Province of Massachusetts Bay

As England began to take interest in the "New World", colonization by Englishmen began to spread drastically in the 1600's. English colonies took place on the eastern coast of the United States. Two early settlements established were in the New England and Chesapeake region. Although both were settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 these two regions had evolved into two distinct societies, due mainly to reasons involving the reasons for settlement, geographical differences leading…

Puritan. The Pilgrims established a self-governing agreement on their own, which was called the "Mayflower Compact." When the Pilgrims' arrived nearly wiped out the New England Indians. The good relationship with the Indians ended in 1636 when the Massachusetts Bay Puritans declared war on the Pequot Tribe and Plymouth was dragged into the…

the head right system which awarded 50 acers of land to any colonist his own or another passage to North America. Likewise, the death rate of individual in Jamestown was much higher with very few children surviving to their adulthood than in Massachusetts Bay. Jamestown addressing the issue of unstable ratios of women to men, encouraged the immigration of women, dozens promised to arranged marriages also referred to as “tobacco brides” between 1620-1621. The colony still in need of more labor to…

The Mayflower Compact is a document composed of 41 signatures of English colonist also known as Puritans. The document was signed in November of 1620 on the Cape Cod, by 41 men that the pilgrim’s leaders persuaded. William Bradford was a pilgrim leader and was informed that some of the others did not feel obligated to follow the rules, in his words, “use their owne libertie”, thus leading to the formation of the compact. This was the first agreement that was created by the colonist to keep…

His realistic view is intended for generations to understand the true huddles their ancestors had to overcome and for generations to learn from the mistakes of the first colonists arriving on the new land. Bradford was not the only author which documented influences of Puritan beliefs when writing the experiences of life on the new land. John Winthrop documented his views of the new land and his influences of Puritan beliefs in his journal. Just like Bradford, Winthrop felt the persecution from…

Ladies and gentlemen, my perspective about Anne Hutchinson is different from John Winthrop. Winthrop believed that Hutchinson committed wrongdoings. One wrongdoing that Whitrope believe that Hutchinson did was troubling the peace and commonwealth and the churches. Winthrop believe Hutchinson should be punished for being known for the women that have had a great share in the promoting and divulging of those opinions that cause of this trouble. Winthrop believed that Hutchinson’s action for…

Faustino, Yeelena 1A 10/12/15 DBQ Influenced by the Puritans, from 1630 through the 1660’s the four New England colonies, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire , were experiencing large growth in their political, economic, and social systems. Socially, the Puritans impacted the colonies religious views and community. Economically they believed in thrift and godliness and politically they leaned towards a self-governing congregations groups. The puritans greatly…

Effects of the Development of Puritan Society During the late 1600s, a group of people called the Puritans came to settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony Area. The extremely religious Puritans believed that if they moved away from the Anglican Church of England, they could create a theocracy that would grant them a right to freedom, further the expansion of their Christian faith, and build a utopian society for themselves. However, when they arrived, they registered the fact that not…

The controversy around Anne Hutchinson reveals much about colonial America and the role in which women were expected to take in society. Outspoken, strong-willed, independent women like Hutchinson that operated outside the status quo were going to be pressured in an attempt to gain their compliance. The interrogation and trial of Anne Hutchinson shows to what length they would go to silence any women attempting to break the traditional gender roles. Religious positions were traditionally held by…

In the 1600s a group of protestants who wanted to purify the church of ceremony and hierarchy fled to america after being persecuted back in england settling in the massachusetts bay colony. In the 1630 a group of settlers under the command of John Winthrop who became the first governor of Massachusetts land in Massachusetts, with them Anne Dudley, daughter of Thomas Dudley, marrying simon Bradstreet at the age of sixteen. As an educated woman she was taught to read and write and became the…