Province of Massachusetts Bay

to do with this world. He is one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Massachusetts Bay Colony is the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth. Massachusetts colony, like Plymouth, was mainly occupied by puritans except that Plymouth colony’s population never rose above 7,000 which lead it to be, after ten years, overshadowed by its larger neighbor, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop was also a lawyer. The question is how did Winthrop…

Quaker community fought for their liberty by constantly criticizing the Puritans for practicing martyrdom. An example of them protesting against the Puritan Government was when Humphrey Norton penned a letter to John Endecott, the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, stating that Mr. Endecott would face a terrible fate and associated the persecution of Quakers with the crucified Christ. Humphrey, a Quaker missionary, protested and attacked the mistreatment of the Quakers by his own accord…

A1. the Virginia and Massachusetts Bay both had similarities and different in colonies. In similarities Both of the colonies were successful and were brand new settlement. Both of the colonies were English many colonists found their lives were incredibly difficult. And colonies in both sites had to address the fact that the lands they claimed were already inhabited by Indians who would have a say in the future of both colonies.The differences between both colonies were the…

The novel, The Scarlet Letter, of Puritan society by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This novel was placed in the 1600’s, in Puritan society in New England. A Puritan is someone who simplifies and regulates a form of worship. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Puritan society in this story to show Puritan Religion. He used symbolism to make everything have more than one meaning. In this novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of a Wild Rosebush, Hester's cabin, and Pearl to contribute to…

While discussing Puritan New England, it was obvious that there is a lot to be learned about our religious history due to the impact it makes on our world today. Two large influences in Puritan New England history are Anne Hutchinson and John Winthrop. Hutchinson was a woman who moved her family to New England for religious freedoms that unattainable in England. As she began practicing her new religious freedoms, she became popular in the town as an interpreter of the bible. Soon after she…

Escape from Captivity Mary White Rowlandson was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1635, one of nine children born to John and Joan White. As a toddler Rowlandson’s family migrated to America and settled in Massachusetts. In 1653 the family moved to the near by town of Lancaster, Massachusetts. In 1656 Rowlandson married Joseph Rowlandson, a newly ordained Puritan minister and recent graduate of Harvard University. They had four children, one whom died as an infant. Mary Rowlandson lived the…

Colonists decided to settle North America for a variety of reasons including religious freedom, opportunities, land, exile, and to escape the tyranny of English royalty. Although the settlement in Jamestown wasn 't the first attempt at colonization in the new world for England it was the first successful colony. The settlers in Jamestown were funded by the Virginia Company to create and colonize a civilization. The Virginia Company was an opportunity for people to explore the new world funded by…

al., 61). The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was John Winthrop, who announced the principles that the colonists would have to live by. The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay Colony believed that they had entered into a covenant with God and that they had to convey their faith through actions. Winthrop believed that if their faith stayed strong and if they honored their word to one another, other colonies would want to follow them. The Massachusetts Bay colonists believed that God had…

Once America was discovered many European countries could only focus on one thing, gold. Gold was the common currency of the world, and it was believed that the New World was abundant with the precious metal. This builds the foundation of America on mercantilism, more money in the colonies meant more power for the mother countries. The hunt for gold attracted not only countries, but companies like the Virginia Company. Although some focused on gold, others viewed America as a new religious start…

The location of a society affects the overall lifestyle of a community. This is prevalent in early American history, as the New England colonies inhabited North-East America and the Chesapeake colonies inhabited present day Maryland and Virginia. This difference in settings affected community life in both areas. Though the east coast of North America was settled by the same people of the same ethnicity, the areas developed into two diverse societies due to different religion and economic…