Massachusetts Bay Colony

A utopian society was imagined and implemented in the early 1840s in the woodland area of Massachusetts. This was the Brook Farm utopian experiment. This utopian farm was founded by George Ripley and his wife, Sophia Ripley in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, now present-day Boston. Brook Farm was set to be a place of idealism and cooperative communal living. The farm would fail after a series of misfortunes only five short years after its beginning in 1846. The constitution of Brook Farm showed…

In The Voices of Morebath: Reformation & Rebellion in an English Village, Eamon Duffy describes a parish church’s resistance to the increasing demands of Tudor England, both religious and economic. The “alien regime” of London, as Duffy calls them, sought to curb the traditional Catholic practices of Morebath and replace them with state regulated Protestantism. However, the villagers of Morebath resisted, in what little ways they could, as did other small, West England parishes. Ultimately,…

Chillingworth’s Revenge and Destruction of Dimmesdale and Hester One Villain The Scarlet Letter takes place during the 17th century amid the Puritans of Boston. The Puritans had left The Church of England because they felt that the church had become too liberal in their thinking. As a result the plot of The Scarlet Letter is even more intense relative to the adultery and the revenge of the villainous character of Roger Prynne “Chillingworth” set among the very religious Puritans of Boston.…

enormous influence in the evolution of the thirteen colonies. However it has also had an impact in the reinforcement of the US as a nation. Religion beliefs were fundamental in particular colonies. Religion helped shaped the population, forms of government, economy, culture, politics, and along with others. Give me liberty is the main resource of the fundamental information on how important religion has been in the evolution of the thirteen colonies. Many of the European settlers went to America…

The underlying foundations of our nation's labor unions develop profound into the early history of America.By the 1820s, different unions required in the push to decrease the working day from 12 to 10 hours started to show enthusiasm for the possibility of alliance of consolidating in quest for basic destinations for working individuals. The Knights of Labor history started in 1869 when Uriah S. Stephens drove the building up of this riddle relationship of tailors in Philadelphia. The reason…

the creation of a Quaker colony led by William Penn (Roark 79).” The quakers were also protestant who wanted away from the catholic church. They believed in a church with no hierarchy; In their faith, neither preachers or priest were necessary in order to worship God. The Quakers were more open-minded and forgiving people than the puritans. As result, settlers whom were neither puritans nor quakers such as baptist were more likely to settle in the mid-atlantic colonies. It is written that After…

From beautiful, serene beaches, quaint seaside dining, charming villages, panoramic shoreline to scenic bike trails, Cape Cod, Massachusetts is an unassuming East Coast retreat is dreamy, rich in history and quite inviting. This peninsula located on the Easternmost portion of Massachusetts, extending for 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline Cape Cod has been separated from the mainland since 1914 by the Cape Cod Canal, but the Sagamore…

The first pieces of early American literature were written in attempt to persuade. During the mid-1600 to mid-1700, the puritan communities in early America were becoming unruly. An attempt to a bring the puritan people back into a discipline group of people, two authors named Ann Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards began writing to inform the puritans about God. The puritans traveled from England to America for freedom of religion. Puritans focused their teachings on four main subjects: eternal…

Hester Prynne: Rebellion in the Hands of a Labeled Conformist In the Puritan Era of colonial North America, Anne Hutchinson was banished for publicly questioning the Reformed Anglican Church. Hutchinson said she could interpret the Bible and that God spoke to her. The patriarchal society of the Puritan era was shocked by that statement and immediately sought to put Hutchinson back into submission. Similarly in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is forced…

We’ll build a bridge of love between two worlds” (www.Inspiringquotes.com). This quote was inspired by Pocahontas. Pocahontas was known for bringing the English colonist and the Native Americans together. Even though Pocahontas had many struggles along the way she got the two cultures to come together and work together. Pocahontas married an English colonist named John Rolfe. Therefore she didn’t want conflict between two world. Without Pocahontas the English colonists would of starved.…