Mayflower

early 1600’s came to the Americas for different reasons. In 1607, a hundred and four men boarded the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery and landed in Virginia and named it Jamestown. Thirteen years later, a hundred and two pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, landed in Massachusetts and named their colony Plymouth. Jamestown and Plymouth came to the New World to start anew and prosper. Each of the colonies stay in the New World was different in many aspects, but for some they were the same. The…

contaminated and I died a few days later of cholera. Here’s some fun facts!! President James Madison was my second cousin. I was a descendent of William Brewster, a leader of the Pilgrims who first landed on Plymouth Rock and sailed to America on the Mayflower. My daughter, Sarah Knox Taylor, was married briefly to Jefferson Davis before she died. Davis went on to become president of the Confederacy. I was known for my homespun ways while an officer. I was often disheveled, wore a straw hat, and…

“America’s Gift to My Generation” Amy Tan, a American writer said, “Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.” There's always someone that tries to take away our rights and destroy our foundation. For all generations we always had people that protected to our civil rights. The gift America gave to my generation was the free will to write. The freedom of writing is very limited around the world. But our…

Specific troubles James Town faced was the crew ate all the food they had on the ship therefore no food when they landed. When packing, they couldn’t pack food for the new world, only when they were on the ship. In the time that the mayflower arrived, it was winter and many got sick and died. The cold took over their bodies and hunger in addition to dehydration also took many lives. Thankfully the Natives noticed the struggle. They gave them corn and taught them how to grow it. When working…

The idea of self-government began in the Virginia and Plymouth colonies. In the Virginia colony, they developed the House of Burgesses and in Plymouth they published the Mayflower Compact as an initiative to organize, unite, and help their colonies flourish. Indentured servitude was a form of paying off debt or gaining passage to the new world through serving a term of around 5 years as a worker for a plantation owner. When the person completed their term they were supposed to receive land and…

was strong minded and "his sting" prevented it to be trapped by the webs spun by the evil devils. Quote #5 This quote is said by John Winthrop in "City Upon a Hill". During this time Puritans where travelling from England to the Americas on the Mayflower, escaping from their persecution back in England. During their hard trip, they beleived even through hard times and suffering, GOd will "dwell among us". The puritans in this sermon looked to faith when they needed it the most and they were…

The road to the American Democracy started off as early as the Magna Carta and Parliament. Before the times of these truly essential documents kings and rulers had free reign of all the resources and could pretty much do whatever they wanted and not have to worry about being sentenced to the stocks. The Magna Carta was made and declared by barons and nobles, partly because they were frustrated with the king always taking their men for endless crusades. In 1215, the Barons forced the king to…

drank so much beer. In fact, the Mayflower ship that brought colonist over to the new world had more beer aboard the ship than they had water and when they arrived they began making their own beer and wine in the new world. This heavy drinking mindset remained until the late 1800’s. The average American today drinks four alcoholic beverages a week. This number is extremely low compared to the gallons of beer that were consumed by each person every day on the Mayflower ship and the amount of…

As opposed to the Jamestowne colony, the Plymouth colony developed a list of rules and rights beforelanding which would dictate how the colony would be set up and run. This set of rules and right, where named by the colonists the "Mayflower Compact." With the Mayflower Compact in place, Plymouth was able to stay organized and had few governing problems. Furthermore, Plymouth had much better relations with the local Indian tribes. Instead of…

What Freedom Means to Me Thomas Jefferson once said, “I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.” As Americans we have the benefits of freedom every day of our lives. We tend to forget how blessed we are to live in a country where teenage boys don’t have to serve in the military, men and woman can vote for their leaders, and children may go to school and get an education. Moreover, we can go to the doctor and walk out…