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    The difference between the story of Captain John Smith in the General History of Virginia, and William Bradford in Of Plymouth Plantation. Captain John Smith was a British soldier, he’s a founder of the American colony of Jamestown. He traveled in purpose to seek what he wanted, and that is to become wealthy. While William Bradford is an English separatist, the leader of the Plymouth colony. They are known as the Pilgrims, but before that they were originally known as the Old Comers and their…

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    In terms of religion, government, social structure, and economy, the Southern, New England, and Middle colonies shared both similarities and differences. From New Hampshire all the way down to Georgia, the settlers that settled in the colonies really defined what each colony had to offer. Between the types of religions to the governments they had, there were many clear reasons why they were similar and different. In the Southern colonies, which consisted of Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina,…

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    community. This is prevalent in early American history, as the New England colonies inhabited North-East America and the Chesapeake colonies inhabited present day Maryland and Virginia. This difference in settings affected community life in both areas. Though the east coast of North America was settled by the same people of the same ethnicity, the areas developed into two diverse societies due to different religion and economic practices. The New England colonies were very religious based unlike…

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    Early Puritan Typology

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    is a classification system that groups things according to their similarities and also how they can be divided up into different “types”. This system refers to a biblical interpretation that events found in the Old Testament are foreshadowed in the New Testament. Typology is broken down into two diverse “types”. The first type is antitype. This is the original story of the Jesus of Nazareth. The second is just the type. This “type” refers to the Old Testament. Throughout the Old Testament you…

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    colonizing company” (Cheyney 148) or the one who seeked “purity” (Cheyney 148). You begin to compare the two colonies. Taking everything into deeper thinking. Out of the two original colonies which one had a greater impact on the world? Jamestown and Plymouth going heads up. One of the colonies gave a better outcome to the world, but which one was it? Two colonies but different ways of what their purposes were. When comparing the two colonies on which one impacted the United States more in…

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    Puritan values impacted the New England colonies’ development from the 1630s to 1660s severely. The intertwinement of the Puritan church and New England government spurred the creation of Rhode Island and Connecticut, the emphasis on family led to the creation of the small family farm as a central facet to both New England society and economy, the twin ideals of hard work and simplicity made excessive profiteering something to be frowned upon and solidified New England’s purpose as first and…

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    In the beginning , America “ New World “ has been just a group of British colonizers . It was populated by the Native Americans , and then came the Puritans to colonize it , followed by the first settlers : John Smith and William Bradford . In the late – seventeenth – century , The Enlightenment era , or “the age of reason “, was extended over Europe . Writers such as John Locke dares to defy the old system . Therefore , Locke’s thoughts and concepts inspire others like Thomas Jefferson , who…

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    Anne Hutchinson Dbq

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    Anne Hutchinson- she disagreed with most ministers in New England that thought that good deeds were how to reach salvation. her idea was that one has to ignore the fake prophets of someone’s behavior to see the inside of them and to find salvation. with only two from all the colonies ministers being saved, she influenced people to question the qualifications of them. these followers were called Antinomians, taking up half of people in Massachusetts Bay. her and all her followers were…

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    John Winthrop

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    migration into which further laid the principal basis for the systems of religions, intellectual and social order for the New England’s intention. Moreover, it provides a subsidiary in the third and fourth decades of the seventeenth century into the colonies adhering in the Northern English. Subsequently, it is considered to be the foundation of an event that had occurred when the New England was established. At the same time, it is the means wherein people exist in the world that reflected the…

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    who settled Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, and their surrounding colonies all emigrated from the same country. This difference in overall development occurred due to the contrasting motives of the colonists departing for New England and the Chesapeake. The people who would become New Englanders were motivated by the potential for a better life and the freedom to practice their religion which caused the formation of a peaceable and family-oriented culture. In comparison, the people who would…

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