Plymouth Colony

History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay: The Massachusetts Bay Colony Case against Anne Hutchinson(1637), vol. II, 1767 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936), pp. 366–84. In this book, Thomas Hutchinson uses the same dialogue of the antinomian controversy of 1636-1638 that broke…

the rule of law and to legitimize their colonization of an unclaimed area. Each of the sections of the compact was carefully considered by the writers of the document, as this charter would set the precedent for how the governance of their planned colony would…

I am a crew member with Sir Francis Drake. I am here because I was with him when he killed the Spanish Armada. I was with him from June to September, 1588. We were at the English Channel. He Killed them because they were going around killing random people. If he did not kill them then we would be dead because they would have gotten to us and killed our tribe. Sir Francis Drake did not just kill the Spanish, he was ordered to. When he was ordered to kill them he went out to find them to stop…

Sir Francis Drake is guilty of voluntary manslaughter. This comes in play with the Spanish Armada. Voluntary manslaughter is where you kill someone and plan doing it. Drake planned on killing the Spanish Armada because Queen Elizabeth told him they were preparing to kill her. The queen never said to kill them, she told Drake to stop them. She never threatened or forced him to do this act. The only orders the queen had were to return in six months. Drake sailed to England with his crew. One…

In 1588, off the coast of Grave-lines, France, Spain’s so-called “insuperable Armada” was defeated by the English soldiers under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. Their main aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth1 of England and the Tudor establishment of Protestantism in England. After fighting for almost eight hours, a change in wind direction forced the Spanish to retreat from the battle and sailed toward the North Sea. The Spanish Armada had hoped to win the…

Royal colony: A royal colony is one ruled over by an official chosen by the monarch in rule, specifically the British crown ruler. Oftentimes, the monarch would only indirectly rule over the colony with direct rule coming from the governor or proprietor. Nonetheless, the monarch still retained the most power since he had the power to elect the governor and overlook his decisions. Many proprietary colonies later became royal colonies after being accrued by the monarch or royal rule. Because of…

new place. In the early 1600s, the early Settlers arrived to New England. The first Settlers were the Plymouth Colony, led by William Bradford. They were often referred to as Pilgrims or Separatists, and they arrived on The Mayflower Compact. The Separatists maintained ties with Great Britain till eventually they broke away from the English ways. With the arrival of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Puritanism was later on founded. Notable leader of Puritans was John Winthrop. He arrived with the…

that prevented the use of England’s laws for the colonies in order to maintain the obedience from the colonies to England, contributed to the foundations of the British Colonists’ own government by giving the population the same rights as the British, through mercantilism, and through…

During the late Seventeenth century, Puritan colonists in New England were faced with a dilemma. As their population increased, the colonists wanted and needed more land. They began to view the natives in the area as an obstruction to their expansion. Due to the Puritans’ belief in their superiority over the natives, they were able to justify their harsh treatment of the natives which led to King Philip’s War. The Puritan colonists’ actions toward the natives were cruel and excessive and…

and economic development of the New England colonies. The belief of community and unity influenced the social development of the colonies. Under the idea of a limited, self-government came the Puritan’s political system was formed. With hopes to sustain an economy, the ideas of trade, were used. The colonists’ ideas of predestination, shared sense of purpose, and religious tolerance and intolerance contributed to the development the New England colonies economically, politically, and socially. …