The Colombian exchange was a biological transformation through the movement of disease and people between Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This transfer first occurred with Christopher Columbus 's sailors, and over time, the Americas transformed from European imports of domesticated animals, and Eurasian grain. Mercantilism shaped this exchange because economic markets in Europe, Africa, and the Americas had more exports than imports in order to achieve more economic success, resulting in higher transfers of foreign biological goods.
The first permanent American colony, Jamestown, had several hindrances that caused them to struggle in its early years. Firstly, the Virginia Company only sent unskilled men to extract gold from the lands, only to find no gold. Without any skills to support themselves, more than half of their colonists died from a lack of fresh water, and they refused to plant crops. Although the Virginia Company sent more colonists to Jamestown, diseases began to kill off more of the colonists. …show more content…
Consequently, when Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were banished from Massachusetts Bay, it was apart of the Puritan attempt to allow their colony to remain “unadulterated”. For one who stayed in the colony, these banishments likely served as a warning to live their life strictly in the Puritan way.
In attempts to reject feudal society, New England Puritans attempted to maintain political equality with the use of land by granting land to incoming groups of settlers, who then would distribute it evenly to the men of the families. Though most of the population owned land, proprietors would typically give nobility larger plots and high-class jobs. In addition, most adult men would have an equal vote town meetings, regardless of their ownership of
The first permanent American colony, Jamestown, had several hindrances that caused them to struggle in its early years. Firstly, the Virginia Company only sent unskilled men to extract gold from the lands, only to find no gold. Without any skills to support themselves, more than half of their colonists died from a lack of fresh water, and they refused to plant crops. Although the Virginia Company sent more colonists to Jamestown, diseases began to kill off more of the colonists. …show more content…
Consequently, when Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were banished from Massachusetts Bay, it was apart of the Puritan attempt to allow their colony to remain “unadulterated”. For one who stayed in the colony, these banishments likely served as a warning to live their life strictly in the Puritan way.
In attempts to reject feudal society, New England Puritans attempted to maintain political equality with the use of land by granting land to incoming groups of settlers, who then would distribute it evenly to the men of the families. Though most of the population owned land, proprietors would typically give nobility larger plots and high-class jobs. In addition, most adult men would have an equal vote town meetings, regardless of their ownership of