Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Imagine a seven-by-seven-mile metropolis, surrounded by several neighborhoods filled with homes with unique design in Presidio Heights or Nob Hill, tall office buildings in the Financial District, and amazing views of San Francisco and the Bay from the Golden Gate Bridge or Twin Peaks. As many people view San Francisco as one of the most expensive and difficult cities to live in, I like to think of it as my home away from home. It is a city of seekers and adventurers. I am a city girl and I love…

and created the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Within thirteen years 20,000 puritans were in the new world; they had officially escaped from the harshness of monarchical implemented theocracy because of the greed and money thirst of the king. The settlements of the puritans influenced the development of the New England colonies socially, politically, and economically through the events…

Football is the most popular sport in the United States. In 2012 the league had an approximate attendance of 67,604 fans at each game.The competition for football players is organized under National Football League which is referred to as the NFL. Basketball is the third most popular sport in the United States. Basketball competitions are organized under National Basketball Association (NBA). (“Top Popular”) Due to social media, young athletes are seeing more and more of the lives of NFL and NBA…

During the late Seventeenth century, 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…

Many events and conflicts in history have arose based on its root in extremism.Throughout history, paranoia implemented by the church and enforced by the court has caused citizens of specific societies to go into hysterics, and has caused them and their governments to commit extreme acts of injustice. The Heretic’s Daughter takes place in 17th century Massachusetts and tells the story of the Carrier Family. The Carrier Family, including Martha, Thomas, Richard, Andrew, Tom, Sarah and Hannah…

Athletics have been an important factor of life for millennia. The olympics that began in Greece are evidence of that. Sports in general have been a historically important factor around the whole world. In America, certain sports are focused on throughout the year, including baseball and basketball. Although, in this age, no sport has affected the nation as much as football. Football is at the center of many people’s lives and is what can contribute to much of family gatherings and heartfelt…

, I believe that the type of attitude the colonist of the settlers held when they left their homes and everything they knew to encounter diseases, starvation and the possible loss of life throughout the voyage to the New World, in hope of creating a better life. Colonist gradually began to create and populate towns and cities, and the southern colonies formed into separate regions from northern colonies. There were numerous causes for this separation, such as different climates, encounters with…

The Plymouth Then second permanent English settlement in North America was founded in 1620 by settlers, including a group of religious who later founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Pilgrims believed that the Church of England could not be reformed. Rather than attempting to purify the church the Pilgrims desired a total separation. Dissenters commonly referred to as the Pilgrims Though theologically very similar to the Puritans The Plymouth Colony met of being separated, but They was…

The Dutch West India Company did all their work in the Caribbean The West India Company was smaller and weaker by a landslide It was easier to do as much raiding as trading. 5) Henry Hudson looked for new areas. He sailed into Delaware Bay, New York Bay, then the Hudson River. New Netherland was born after he claimed the area. The Dutch West India Company bought the island of Manhattan from the local Indians. New Amsterdam was set up as a company town 6) To promote settlement,…

expeditiously colonized by the Europeans. The eastern coast of North America was settled by the Englishmen from the same background, but by the year 1700, they had established two different civilizations. These two civilizations were known as the Chesapeake, and the New England regions. Although later in the century, these two civilization would become one nation, from the start both had very exclusive and independent identities. These differences included, their purposes under the varied…