John of England

The Cause and effects of the Pilgrims exploring the New World has caused many problems to the people in the Americans.There are so many causes for why they left England and effects that came their way. One of these causes were Religion, they left Europe because they didn’t like the religion that originally was used there. One reason was that the bible was written in one language which was Hebrew or Greek. Also the people couldn’t read the bible do to the language, so the Priest or the Pastor…

Throughout the late 16th and into the 17th century, European nations briskly inhabited America. There were many groups sent out to North America at this time. The two main areas were known as the Chesapeake as well as The New England. By the time the 1700s rolled around, these two provinces began to coincide to become one nation despite their differences. The major significant difference in these two areas was the reason pertaining to why the newcomers came to the New World; because of this, the…

Thomas Hobbes was born on the 5th of April in 1588 in Wiltshire, England and died the 4th of December in 1679. We know little about his childhood, not even his mother’s name, but his father’s name was Thomas also and was a vicar of Charlton and Westport. He had a brother that was two years older named Edmund and a sister. He had an uncle, Francis Hobbes that was a wealthy merchant banker who took care of Thomas, his mother, and his two siblings after Thomas Sr. deserted the family. Thomas…

eastern coast forming some of the first clearly defined regions of the United States. While both the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies had deep-seated aversion for the natives, they differed in their religious homogeneity and economic policies. The New England colonies were strictly Puritan whereas the Chesapeake colonies followed no universal religion; also, while the New England colonies relied on fishing, shipbuilding, and farming, the Chesapeake colonies relied on their…

Spanish Empire i) In 1530s, King Henry VII conflict with Roman Catholic Church led to religious disputes, causing the English Protestant Reformation ii) Power was unbalanced until Protestant Elizabeth took power and Protestantism was dominant in England. The differences with Catholic Spanish magnified iii) Problems with Ireland and English arose • Irish asked Spanish to topple the Protestant English queen • English compressed the Irish rebellion and atrocities committed • Catholic…

Churches and Religion By: Mackenzie Price • New England Colonies Churches in the New England colonies were usually meetinghouses. The services lasted almost all day and the church members had to sit on wooden benches the whole time. Every city had a meetinghouse, and in Boston, there were a total of 18 meetinghouses. In the 1660’s, churches started to evolve from makeshift buildings to larger…

The English and the Algonquins at Roanoke. • It was late August 1590 when English ships made their way north through rough seas to Roanoke Island, (off the coast of present-day North Carolina) • Virginia Dare, the first English baby born in America. • Walter Raleigh, a wealthy adventurer who saw prophet and prestige by organizing an English colony to compete with Spain Powerful Empire in the New World. • Although Manteo, from the village of Croaton, argued that their technology would make the…

John Franklin was England’s epitome of a great explorer. His first two voyages to discover the Northwest Passage, the first from 1819-22 and the second from 1825-7, made Franklin a national hero. However, Franklin’s fateful third voyage resulted in his disappearance and consequent search for one of England’s great explorers. Franklin was famously known for his fortitude when he encountered obstacles throughout his first two explorations; when he and his crew ran out of food supplies, which was a…

“The First Voyage to Roanoke” written by Arthur Barlowe in the year 1584 is a primary source. Although there is little information known about Arthur Barlowe, history has proven that he was once a member of Sir Walter Raleigh’s household. Barlowe’s voyage lead him to land where future settlers would call Virginia and North Carolina. Barlowe writes about how perfect, sweet and plentiful the soil is. Along with all the natural resources spread amongst the land. While in Roanoke, Barlowe interacts…

second journey. He sent 100 people to the island of Roanoke on April 9, 1585, with high hopes of establishing a new colony. Unfortunately, things were not looking well. Grenville was going to lead the colony of Roanoke. 5 ships departed from England. However, one of the ships named the Tiger struck a sandbank on June 26. Although the ship was repaired and reunited with the others, the Tiger had been…