Of Plymouth Plantation

and freedom of religion were all encouraged colonists to settle the New World. As the English Civil War had raged on, religion in England had become extremely unstable, which encouraged many people to travel overseas for sanctuary. Such a colony, Plymouth, in Pennsylvania was founded under the Mayflower compact to tolerate Puritanism. However, religion wasn’t the only concern. The ability to obtain property and an occupation had become difficult resulting in a migration to areas such as Virginia…

variant importance of religion, and “a distinctive identity as British colonists” the British New World Colonies unified as one (Roark, pg. 158). The first New England Colony was established in 1620 with a group of Puritan separatists arriving in Plymouth. The Massachusetts Bay Company…

Early America was neither an easy place to live, nor an easy task: making a country out of nothing. A new land presented new opportunity; and with opportunity, came new challenges and surprises. With no manuscript to guide them, the early settlers took pen to pad and wrote what became history. What these writers, or rather Early American authors, wrote is what history of the modern US goes off of. And, in addition to a different terrain the newcomers had faced, the authors displayed differences…

other English settlers, and so the “fertile river valleys and coastal plains”1 would have been theirs for the taking. The land, then, could be used for “economic rather than military considerations”1 removing now famous landmarks such as: Jamestown, Plymouth, and St. Mary’s City. Also, communal settlements, of the “classic New England type”,1 cease to provide the strategic and/or logical reasoning they would with Native American neighbors, like the “military and moral threat of Indian war…

Piety, courage, and industry, were the Pilgrims’ most cherished values. They were thought such a necessity because of each values’ strong place in building a stable and prosperous community, as well as keeping a “morally” intact society, the “new Jerusalem.” But “paradise” is not to be gained without challenge and great effort against the “enemy of God” and they came in the form of hardship, privation, and fear. Bradford, Winthrop, Bradstreet, and Edwards wrote of these hardships that they and…

the community should become one and work together and share with each other, and nothing should be hidden from anyone or else God won’t help, because God is only there when there is unity and togetherness. In addition, William Bradford’s “On Plymouth Plantation” states that the crew were constantly fearful but they believed that God was constantly there and was always helping them. In Anne Bradstreet’s Upon the Burning of Our House, we see that she misses her house a lot but she thanks God and…

religious and pragmatic - John Smith, founder of Jamestown, Virginia; Pocahontas - John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity”: “… We shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us…” - William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (1630-50, pub. 1856) - Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), The Tenth Muse (1650), the first volume of poems published by a resident of the New World - Edward Taylor (1642- 1729), Preparatory Meditations (1682-1725, pub. 1939, 1960) -…

between product segments. Chrysler’’s position as one of the world’’s most profitable auto manufacturers during for much of the 1990s was primarily a result of its strong position in SUVs (through Jeep) and minivans (through its Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager models). The luxury car segment too was traditionally associated with high margins. By contrast, small and medium sized family cars have typically lost money. However, mobility barriers between segments tend to be low. Modular product…