Good Witch of the North

incomplete sought to create a place where they could truly worship god. These people were called the Puritans. They believed that America was a way to create new society away from England’s religious ideas. Southern Colonies: (Included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) Unlike the other colonies, the Southern colonies had great geography for farming cash crops. Usually the most favored out of the 3 settlements, Britain used/abused them for their resources. Out of…

In his book New England's Crises and Cultural Memory, John McWilliams points to what he sees as an overlooked aspect of the historical interpretations of the Salem witch trials, particular the significance of the "racial and wartime dimensions of the Salem witch trials [which] should have been so long obscured within the progressive New England historical tradition" (161). McWilliams makes reference to the early historian George Bancroft and how his analysis of the trials was in error and that…

people involved and facts of the trial in a story-like form, beginning with ‘once upon a time’ (Henderson, 31). However, later in the document the author takes on a exploratory approach by comparing and contrasting folklore in other parts of Europe and North America and thus attempting to explore the relationship between different cultures. Overall, between these two articles I believe the Willumsen reading was more successful than the Henderson article as Willumsen used both the…

In the begging of 1830s, nearly 125,000 Indians lived near the southeastern United States where their ancestries have lived for years. When the decade had come to ending few Indians remained in the southeastern United States. When the setters came to their land they were wanting to grow cotton on the Indians land. So for that to happen the government had to force the Indians to move elsewhere. So when they left they went to a place across the Mississippi river. That place was/is their Indian…

climate. They decided to visit North Carolina to see if it would be a good fit for them and if the area would be suitable for his growing grape business. Upon arriving to the plantation, the couple ran into a “colored” man nearby, feasting on grapes. Once they introduced and acquainted themselves with one another, the husband asked the man for his honest opinion of whether or not the land would be a good purchase to make. The man said no, and told them that a witch had cursed the land many years…

out to homeless to have them not think of food and that makes a more norst human. Manna FoodBank have been in operation since 1983 helping the homeless in western north carolina. Without Manna FoodBank in western north carolina this area would be very derived of food. Manna FoodBank is the biggest and provides more food to people in north carolina and they are very proud…

fun and exciting 2 weeks of no school I didn’t mind sleeping in and not has to go to school from 7:45 to 3 then I would work 4 to 8 and that is a busy day and it was nice not having to go to school! When the Friday came that we got off I had to up north till Saturday night to help my grandpa cut wood. We came back Saturday because I had to work at Eastbay at 6a.m, we worked till 4pm for 22$ an hour. After that I went home and passed out. Monday through Thursday I worked 12-8 for 11.60$ an hour.…

are a few things that I will be talking about hockey. One is the history of hockey so being like all of the players all of the teams all of the stanley cup finals (the championships of hockey). Also great hockey players so players that were really good and made a difference in hockey. The last one being great hockey records so like different records from back then that havent been broken yet even until this day. When you get to know a lot about hockey it is a very interesting sport. After…

The word Salem once meant peace in Hebrew, and meant complete peace in Biblical times. Now it is associated with the horrifying events of killing hundreds of innocent people. The Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts were a mockery of justice. as innocent men and women were condemned to death. In the 1630s, the Puritans from Europe sailed to the New World, what is now the United States of America. The Puritans believed that it was their task to create a utopian theocracy. As time…

There’s No Place like Oz Caroline lived in the midst of the great North Carolina piedmont with Jamie, who was her mother, and Alex, who was her older brother. Their house was made of brick, and sat upon a tall, grassy hill overlooking the road below that no one ever drove on. When Caroline stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray small town on every side. Neither a Starbucks nor a Forever 21 broke the broad sweep of mountainous country that…