Pequot

Before the Constitution could go into effect, it had to be ratified by nine of the thirteen states. Two parties, the Federalists and anti-Federalists, emerged and became entrenched in a fierce debate over the document. Federalists argued in favor of the Constitution, while their opponents argued against it. At the heart of the debate was the question of liberty. Anti-Federalists believed that liberty rests in the individual’s right to self-govern. A central government, they argued, would…

From 1675-1676, the New England region was consumed by an abnormally large amount of conflict and tension. A specific battle took place between the Puritans and the Native American Indians, and it became known as King Philip’s War. It was one of the most bloody and violent encounters that has ever transpired in American history. The war has been analyzed and studied by historians for decades, which still have not been able to conclude if the battle was significant or what the legacy was. People…

“This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New York Island, from the Redwood forests to the Gulfstream waters, this land was made for you and me” (Guthrie). Contrary to the lyrics in “This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie, this land was apparently not made for “you and me.” America was only made for the “me” aspect of the song, “me” being the Americans. Thousands of years ago, the Americas were undiscovered by the Europeans. Now, this land withholds a great country.…

England was the first country to compete against Spain about the New World in 1588. Later Queen Elizabeth realized that providing for the colonies in the new world was very expensive and stopped doing so. After Queen Elizabeth’s death in 1603, his son, King James the 1st gave permission for the establishments of colonies in Virginia and created organized companies. When Jamestown was first established in Virginia 1607, at first, the colony failed due to lack of skills that were necessary for…

The Puritans arrived in New England to establish a settlement in 1620. By the late 1700s, New England was a part of America, a former colony across the Atlantic that recently acquired freedom from England. As the colony grew into Indian lands, so did the number of disputes with them, which contributed to the French and Indian War that ended salutary neglect and monitored mercantilism which encouraged Enlightenment ideas that strengthened the divide with Britain. Puritanism remained the same, but…

1614 John Smith came to the area, in the beginning, the settlers and the Native Americans always tried to have a good relationship with one another. That did not last for long because more puritans came and therefore needed more land, causing the Pequot war in 1633. Looking into the scarlet letter, there is almost no mentioning of Indians. The first mentioning of a Native American is in the first-page chapter two,…

Bryn Bostad Midterm Essay #2 Groups of settlers migrated from various countries such as France, Spain, England, Holland, and Sweden all seeking to inhabit the mysterious and desired lands of the New World. The English began the struggle for prime land in North America, arriving in the early 1600’s. Over the years, 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…

Cause Summary Effects/Significance -Over 10,000 years prior to Columbus, people came to the Americas using the Bering Strait --These were Native Americans Gold, glory and god were the three sources that caused the colonization of the “new world” The Treaty of Tordesillas; Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the Western Hemisphere Spain was the earliest to colonize North America The Encomienda System; Spanish recieved land with native People Attempts to change Native American beliefs led…

relationship with the Powhatans until John Rolfe married Pocahontas, where the colonists lived peacefully with the Powhatans. while Plymouth had good relations until the war in 1636, when the Puritans that followed the Separatists declared war on the Pequot Tribe and then Plymouth was suddenly dragged into the…

The year of 1492 revolutionized the European world, beginning with the approval of Columbus’ proposal for finding a new trade route by spanish monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II. However, this voyage did not fulfill its initial goal. Instead, the adventure led to the discovery of the “New World,” and the commencement of a race between European nations for wealth and power. As the hopes of wealth and new beginnings influenced the European explorers, the explorers set out to claim their…