Cape Cod

downtown Greensboro, Sunset Hills is a mature neighborhood with active residents. Sunset Hills is a historic neighborhood with some homes dating back to the 1920s. New home buyers will find different styles of homes, including Vintage Tudor Revivals, Cape Cods, and Ranch. Buyers who opt to purchase in an established neighborhood have the benefit of realizing impressive gains when they are ready to sell their home, which is certainly the case for the residents of Sunset Hills. Demographics within…

What meanings do permanent residents and second homeowners construct and ascribe to Rangeley? Both groups of actors rely on similar narratives of the rural idyll to construct Rangeley’s place distinction—they imagine it to be safe, isolated, and removed from the problems associated with the rest of the world. This narrative itself is not unique to rural places; in fact, this narrative has been one of the most enduring narratives of rurality (Williams 1974; Woods 2011). However, what is unique is…

A few colonies and cities communities have experienced some secretive and unfathomable pasts which can't be overlooked for long. Comparative sort of history has been seen in Jamestown and Plymouth. Jamestown in Virginia was the principal lasting English settlement and Plymouth in Massachusetts being the second, with these two states English settlement in North America was begun. Jamestown was started when in 1607, the London Company was created by a group of merchants. They sent themselves onto…

how the upcoming holiday we will celebrate this month began. First, migration of all the earth’s people has gone on since the beginning of mankind and so I shall start my retrospective from the Pilgrims’ perspective when they arrived by accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Incidentally, there was a colonization attempt that pre-dated the Mayflower. It was the Popham Gorges Colony in Maine in 1607. Another story altogether. Then of course there was Jamestown. Yet, another story. But, I want to…

Religion in the United States has always been a substantial factor of people’s lives. The first settlers of America lived a completely different religious lifestyle compared to modern religion. They were completely devoted to their lives as a Christian. Religion played a hefty role in the lives of English Colonist in North America; they were controlled by the rules and regulation of their church and its people. When the Catholic Church was ruling over all of Europe, the King of England decided…

begin, the men quickly agree with the proposed offer. Specifically, twenty-four minutes into the start of the deal, the men venture off and try to pick up women, while their wives, Grace and Maggie, spend the week at Maggie’s grandparents house in Cape Cod. With the children and wives gone, the men check into a motel in preparation of their week…

present-day Montreal. Jean Ribault headed an expedition that explored the St. Johns river area in Florida. France’s last explorer was Samuel de Champlain. He built a fort in Quebec and explored the area north to Port Royal, Nova Scotia, and to south Cape Cod. All the explorations France had led to the formation of New France which later became present day Quebec. Although it had freezing conditions, was sparsely populated, and had no gold or silver, it still brought money to the French. With its…

This essay will discuss the life and accomplishments of William Bradford. William Bradford was a very interesting figure in early American history, he became a pilgrim, helped found, and became the governor of Plymouth Colony, and signed the Mayflower compact. The life of William Bradford was a very interesting and exciting life and is now one of the most iconic figures in early American history. William Bradford was born in 1590 in Austerfield, in Yorkshire, English. His father was a yeoman…

They made the difficult voyage to America aboard the tiny Mayflower. They intended to go to Virginia, but instead they landed near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, because of of the fierce storms they encountered. They were expecting a great weather when they arrive so that they can plant and harvest, but unfortunately they arrived during winter, which made them suffer from cold, drought, and…

Laura is in an abusive marriage with her husband Martin, and she decides that the only way out is by faking her own death. Laura moves to Cedar Falls, Iowa, and takes on the name Sara Waters. However, back home Martin discovers that Laura faked her own death. He is able to track her down when he finds that her mother, who he believed dead, was still alive and living in a nursing home in Iowa. Posing as a cop Martin is able to locate Laura to Cedar Falls. From there he follows her home, and he…