English Separatists During the sixteenth century several movements sprang up in England hoping to reform the Church of England. Most called for a return to the simple teachings and practices of the Bible. One militant group‚ the Puritans‚ were deeply influenced by John Calvin and the reform of the church that he instituted in Geneva. They were called "Puritans" because they insisted on purity of doctrine and practice in the church. Another group‚ the Separatists‚ were people who had given
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Captain Jahn Smith and Governor William Bradford were two influental leaders in the New World during the early 1600s. They both established a colony and they attempted to attract settlers with writings. Their writings were intended for different audiences and they both had different purposes. John Smith’s writings were intended to bring people to the new world. He wrote a pamphlet to the people in England and told about all the good things about New England. In his pamphlet he tried to persuade people
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had gotten off-course several times‚ as a result of the violent storms that took place. Consequently‚ in spite of the patent (which had originally granted them to settle in Virginia)‚ they ended up settling their colony in what they called Plymouth (Massachusetts). This lead to a series of conflicts between the group of land-seeking people and the religious people. The land-seeking people argued that they were not bound by the terms of the patent‚ and thus no one had the power to control them. As a
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The colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth were among the first to develop in the New World. The original settlers of Jamestown sailed into the Chesapeake Bay and up a river‚ which they named the James. The settlers of Plymouth were originally bound for the Hudson area in New York‚ but due to the upcoming winter were forced to stay in an area around Cape Cod. These two settlements developed into successful societies through many years and many problems‚ although developed in very different ways.
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The Mayflower Compact had great significance to American history. The compact kept peace for the people of Plymouth and set limits to the pilgrims. The signing was a historic event and was depicted in writings and pictures. The Mayflower Compact was an extremely important part of American history. There were many pictures and writings that depict the signing of the Mayflower Compact and how important it was to the Pilgrims. In the picture by Allyn Cox‚ the Pilgrims are gathered inside the Mayflower
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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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principles for the government in the new colony. 41 separatists (men only) of the 101 passengers signed the compact as the earliest document of selfgovernance. Why the Compact was written Bad weather conditions forced the Mayflower to anchor in Massachusetts and not in Virginia‚ which the pilgrims agreed to in a contract with the London Company of Virginia. Since the agreement was not fulfilled some passengers did not want to follow the London Company’s rules either but live according to their own
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became a power to contend with against the French and Dutch in the area‚ the English saw the nearby Pequot tribe as a threat to their expansion. In 1637‚ the Plymouth and Massachusett colonies destroyed the tribe‚ and to Massasoit’s horror‚ massacred a village killing women and children. Following the Pequot war‚ Massasoit traveled to Massachusetts Bay colony to pay tribute to Governor John Winthrop as a reminder of the established treaty between his tribe and the English. However‚ as power changed‚
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Two principal areas they established were the English colonies of the Chesapeake and their counterparts at Massachusetts Bay. The English colonies and the Massachusetts Bay settlements were different economically and socially but similar religiously. The Chesapeake colonies were founded on a basis of mainly economic pursuits and were the principal exports of tobacco‚ whereas the Massachusetts area settlers were not heavily focused on economics and only exported wood and grain. These two settlements
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