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Royal colony: A royal colony is one ruled over by an official chosen by the monarch in rule, specifically the British crown ruler. Oftentimes, the monarch would only indirectly rule over the colony with direct rule coming from the governor or proprietor. Nonetheless, the monarch still retained the most power since he had the power to elect the governor and overlook his decisions. Many proprietary colonies later became royal colonies after being accrued by the monarch or royal rule. Because of…

Jamestown and Plymouth In the early 15th century, Europeans began to set their eyes on the horizon in search of a new world. As countries began to set sail in hopes of gold, God and glory, the idea of permanent settlement in the New World was out of mind, at least at first. As both Spain and Portugal ruled over the mercantile scene, England was yet to make its mark. Feeling the pressure, England joined the hunt for natural resources without knowing it would one day be the start of the modern…

The Football Hall of Fame is an honorable place for athletes that have participated, or are currently in the NFL (National Football League). Being in the Hall of Fame would not only make a Football player feel accomplished, but it only makes them do better in life. Furthermore, the Hall of Fame has over 17 different locations in the USA (United States of America). According to Ray Lewis (Who is a Hall of Famer), he thinks the Hall of Fame is a fantastic place to be inducted to and is a…

operation that Eisenhower started. The armed forces headed to Cuba in April 1961, around 1200 armed exile arrived at the Bay of Pigs. Kennedy 's plan soon fell apart, and the hope to ' 'paralyze the Cuban defenders, never materialized"( Green, Skidmore, and Smith, 128). Fidel 's forces moved quickly and the US armed forces did not have a chance to fallback. The victory at the Bay of Pigs was important because the US intentions were now clear. Castro was able to prove the United States goal in…

Super Bowl 50 had the third largest audience of any television broadcast in the history of television, with only Super Bowl 49 and Super Bowl 48 having larger audiences. But how did the NFL grow to become this popular? There appear to be many factors in the constant growth of the popularity, power and profits of the NFL since the 1970s. Some of these factors include Monday Night Football, new technologies providing new ways to draw fans and the NFL’s monopoly on professional football. The…

Comparing and Contrasting Jamestown and Plymouth Jamestown and Plymouth were two English colonies established in 17th century new world. Jamestown and Plymouth had some sort of Government, an economy, and some relations with Native Americans. Jamestown had a more formal government and freer economy than Plymouth, while Plymouth had better relations with the Native Americans. Jamestown and Plymouth both had some form of government. Jamestown had written permission from the King to form a colony…

A utopian society was imagined and implemented in the early 1840s in the woodland area of Massachusetts. This was the Brook Farm utopian experiment. This utopian farm was founded by George Ripley and his wife, Sophia Ripley in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, now present-day Boston. Brook Farm was set to be a place of idealism and cooperative communal living. The farm would fail after a series of misfortunes only five short years after its beginning in 1846. The constitution of Brook Farm showed…

In The Voices of Morebath: Reformation & Rebellion in an English Village, Eamon Duffy describes a parish church’s resistance to the increasing demands of Tudor England, both religious and economic. The “alien regime” of London, as Duffy calls them, sought to curb the traditional Catholic practices of Morebath and replace them with state regulated Protestantism. However, the villagers of Morebath resisted, in what little ways they could, as did other small, West England parishes. Ultimately,…

The Puritans were one of the first people to travel and move to America in 1650 (“People & Ideas: The Puritans”). The Puritans had a large influence in the making of America. At first, the Puritans were misconstrued as the Pilgrims known for beginning the holiday of Thanksgiving because similar to the Pilgrims, the Puritans were Protestants from England and Calvinists believed that the reforms and decisions of the Church of England did not do enough (“People & Ideas: The Puritans”). However,…

Derrick Thomas is a hoss standing at 6’3” and 255 pounds. Derrick Thomas was once little though, believe it or not. Derrick was born in Miami, Florida in 1967. Thomas has been into football ever since a very young age of 3. Derrick was raised by his mother after his father was killed in an Air Force mission in Vietnam. Thomas is looked up to by many young kids and NFL players now, people want to be like him. Such as Von Miller who has been tearing it up just like Thomas did. Sadly, Derrick…