New England

America in 1830. Downe wishes to persuade his wife to move from England along with their children in order to live a prosperous life. In his personal writing, Downe adopts a passionate and hopeful tone to encourage his wife, Sukey, to reunite with him. Downe commences his letter by utilizing a sense of novelty pertaining to life in the United States in 1830. Attempting to assume a standpoint of reasoning to support his views of a new and improved lifestyle, Downe explains, “They do not think…

On April 5, 1764, British Parliament pass a new tax, which took place of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733). This act caused taxes on imports of sugar, coffee, and other goods entering the ports of the American colonies and was created and designed by England to raise funds to recover the French and Indian War damage. This meant that all colonial merchants were required to pay a tax of six percent of a total gallon to import foreign molasses. It started by, getting harder to load and unload cargo…

many places bear his name. He gave his name to the Hudson River in New York, the Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay in Canada. Despite Hudson was one of the most famous explorers of the world, he never really found what he sought. He spent his career seeking different routes to…

what about The 100 Years’ War? The 100 Years’ War was fought from 1337-1453 which included a series of battles fought between two of Europe’s most powerful kingdoms, England and France. This conflict originated from an English King attempting to succeed the French throne (History). During this 116 year war, many battles were fought, new kings were crowned, and treaties were signed. The 100 Years’ war left a destructive, war torn aftermath amid the French countryside, but in the end France lay…

The New England society of the Massachusetts bay colony and the Chesapeake colony of Virginia were different in development by the distinctive groups of colonist that built up their towns, religiously persecuted families that were looking to establish a perfect church society in the New England region, where as young single men came to look for gold and wealth in the Chesapeake region. Because of this difference in types of colonists, there was a major difference in the type of economy that came…

This battle ended the Anglo-Saxon rule in England, and by doing so, it ended the Dark Ages in England, and began the Middle Ages. Immediately after the Battle at Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror attempted to create a new set of rules to control the conquered population. He established Ten Rules that would attempt to keep peace and control among the population. Common themes in these laws are a “common religion” and oath of loyalty to the king. The first law, for example, states “First…

Sir Thomas More is considered one of the most significant English intellectuals of the early 16th century. He was an exceptional example of what education could obtain in England. Thomas More was an English lawyer, writer, scholar, leader in Utopian Literature, Member of Parliament, Chancellor and Catholic martyr. More was born into the family of a well-renounced lawyer on February 7, 1478. More’s family, although not that of a noble family, that had a long tradition of civic service to London…

The Planting of English America In the 17th century, majority of European regimes were all headed to a new land known as America with the objective of exploiting the new opportunities as well as for a better life. However, the Native Americans that had established a territory never allowed them in without an opposition. The fact that the Native Americans had divergent ways of life in terms of social, economic, and political alignments meant that the newcomers were treated differently (Pritzker,…

dominant people in New England. They desired to purify the English Church, hence their name. They decided that the best way to do that was to come to America, and try to be a model society, for the rest of the world to see. They tried to not to give in to temptation, but to live a godly life. They made many rules to try to prevent sinning, and to keep their lives extremely pure. For as big as their aspirations were, the Puritans were not perfect. During the 17th century, The New England Puritans…

THESIS OF THE AUTHOR: A Kingdom Strange uncovers the mysterious story from England's early explorations into the New World. In the novel, James Horn writes a detailed account of the lost colony, Roanoke. Thoroughly researched, Horn’s novel sheds new light on the colony’s social backgrounds of the settlers, and he offers a theory about what could have happened. A Kingdom Strange provides a vivid, detailed account of the historical facts many don’t know about. While combining historical facts…