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1607-1660 played a major role in American history as it highlights English colonization, its main contours, Chesapeake’s overcome, the development of Virginia and Maryland, and lastly the English civil war effect on the colonies in America. It had started on April 26th 1607 where three ships entered the shore from England now as Cape Henry. They later inclined to settle sixty miles inland on the James River protecting themselves from Spaniard war ships at the time of stay where Jamestown was…

“Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element” (Bradford lines 74-79). The heavenly God did not just bring the people of England over to America. Along with the Puritans were countless changes for the Native Americans that were already…

The Formation of Delaware The forming of the colony that would be known as Delaware was an ongoing show of strength. The first settlers included the Dutch and the Swedes. The Swedes moved in territory occupied by the Dutch in a successful attempt to gain power and presence in the new colony. The Swedish takeover was only a temporary one because of a successful ploy set by the Dutch ruler Peter Stuyvesant. The Dutch regain of power was met only by the presence of the English, eventually drove…

When the war started it split American colonist into two groups. These groups were loyalists and patriots. The Patriots and Loyalists were always at each other’s throats. Many of the Loyalist lost their homes and jobs because of the location of where they were living. However the Loyalist helped Britain fight and very few were rewarded for the generosity and dedication. The patriots wanted to take over, they wanted independence from Britain and own their own country. Some other names for the…

America took on an almost impossible task during the American Revolution. In order to fight against Britain, the colonists had to be creative, loyal and dedicated to the cause of independence. They were outmanned, had few supplies and were untrained in military tactics; nevertheless America won the war against great odds. In part, the American Revolution was fought by small groups of militia. The militia was emergency soldiers with little military training whose goal was to protect their towns…

The colonies were justified in declaring independence because they felt they had to rebel. Another reason was the king of England treated them unfairly. The third reason was the king only cared about what's best for himself, and not for everyone. These are the 3 reasons that the colonies were justified in declaring independence. The first reason they were justified in declaring independence was that the colonists felt that they had to rebel. They felt it was the right thing to do, and that they…

The Colonial Age was a tough and adventurous stage of American history. Due to the hardships of settling in a not only uncharted area, but an area filled with dangerous hostiles that were not thrilled about the new guest in their lands many people reached out to the Lord and faith to give them solace and strength in these hard times. These were individuals who still under the influenced by the reformation in Europe were trying to make a better life for themselves. The Colonial age people also…

The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. It gave taxes to all American Colonists and required them to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The money they got from the taxes was used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier. Many colonist were angry and everybody started having commotions about it. “Hey! Have you heard about the new law that just passed?” Davis asked, as he was drinking coffee. “No, what does it do?”…

A long, long, long time ago, in the old year of 1587 A.D, a group of English men were viewing the vanishing colony of Roanoke. Their family, and friends were gone and so were the Indians. No one knew what happened, or what to do. Many years later, a small car was traveling south for a vacation when they saw a sign advertising the colony. In this car there was a family. Not a massive group of screaming kids and rude teenagers, but not a perfect, never-failing group of geniuses: it was a normal,…

1. INDENTURED SERVANTS: Colonists who exchanged up to seven years of work for the entry to America and a chance at a superior life there. Indentured servants were the essential wellspring of work in America (pg. 61). While in the colony, the indentured servants needed to tend to the place that is known for the estate and plant the crops. Once the contractually bound slave's agreement was fulfilled, they were to get a real estate parcel of their own and appreciate the advantages of owning the…