New Plymouth

great leadership skills, and was known for being very religious. His strictness and harsh treatment to some other religions resulted in some mistakes, but he is still respected and admired for making good decisions in order for his colony to survive in New England. In his early years, his life was comfortable. But when he grew up he couldn 't avoid the fact that the king of England was making anti-puritan policies and that is what cost Winthrop his government…

the New World looking for new possibilities, freedom, and a place to settle and become an established, respectable land. Starting in the early 1600’s, the Virginia Company wanted a settlement in America. The Chesapeake colonies, including Virginia and Maryland first established the town of Jamestown. “Jamestown was intended to become the core of a long-term settlement effort, creating new wealth for the London investors and recreating English society in North America” (Grymes). As for the New…

Puritan colonists in New England were faced with a dilemma. As their population increased, the colonists wanted and needed more land. They began to view the natives in the area as an obstruction to their expansion. Due to the Puritans’ belief in their superiority over the natives, they were able to justify their harsh treatment of the natives which led to King Philip’s War. The Puritan colonists’ actions toward the natives were cruel and excessive and resulted in about 40% of New England’s…

coming to America was that the people and things they encountered affected the English language. In the 17th century the English language developed and changed as a result of “coming to America”. The Pilgrim Fathers landed in November 1620 at Plymouth Rock in New England (Bragg 145). The people on the Mayflower were religious separatists with a powerful supporting belief in the word of God. The Pilgrim Fathers had “bound themselves by an oath, the…

Seeds of Colonial Unity and Independence The New England Confederation was set up in 1643 It was made of 4 colonies, which held the main goal of defense. The colonies were Puritan only C. Confederation was weak but, it was a large step toward American unity. 2) Colonies were allowed to…

Mayflower, a British vessel which landed in present-day Plymouth , Massachusetts in 1620, experienced on the grounds of what they assumed was going to be an abandoned piece of land . It documents the exploration of many different spots that they stumbled upon such as camps, burying grounds and villages. The first encounter as said in Mourts Relation sets the platform for what most English travelers experienced at the time of discovering a new piece of land. The feeling of exhaustion, hunger and…

People are moving from England and coming to a colony of Virginia for the variety of reasons like many were in debt back in England, protestant and catholic conflicts, overcrowding and the hope for the opportunity in the new world. And as the population of Virginia grows there becomes a new issue to address, and one of the biggest issues was under the endanger servant contract the whole idea was when you are done doing your work you are going to get the access to land. Some that very difficult…

They also caused an exodus of people who believed differently from them and were in the colony. This exodus led to the creation of Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Roger Williams founded Rhode Island when he was exiled for speaking out against the Puritans on October 9th, 1635. The Puritans also started the larger flow of people to…

Many proprietary colonies later became royal colonies after being accrued by the monarch or royal rule. Because of the colony’s tie to a sovereign nation, more immigrants moved to royal colonies, such as in the case of New York when eleven thousand immigrants from France, Britain, and New England joined the measly nine thousand original colonists. These royal colonies were able to gain the support and aid of the crown and all of its resources. Proprietary colony: A proprietary colony is a…

The first colonial jail in America was established in Jamestown, Virginia after settlers from England came and founded Jamestown in the year 1606. The first colonial jail was influenced by England's correctional system. The next colonial jail was built in Boston, Massachusetts in the year 1635. These early colonial jails were not common because to the colonists it made more sense to have the person working rather than keeping an able body in a shack and having to pay for food and shelter. It was…