Mayflower

or the discovery of a new place. In the early 1600s, the early Settlers arrived to New England. The first Settlers were the Plymouth Colony, led by William Bradford. They were often referred to as Pilgrims or Separatists, and they arrived on The Mayflower Compact. The Separatists maintained ties with Great Britain till eventually they broke away from the English ways. With the arrival of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Puritanism was later on founded. Notable leader of Puritans was John Winthrop.…

John Smith and William Bradford were two very influential English explorers in the 1600s. They were both settlers in the new land and challenged to lead a colony. Through their journey they experienced some very similar hardships but managed to get out of them in different manners. Throughout their journey you can compare many similarity and differences between the two. Some could argue that they are very similar leaders, while others would argue that they are complete opposites. John Smith…

defender of wolves and different hazardous predators and as a partner pooch. In the eighteenth century the Mastiff was depicted: "As a lion is to a feline, so is a mastiff contrasted with a canine." It is accepted that a Mastiff came to America on the Mayflower. Later more were transported in. Like most breeds before the end of World War ll, the breed was just about terminated in England. Pooches were transported in from the USA and Canada and are by and by settled in England. A portion of the…

The History of Virginia and the Plymouth Plantation The stories The Plymouth Plantation and History of Virginia written by William Bradford and John Smith. Both stories had their similarities but also had a lot of differences. Captain John Smith and William Brandford were both settlers who used their own techniques to survive these crazy unknown lands. Although they decided to settle these wild unknown lands they both came for different reasons. They risked a lot to settle over there.…

The reason why Whites don’t get hyphenated as much as minorities is simple, they lost it. The very first group of people which we call today the Americans first arrived around four-hundred years ago by Mayflower. The major population of America was populated by these early colonists who forgot their tradition from their “homeland”. Other races migrated to America much later than the first “Americans”. For example the migration boomed during the 1880s when…

selling others into slavery, and created a treaty that was to eliminate the Pequot nation. Jean O 'Brien, an Ojibwe historian, says that, “The Pequot war established in Indian minds the potential savagery of the English.” (We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower). There is abundant evidence that the Pequat War was an act of genocide by intent to remove the Pequat Tribe. In 1779 the United States declared war on the Haudenosaunee to punish them for trying to resist colonial settlement. Two hundred…

Massachusetts Bay Government officials focused on things such as fishing and whaling near the coast, as a form of economic stimulus. The fisherman used the whale blubber to create oil for heating purposes. Officials also focused on the building ships, as well as exporting items such as rum, timber, furs, and livestock. Those people inland used farming to grow crops such as corn, pumpkin, rye, squash, and beans, as a way of producing income and influencing the economy The society of the…

colonists and not very many survived. But they did have a government and William Bradford was the governor. He was the one who wrote the Plymouth plantation and he started in 1630 and stopped writing in 1650. William was also the one that added the Mayflower passenger list. William Bradford died on…

strong military rule for much of the first decade as a colony that. They soon moved to an assembly that was "elected" by the people. Before the inhabitants of Plymouth Plantation set foot on the New World in the leaders of the expedition drew up the Mayflower Compact, by doing so they formed a civil government. This gave them claim to the land and to rule it in the name of the King. These early forms of democracy seem to have been the best way to rule, due to the many ideas and different…

To be American does not mean you were born here and can trace back your ancestors back to the Mayflower. What it means to be American is to have pride in the country, to contribute in a positive way, how pay respect to the flag and how you speak about the country to people in other parts of the world, and whether you stand for what you believe in and use your freedom of speech in ways others in different countries can’t. America is a giant melting pot and has been that way since the earliest of…