied greatly depending on geography, gender, and social class. School subjects included reading, writing, and math.…
During the Colonial Era, there were few colonial in each regions of America such as New England, Southern, or Middle Atlantic. These Regions were the most important colonial areas during the Colonial Era, where it provided religions, food, cash crops, tobacco, and they also traded with each other countries which resulted lots of money. For the background of Colonial Era, they started by the conflicts between Catholics, where it was corrupted during this time period, and Protestants, who were reforming a church without a Pope. Because they had conflicts between the Catholics and Protestant, the Protestants moved to this New America to be separated from the Catholics. And Protestants landed at three regions, which were New England, Southern colonies, and Middle Atlantic.…
In New England colonies, slaves were not needed as much as the other colonies, specifically the southern colonies because there was no labor for slaves to do because of the lack of good farming areas. Due to the cold, long, and harsh winters, farming in the New England colonies was a challenge and the growing season was very short. The soil was also rocky as well, so the farmers had to talk all the rocks out before planting. Due to these conditions they only farmed enough for their family, themselves, and their farm animals, is this is why there wasn't really a huge demand, or need to have slaves in the New England colonies. Slaves were expensive to feed because of the lack of good farmland so because of this, most of the slaves in the New…
In the early 1700’s the lives of men and women were very different. Social equality was not extended to the women in the household. Wealth, intelligence, and social status were not of importance when it came to be head of the household. They were taught that their husbands were above then and that it was a “wife’s duty” to “love and reverence them,” (Henretta 97).…
How did the number and condition of women affect family life and society In New England, among Southern whites, and among African Americans?…
