Massachusetts

In order to adequately answer this question we must first identify the reasons for colonization in each of these regions. To begin, the southern colonies were colonies that were established by the English and included Roanoke, Jamestown, Maryland, Virginia Company, Georgia and the colonies in the Carolinas. Roanoke was the first English colony in the New World, in response to the French founding several colonies in the New World. The purpose of Jamestown was for economic gain. Furthermore,…

The Salem Witch Trials began late 1691, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts said they were possessed by the devil and accused three local women of witchcraft. During this time, those that were religious believed that the devil could give certain people the power to harm others. The accusation created panic between people and quickly created a massive witch hunt. A special court was created in Salem to hear the cases of those accused of being a witch. At some point,…

married twenty-five-year-old Simon Bradstreet. Two years after their marriage in 1630, Anne, her husband, and her parents sailed aboard the Arbella with the Winthrop Puritan group to the new world. On June 14, 1630 the group landed in Salem, Massachusetts but…

Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832, to Abby May and Amos Bronson Alcott (Price). In a letter to her father twenty-five years later, Alcott described herself as being born “bawling at the disagreeable world” (Kort). Louisa May Alcott’s father was a philosopher and educator, a leader in transcendentalism, and a spokesman for the abolitionist movement (Heginbotham). Fascinated by child development, he observed his own children in various stages, including,…

The colony of Massachusetts was the first to be established, and it was for religious purposes. The ones who came here were the Pilgrims in 1620. The main motive for them coming here was, since England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and turn toward to Church of England, the Pilgrims wanted nothing to do with it. As a result, they were persecuted for their beliefs and ended up leaving England so they could have religious freedom. One person was banished from Massachusetts, and his name…

gain whereas, Massachusetts was created to express religious freedom. Religion was the foundation for Massachusetts as opposed to Virginia, where religion played a minor role in their society. Virginia had a plantation system dependent on unfree labor and Massachusetts’ society was town centered and implemented free labor. The establishment of Virginia was poorly planned and not self-sustaining, which ultimately led to its demise. Much more planning went into establishing Massachusetts and they…

Ross Landgraf Mr. Garland HIS 131-IN1 16 October 2016 The similarities and differences of Massachusetts and Virginia. Massachusetts and Virginia had many similarities, but both also had many differences. Jamestown, Virginia was established in the year of 1607 by the Virginia Company of England. Shortly after Jamestown was established, Plymouth, Massachusetts was established in the year of 1620 by The Pilgrims. Both of these colony’s had many similarities, but along with these many similarities…

Here in the United States, there are a number of different Native American peoples. One of these is the Nipmuc tribe, which spans central Massachusetts and part of Connecticut and Rhodes Island (Thee, 2006, 636). The Nipmuc tribe consists of three separate bands known as the Wabaquasett, the Hassanamesit and the Chaubunagungamaug (Sacks, 2011). They have a history, nonmaterial culture, material culture, and a role in U.S. society that is both unique as well as shared with other Native American…

thought necessary for all children to go to school, especially those of poor working families. Horace Mann, a Massachusetts state legislature and reformer, paved the way for the U.S.’s first statewide public school system (The Education Reform Movement). He dedicated his life to establishing mandatory and free schooling for American children. By 1837, he became the first secretary of Massachusetts’ newly organized board of education. He envisioned free public schools which provided trained…

“city upon the hill”. The Puritans settled in the now known area of Boston, and held services in bare churches throughout the town. Three people who were principal to Puritan religion in the colonies were Richard Mather, a minister in Dorchester Massachusetts who drafted the Cambridge Platform, a description of the Congregational system. His son Increase Mather, was the minister who ended the Salem Witch Trials. Cotton Mather, who was Richard Mather’s grandson, was a writer who published 450…