landed in Massachusetts at a place they named Plymouth. With these two colonies‚ English settlement in North America was born. LOCATION OF THE SETTLEMENTS Jamestown offered anchorage and a good defensive position. Warm climate and fertile soil allowed large plantations to prosper. Plymouth provided good anchorage and an excellent harbor. Cold climate and thin‚ rocky soil limited farm size. New Englanders turned to lumbering‚ shipbuilding‚ fishing and trade. REASONS FOR THE COLONIES Economic
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John Winthrop was one of the first settlers of the Massachusetts Bay plantation in 1630. He delivered a sermon called A Model of Christian Charity‚ while aboard the ship taking these Puritans to the New World “which outlined the principles by which the new colony should be run” (Mulford 237). He uses Bible scripture to reinforce his idea of how their community should be created. As the Bible is the foundation for these Puritans‚ it is important to see how he uses scripture to create their perfect
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Edmund S. Morgan’s book‚ "The Puritan Dilemma"‚ is an account of the events encountered by John Winthrop’s mission of creating a city on a hill. In the book John Winthrop leads and commands his followers while trying to find a solution to the puritan dilemma. John Winthrop’s mission of creating a city on a hill entails reforming and purifying the Church of England of all its flaws‚ instead of completely separating and starting a new church from scratch as the separatists prefer‚ so as to set an
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ranks to other religions. Some decided to move again‚ this time to North America. In December of 1620‚ eighty-eight Separatist "Pilgrims" disembarked from the Mayflower at a place they called Plymouth on the coast of present-day southeastern Massachusetts. But misfortune followed the Separatists to the New World. The hardships of the crossing and inadequate provisions left many vulnerable to a "starving time" during the winter. The Plymouth
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disgruntled. As the quote explains‚ Anne Bradstreet’s “poetry must have been her outlet for her discontent.” This discontent stems from the oppression of women of her time. Women in Puritan society during the dawn of the New World in the English colonies were extremely oppressed‚ double-teamed by both religion and men. Puritan society in New England was a society with a strong patriarchal community. Men were expected to go out and work and participate in government and religious services. Women were
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conducting politics and demographics in the colonies. Even though the settlers came from the same homeland: England‚ each group had its own reasons for coming to the New World and different ideas planned for the colonies. On his way to the New World‚ aboard the Arabella in 1630‚ John Winthrop‚ Puritan leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ spoke of the plan that he had in store for the colony. He preached that there would be equality in the new colony and that they " must be knit together in this
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Through mercantilist thought processes‚ Britain created the colonies merely for gain of the mother terrain itself. Therefore‚ it did not give them any specific attention and allowed them to simply rule itself by personal means—and this idea makes up salutary neglect. The colonies used their own assemblies‚ such as the House of Burgesses‚ to govern themselves. Since England provided little to no financial assistance‚ the economy of the colonies was also self-made. It consisted mainly of agriculture‚ ship
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hope of creating a better life. Some came to America to find riches‚ but others came to America for religious purposes. Two of the most popular groups that formed colonies in America were the Puritans and the Quakers. Both groups wanted to change and hopefully enhance their lives forever. Although the Puritans‚ the Quakers‚ and their colonies have several similarities‚ these groups are more different than they are similar. Throughout the seventeenth century in Britain‚ there were many religious restrictions
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Puritanism is a branch of the Church of England that primarily settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1620s with the mission of reforming the Anglican Church. Socially‚ the Puritans differed from the Anglicans’ orthodox beliefs of alcohol consumption and paganrelated practices; religiously‚ the Puritans called for change in the structure and abolishment of certain traditions in the Anglican Church; ideologically‚ the Puritans demonstrated their unique way of thinking with their idea of their
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between Winthrop and Franklin was their view of religion. Winthrop‚ a devout Puritan‚ governed Massachusetts Bay. Every aspect of life in a Puritan colony revolved around religion. The most important thing in order to establish Winthrop’s "city upon a hill‚" "was the need for the people to obey their governors and for the governors to obey God. If they did‚ God would adopt and protect the wilderness colony as He had the ancient Jews" (Nash & Graves 31). Puritanism reflects the notion of pre-destination
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