If I Were A Colonist Essay

If I were a colonist in the 1600’s-1700’s the fact that all people have equal rights no matter their race, gender, or religion would be important to me when I make the decision of where to live.This quality is important to me because I don’t believe in treating others poorly, and being of the female gender in certain colonies I wouldn’t be given many rights if any are even given to me. Also, I would like to be given the opportunity to meet people of other races/religions. This way I can learn about new things that I wouldn’t know if I were not exposed to these people. I also believe that agriculture is an important necessity to forming a colony, because if a settlement is going to survive they’re going to need a way to get food. And for the settlers, farming is the most efficient way to gain these resources in order to make it in the new lands. Therefore, if I were a colonist in the 1600’s-1700’s the fact that all people have equal rights no matter their race, gender, or religion.This quality is important to me because I don’t …show more content…
In the New England settlements, it is mostly English people, so I wouldn’t meet people 0of different race or religion. Since there is no diversity in the England communities I wouldn’t be able to learn about other people's religion or be exposed to people of other race and their beliefs. However, The New England settlements did believe that religion is very important to the formation of a colony. As did the Middle colonies, but in the New England colonies, they only believe in one main religion. Whereas, in the Middle settlements, there are many people that have different religious beliefs. Also, in the New England colonies, they don’t have ideal weather for farming, which is a very important necessity to the development of a settlement in the new