The idea of self-government began in the Virginia and Plymouth colonies. In the Virginia colony, they developed the House of Burgesses and in Plymouth they published the Mayflower Compact as an initiative to organize, unite, and help their colonies flourish.
Indentured servitude was a form of paying off debt or gaining passage to the new world through serving a term of around 5 years as a worker for a plantation owner. When the person completed their term they were supposed to receive land and tools to start a new life in the new world but, some hardly got that.
Indentured servants were used early on in the new world because it was an easy way of populating the new colonies while depopulating Europe. Indentured servitude was no longer used later because the indentured servants could not handle the vigorous work on the colonial plantations; they were also not good at cultivating compared to the African slaves that began to replace them.
When someone disagreed with the Puritans they became very accusatory. For example, since competition for land was high in their community they began accusing widows, single men and women, or anyone else easy to pick off to generate more land for themselves. …show more content…
They also began to join the Enlightenment revolution which helped to develop theories of natural law and caused a drift from religious influence on daily life. Had a huge gap between social classes and power distribution. Also had more self-government after developing the House of Burgesses. The English colonies promoted using religion as an influence in their daily lives. Held town meetings to self-govern. Everyone was generally equal in government besides women. These colonies were mainly established for religious freedom. They promoted literacy as a way to promote the reading and spreading of religious text as
Indentured servitude was a form of paying off debt or gaining passage to the new world through serving a term of around 5 years as a worker for a plantation owner. When the person completed their term they were supposed to receive land and tools to start a new life in the new world but, some hardly got that.
Indentured servants were used early on in the new world because it was an easy way of populating the new colonies while depopulating Europe. Indentured servitude was no longer used later because the indentured servants could not handle the vigorous work on the colonial plantations; they were also not good at cultivating compared to the African slaves that began to replace them.
When someone disagreed with the Puritans they became very accusatory. For example, since competition for land was high in their community they began accusing widows, single men and women, or anyone else easy to pick off to generate more land for themselves. …show more content…
They also began to join the Enlightenment revolution which helped to develop theories of natural law and caused a drift from religious influence on daily life. Had a huge gap between social classes and power distribution. Also had more self-government after developing the House of Burgesses. The English colonies promoted using religion as an influence in their daily lives. Held town meetings to self-govern. Everyone was generally equal in government besides women. These colonies were mainly established for religious freedom. They promoted literacy as a way to promote the reading and spreading of religious text as