Connecticut River

pushing up the land and create the mountains (as shown in the diagram). Finally, the last landform the tectonic plates created is the CT river valley or rift valley. A rift valley is a fault line in the ground usually with steep mountains or rocks on the side. When pangea split the CT rift valley formed. This rift valley formed straight down the…

Williams went on to be the founder of Rhode Island and established a community with complete freedom of religion The colony had no oaths regarding religious beliefs, no mandatory attendance at church, and no taxes to support a state church (AP, 48). Everyone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony was required to pay taxes for the government-supported church, regardless of their religious beliefs (AP, 47). New Haven was founded in 1638 but was then merged with the settlements in the Connecticut Valley…

For the most part, this house is known as the oldest house in Connecticut built in 1639 by Henry Whitfield. The geography location of this house is located in Connecticut built during the Colonial times and is known as one of four stone house built by the newly arrived English colonists (The Henry Whitfield, 2007). Therefore, the family that owned this house was a town leader where they conducted the colonial affairs. In the beginning, the location was the crucial factor in the growth and…

Old Netherlanders at New Netherland The Netherlands rebelled and won their independence in the 1500s The 1600s were the Golden Age for the Dutch The Dutch East India Company was set up to trade with the world. The company built army of 10,000 men and a fleet of 190 ships for protection. The East India Company did all of its business in the Spice Islands of Indonesia 4) The Dutch West India Company did all their work in the Caribbean The West India Company was smaller and weaker by a…

was born in Boston. She was left a widow when her husband passed away in 1706. Knight was known as a journalist. When Knight lost her father she assumed full responsibility for managing the household. Things Knight was responsible to teach was penmanship, made copies of court records, and wrote letters for people having business with the courts. She was a very careful diarist. She entered the mind of her journal every night about a day of traveling. Knight journals consisted of her accounts of…

plantation-based colony and the lead farmers of these plantations held most of the power. The House of Burgesses was founded in Virginia in 1619, and was the first representative democracy. It was modeled after the British parliament because the Southern colonies maintained stronger ties with Britain. The elected officials in charge of this government were the wealthy landowners. The Southern colonies had a large population of people in poverty and they essentially had no representation. In…

of religion, and “a distinctive identity as British colonists” the British New World Colonies unified as one (Roark, pg. 158). The first New England Colony was established in 1620 with a group of Puritan separatists arriving in Plymouth. The Massachusetts Bay Company chartered a larger group of settlers to begin the Massachusetts colony about 10 years later. Along with the help of Natives, the first New England Colonies became immensely more prosperous than the prior British attempts at…

California in 1976 (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2013). The Tarasoff case involved a male college student who disclosed to his psychologist that he intended to kill Tatiana Tarasoff, a girl who continuously rejected him after a New Years kiss; Tarasoff was eventually killed by the male student at fault of the negligence of campus police as well as the failure to warn Tarasoff of the danger that she was in. These “duty to warn” and “duty to protect” laws as of 1999 in the state of…

These two lists, of Northern and Southern immigrants, were written in 1635, which gives us a good look at how dissimilar they were down to the year. Governor Berkeley of Virginia commented that many “(of the freemen available for defense) are single freemen (whose labor will hardly maintain them)” and are probably in debt, and so they are very unreliable (Document G). The Governor’s comments emphasize again the differences between the two regions of colonies. There was no sense of community in…

part of my life that I’m more aware of is the part that could definitely be better. It was all fine for sure, but it wasn’t the preschool days, that’s for sure. I was growing up at Rumsey and before I knew it I was an Upper Schooler (middle school), while all the time playing hockey and baseball. My responsibilities had slowly started to grow, and some things were changing, unlike before. The death of my grandfather caused tensions on my mother’s side, causing me to almost the bait and tackle…