Of Plymouth Plantation

They would trade things such as fish and timber for any items that they could not grow or produced on the plantations. These were items such as leather, sewing supplies, and farming tools. Crops that were grown in the area were things like tobacco, which became much sought after, thus allowing high prices and items being exchanged to be plentiful. When the slave…

multiple colonies would form and become classified into three regions: The Southern Colonies, The Middle Colonies, and The New England Colonies. The Chesapeake Colonies (Virginia and Maryland) and the New England Colonies (Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut) can be analyzed by reasons for immigration, economy, gender roles, demographics, religion, and relations with nearby Indians. To showcase the beginnings of Colonial America, an emphasis is placed…

The United States has the widest religious diversity in the world; however, there are no other religions which have as many important meanings as Christianity in terms of the history of this country. According to the research by Pew Research Center in 2014, more than 70% of the population identify themselves as Christians (Wormald, Benjamin). American people and their ancestors have developed this country in the name of God since the first group of settlers colonized in this New World. Their…

reasons, such as fleeing, colonizing, trading, etc. People such as John Smith and William Bradford, came to America having different goals, dreams and accomplishments. John Smith wrote “General History of Virginia.” William Bradford wrote “Of the Plymouth Plantation.” In both writings, there are similarities and differences such as from the way they describe the Native Americans and the tone and style. Although these two books are different, written by two different people, they also share…

For example, the Pilgrims settled Plymouth Bay because of their pursuit of religious expression. Edward Winslow and William Bradford wrote the document entitled, A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plimoth in New England or Mourt's Relation. The purpose of this document is to explore the religious leanings of the settlement and…

The Colonial Age was a tough and adventurous stage of American history. Due to the hardships of settling in a not only uncharted area, but an area filled with dangerous hostiles that were not thrilled about the new guest in their lands many people reached out to the Lord and faith to give them solace and strength in these hard times. These were individuals who still under the influenced by the reformation in Europe were trying to make a better life for themselves. The Colonial age people also…

The created the first plantation colonies in the Americas. While Spain and its colonies focused their efforts on mining and silver, Portugal's colonies produced tropical crops, like sugar, that were in high demand in Europe. Eventually, the British and the French established their own sugar plantations in the Caribbean, which undermined Brazil's control on the market. The Portuguese king sent a governor and other…

Essay #1 The North American colonies were spread all throughout the Eastern coast. The Pilgrims, who were English farmers, settled in Plymouth in 1620 on accident (Brands, 56). They meant to go to Virginia, but because of a navigational error they ended up in what is now Massachusetts (Brands, 42). The reason they were able to survive was friendship with the local Indians (Brands,43). These Indians taught the Pilgrims how to hunt and farming techniques (Brands, 43). The Anglican colonists…

Puritan, Separatist, or Catholic faiths. This differed greatly in the Chesapeake region where a majority of the population was African American slaves or indentured servants. This was all due to the sudden boom in the tobacco industry, which caused plantation owners to rely upon the cheap labor of slaves to make a profit. And because of the “gold rush” in the Chesapeake area, the slave trade itself became the leading industry in the region, and therefore the population depended directly upon the…

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…