Mayflower Compact

became refuge for those seeking political and religious sovereignty. Many of these immigrants scattered across the east coast, one of those groups being the Pilgrims. The Mayflower originally bounded for Virginia swept to Massaschusetts shore due to heavy storms. To main order and establish a governing body, the Mayflower Compact was crafted. This assured the creation a community bounded by the same religion and same ideas in work ethic and how to live. This idea of being apart of a govern…

colonization attempt that pre-dated the Mayflower. It was the Popham Gorges Colony in Maine in 1607. Another story altogether. Then of course there was Jamestown. Yet, another story. But, I want to concentrate on the story of the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving as they met in 1621 to…

Historians have long argued about which factors greatest impact the formation of society. Some believe that it is shaped by political goals, others think it is economic, and others think it religious. In terms of the formation of American history, the evidence is overwhelming for religion being the greatest factor. Religion was present as a forming factor since the first Native Americans arrived in the United States and continued to shape history through the Great Awakening. Although political…

In a city in Holland English women and men come to live their for only one reason, because they wanted the freedom to practice their religion without the government or anyone else bothering them because in Holland no one would force them to attend to one certain church and to dishonor their beliefs. The Englishmen did not like one particular thing about living in Holland because their children started to act more like Dutchmen than Englishmen. The Saints decided to move somewhere else and so…

The British colony Virginia (Jamestown) was established in 1607 and 22 years later the Massachusetts Bay was established. There are many events and factors in history that helped in the founding and in the development of the colonies of Virginia (also known as Royal Colony), and Massachusetts Bay (also known as Charter Colony). They were both British Colonies, but the reasons they came were for different. Between these colonies there are many similarities and differences in the founding and…

the Pilgrims and Puritans rode on the Mayflower, on their way to the America’s, each person on the ship signed a treaty formally known as the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact was the first written document, stating that each person would understand and listen to each person’s views, lend a helping hand to anyone in need, all in order to create a free, peaceful and cohesive community. In addition to signing the Mayflower Compact, families on the Mayflower brought along books, the Bible…

journey, it seemed as though there was disease and death surrounding them everywhere they went. There were many different ships which took people to the New World, and the settlers formed a total of three colonies. Those who rode on the Mayflower signed a Mayflower Compact, which simply required those who signed to accept whatever form of government was established after landing in America, in the New England…

Despite having no power, army, or plan, the British colonies’ took their ideas and morals of freedom and just government onto the battlefield against the most powerful country, in which would transpire the most significant conflict of American history and cement the very foundation of American independence. The Revolutionary War was an armed clash that permanently terminated the political ties between the infuriated American colonies of North America and their homeland of Great Britain.…

after that the Mayflower left England in July of 1920 it had to turn back twice due to the other ship they were traveling with. The other ship leaked a little bit, and after their second time turning back they just left the leaky ship at England. They decided to have everybody…

There were Thirteen colonies that survived and came together to form the United States of America, those colonies are, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. There are other colonies such as Roanoke, where the settlements failed to survive and all the settlers died. In the case of Roanoke, no one knows what happened to it’s colonists. All the colonies had their own…