American tribes. The Jamestown colony was located near present day James City County‚ Virginia. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement by the English in what is in current day known as the United States. The location of Jamestown was selected primarily for the fact that it provided a favorable defensive location against any other foreign powers that may have tried to gain control of the colony. John Smith‚ Robert Hunt along with others provided inspirational leadership for the colonists but
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some of his time reading through books. One of the books that seemed to grab his attention was the History of New England Witchcraft by Cotton Mather. Mather’s writings focused around the Salem Witch trials and the more Ichabod spent time reading his writings his belief in the content increased. “For he had read several books quite through‚ and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather’s history of New England Witchcraft‚ in which‚ by the way‚ the most firmly and potently believed” (45). As he reads Mather’s
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ABOLITIONISTS AND AMERICAN SLAVERY It is historian James Brewer Stewart’s thesis that the massive social changes and revivalism in the 1820’s had started New England’s abolitionist crusade against slavery. Revivalism had given a powerful impact to abolitionism in the eighteenth century. As Protestants struggled to overcome the adversities of immense new challenges‚ the abolitionists’ crusade for immediate emancipation also took form. During the Great Revivals‚ people dreamed of a glorious era of a nation
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HISTORY 1301 ~ AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 C H A P T E R 2 NEW WORLD EXPERIMENTS: ENGLAND’S SEVENTEENTHCENTURY COLONIES SUMMARY In the seventeenth century‚ different and sometimes disparate groups of English settlers established several colonies in North America. The English way of colonization differed from that of the Spanish in that English colonization did not emanate from a desire to create a centralized empire in the New World. Breaking Away English migration to the New World was part
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Transportation was a viable avenue for England to rid itself of criminals. Many individuals and complete families where transported‚ first‚ to the American colonies and then to Australia and its surrounding islands of Van Diemen’s Land. Through this type of punishment the United Kingdom hoped to rid itself of variants and to begin colonization of a new colony in a distant land in hopes of further expanding the empire. By expanding the empire through transportation these convicts brought with them
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Description of New England‚" by John Smith and “Of Plymouth Plantation‚" by William Bradford‚ the two authors represent New England differently. One way they represent New England differently is by the tone of how they tell their personal stories‚ varies noticeably. Both authors use certain tones to attract and persuade targeted audiences. John Smith wrote of what a wonderful place New England was‚ while on the other hand Bradford wrote about the difficulties and realities of New England. John Smith‚ a pilgrim
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DBQ #1 - In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? During the 1600s‚ waves of Puritan immigrants arrived in the region of New England‚ settling the area and establishing population centers in areas like Massachusetts Bay‚ where the part of Boston was established. In contrast to the Chesapeake region’s inhabitants‚ the Puritan settlers did not come primarily for economic interests
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Puritans were religious exiles that left their home of England and settled in the New England states of Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Maine‚ and New Hampshire. This would later be known as the “Mass Bay Colony”. From 1630 – 1643 over 9‚000 people migrated from England. The Puritans believed they would “purify and reform” their own religion by creating a “righteous Utopia” which would break ties from Catholicism and the rule of the Kings of England. They were led by John Winthrop who was also a lawyer
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A History of Witchcraft in England from by Wallace Notestein 1 A History of Witchcraft in England from by Wallace Notestein The Project Gutenberg EBook of A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718‚ by Wallace Notestein This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it‚ give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: A History
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The people who settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans called Pilgrims and the New Englanders would come to prosper through their hard work‚ thrift‚ and the quality of their commitment to God and each other. The settlement pattern in New England Colonies during 1600 to first half of 1700 was designed in clustered housing and small agricultural fields. The king will give out land and the settlement set up will include a meeting house‚ a village commons
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