Mary Nejatifar Ms. Graff English 11H October 11‚ 2012 Colonization in America Some of the first Europeans to explore and settle in the New World were the English Puritans. In the 17th century‚ a man called John Winthrop traveled to Massachusetts Bay along with many other Puritans. With troubles with the Church of England‚ this group of people wanted to launch new lives on a new continent. To support their desires‚ John Winthrop offered several reasons and arguments to support moving
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Stephen James Dr. Burgess History 111 Section 010 5 February 2013 Solving the Puritan Dilemma John Winthrop was not only a political leader and organizer for the Massachusetts Bay colony‚ but he was also the leader of forming the idealistic views of the Puritans. Winthrop began his life rich‚ coming from his families wealth‚ enjoying his lavish life and the pleasures that came with it. However‚ while he was under the weather‚ he realized that indulging in these meager worldly pleasures was
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When the Puritans were planning their trip to the New World‚ they saw possibilities they could not see in England. They wanted to be free to build their own godly community‚ but they did not want to separate completely from the churches in England. They wanted to establish a community that others looked up to. They wanted to move to this new land that had so much potential. The Puritans found the opportunities they were looking for when they decided to move across the water to New England and were
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Why do people attend college or university? After high school graduated‚ many people will get a job and work in our society. But also many people will choose to attend college or university. If I have a chance in the future‚ I will definitely go to college. There are two reasons that I think why people will attend college or university. One is can learn more knowledge. Another one is to get a higher paying job. First of all‚ things that people learn from high school are very basic and shallow
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The End or The Journey? “The journey is far greater than the inn.” I am a sixteen year old girl. As a child‚ there is a long journey towards adulthood. There is the pleasure of the journey taken and the joy of the end. Some people may say that the journey is more memorable than the goal. Others may argue that the goals are the most memorable ones. I believe that the journey a person takes has a more impact on the person. A journey‚ by definition‚ means a passage or progress from one stage to another
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“ Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door‚ and what we do with our lives after we do‚ is up to us “ ( Mitt Romney ). “ City upon a hill “ is a city on top of a hill that everyone can see them. A city on top of a hill cannot be hidden‚ it’s there for everyone can see. John Winthrop was the man who brought the Puritans to America. The Puritans were the people who believed that God was the one true law. Puritans
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Thomas Hamm is a professor of history and director of special collections at Earlham College. “Earlham’s historical beginning in Richmond‚ Indiana‚ is rooted in the Great Migration of Quakers from the eastern United States in the first half of the nineteenth century” (Hamm viii). Among Thomas Hamm’s accomplishments‚ “he is a lifelong member of First Friends Meeting in New Castle‚ Indiana; he has served as recording clerk and a member of the executive committee of Indiana Yearly Meeting‚ and was
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The Wounded Knee Massacre took place on December 29‚ 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek‚ in South Dakota. Both‚ the New York Times and the London Times have published articles on this event. However‚ their interpretations of the event are quite different. It is interesting how the same event can be portrayed in two completely contrasting ways. Specifically‚ the New York Times justifies the American’s actions towards the Native Americans‚ whereas the London Times portrays the American’s actions as unacceptable
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On 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
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The Massachusetts Bay Colony government was able to be‚ at least partially‚ simultaneously theocratic‚ democratic‚ oligarchic‚ and authoritarian. It was able to be partly theocratic because of the doctrine of the covenant‚ which stated that the whole purpose of government was to enforce God’s laws. God’s laws applied to everyone‚ even nonbelievers. Everyone also had to pay taxes for the government-supported church. This meant that religious leaders held enormous power in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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