Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Background relates to his Writing Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4‚ 1804‚ in Salem‚ Massachusetts. His ancestors were Puritans‚ who were the first settlers in the state. They came to the New World with Governor Winthrop in 1603. His ancestors were two prominent judges‚ one active in the persecution of the Quakers in the 1650s‚ the other in the witch trials of the 1690s‚ which Anne Hutchinson was the criminal. Nathaniel grew up in a religious family‚ and therefore
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The Heretic’s Daughter In the novel‚ The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent we witness great historical significance in the years surrounding the Salem witch trials. For one‚ the author’s ancestor was Martha Carrier‚ a key character in the novel and also known as the “Queen of Hell”‚ who was among the first of women to be accused of witchcraft. In this specific novel we relive the horrors that nine year old Sarah Carrier must face along with her family. The hysteria during the year of 1692
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institutions. To what extent and in what ways do you agree or disagree with this statement? (1971) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Solitary Neglect Navigation Act Trade Stamp/tea/impressment Act/Sugar/Currency Quakers/Puritans/Pilgrams Native Americans moved off Virginia House of Burgesses Cotton/Rice/Indigo/Tobacco Triangular Trade Route Mercantilism First Continental Congress/Stamp Act Congress/Albany Plan John Rolfe and Pocahontas “Join or Die” Proclamation
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Nafeesa Rahman. Summer Assignment #2‚ Chapter 3 of AP U.S. History. 8/9/2014. Mr. Mcfeely. 1) Puritans did not want to separate from the Church of England. They wanted to "purify" it of practices they considered too Catholic. The Puritans believed that the holy Church did not abide by the biblical commands strong enough‚ and so they didn’t like that virtuous morals. Pilgrims‚ on the other hand‚ were also called Separatists because they wanted to break all ties with the Church of England. They
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assist him. The Puritans also hated the hierarchy system in the English church. But comparing to the Pilgrims‚ the Puritans were more ambitious. They thought it was destiny and God’s will that brought them to America. Religion and the idea of "city upon the hill" caused them to form a democratic government. "City upon a hill" was proposed by John Winthrop. He meant that the new colony would be an example for the rest of the world of how God meant men and women to live. The Puritans should build their
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throughout New England. Click on the rock to learn more. 3 Puritans Leave England for Massachusetts The Puritans were a religious group that wanted to reform the church in England. They were different from the Pilgrims‚ who wanted to separate entirely from the English church. The Puritans wanted a simpler form of worship. Puritans were a powerful group in England. Many were well-educated merchants. The Puritans were convinced that the English church was not moving with modern times
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the Old World‚ and the way they influenced the development of the colonies had a heavy impact in their colonial way of life. There were many reasons why people from the Old World came to the New World‚ especially because of religion freedom‚ the Puritans for example‚ they came to the region of New England‚ or to be more specific to Boston‚
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In the seventieth century there was a memorable and courageous woman who died for her beliefs. She was a very well educated woman. She was a Quaker and a very outspoken one may I add. She was also a supporter of Anne Hutchinson‚ a very prominent woman in America back then. She was hung for defying a Puritan law which banned Quakers from the colonies. This woman’s name was Mary Dyer. Not much is known of Mary Barrett Dyer’s early life. On October 27th‚ 1663 the first known history of Mary Dyer was
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It lasted a year‚ but food shortages‚ disease and heavy casualties wore down the Native’s resistance. King Phillip (Metacom) was shot in the head by a native that allied with the English (Afterwards the Puritans displayed Metcom’s head for 20 years at Plymouth). Although one-tenth of the colonial men of military age in New England were killed‚ a higher proportion of the total population than would be killed in either the American Revolution or Civil War
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Great Britain’s policy of salutary neglect‚ a “hands-off” policy‚ had profound impacts on American society. Many England citizens opposed the policy‚ wishing for the New World to be under complete English control. The salutary neglect policy forced America‚ a new and raw nation‚ to establish itself prior to 1750. Britain’s policy of salutary neglect encouraged new democracy‚ increased growth of the commerce‚ and expanded the number of religions in American society. Legislation in the New World
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