Massachusetts

How did economic, religious, and political developments shape the Atlantic World by 1750? Before the start of the American Revolution there were many religious, political, and economical developments that shaped the ideals of the years to come. Prior to 1750 English colonies in America went through many changes. Many colonies used to be diverse compared to the colonies in New England but as time went on they became more anglicanized. As a result of anglicanization, ideas of the Enlightenment,…

The New York Colony was one of the 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three areas, The New England, The Middle and The Southern colonies. The New York Colony was one of the Middle Colonies. It began as the Dutch trading outpost. In 1664, King Charles II gave the land in between New England and Virginia, to his brother James, the Duke of York. Dutch traders already occupied much of this land and landowners The English engaged and…

Punishment for sin was a big deal in Puritan beliefs. The Scarlet Letter was written in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne and was a classic American novel in the 19th century. The story was set in a Puritan community in Boston, Massachusetts during the 17th century. The story is about a woman who committed adultery and was punished for it while others got away with their sins in the moment, but they caught up to them in the end. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale’s suffering…

Henry David Thoreau, born in Concord, Massachusetts, was one of the most influential transcendentalist of his time. Getting away from the growing industrial town of Concord he escaped into the open, wooded lands around the pristine Walden pond. He passed his days observing and documenting his surroundings like the breeze rustling the branches of trees and shrubs, animals scurrying about the barren grounds, or the way that the rain hit the surface of the quaint pond and slowly rippled. He…

Emily Dickinson is one of America’s greatest poets. She was born in the family Homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. The Homestead might have been the first built brick house in Amherst. It was built for Emily’s grandparents, Samuel Fowler Dickinson and Lucretia Gunn Dickinson. Her family consisted of her parents, Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson, and her siblings William Austin Dickinson and Lavinia Dickinson. “For school, she attended Amherst Academy for seven…

politically, socially, and economically. Each of the four colonies listed above reacted to the Indians in different ways, meaning their relationships and economy would be affected differently. For example when the New Englanders first settled in Massachusetts they took all the Indians land and cut down their trees which they used for ship building. The New Englanders also took advantage of their proximity of the water and kicked out any Indians that lived close to the ports or that lived on the…

On July 4, 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne, a descendant of two Puritan prosecutors, was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He believed that his Puritan ancestors William and John Hathorne had committed wicked acts, which brought upon a curse on his family. William, a bitter and relentless man, prosecuted the Quakers in 1630 for going against the beliefs of the Puritan church. During the Salem witch trials of 1690, John presided as a judge and condemned innocent people of witchcraft. His condemnation of…

She moved to America in September and enrolled in South Hadley High School in Massachusetts. When she enrolled in South Hadley she had a very good status, a lot of boys were attracted to her. She started dating a boy, Sean Mulveyhill, soon the relationship ended. Phoebe soon went to a new boy Austin Renaud, after they broke up, their…

In 17th century, many Puritans immigrate to the thirteen colonies because of the religious turmoil in England, and the fear of persecution like Anne Bradstreet and her family to the Massachusetts Company. Anne Bradstreet is a famous writer in the 17th century, and she writes many poems about the importance of family, loss and acceptance. For instance, in "To my Dear and Loving Husband" and "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild", Bradstreet uses anaphora to emphasize her love for her husband the…

Although the majority of the afflicted during the Salem Witch Trials were women, some historians believe that the men of the village were the true driving force behind the trials. Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum are two such people, and in their book Salem Possessed: The Social Origins Of Witchcraft, they write about their discoveries concerning the long standing economic and political issues underlying the trials in Salem. Within their work, they split the citizens of Salem into two separate…