Roanoke Colony

Comparative essay on Anderson and Haefeli/Sweeney Anderson and Haefeli/Sweeney both examined the history of native, French, and English peoples in their book “The War that Made America”, and “Captives and Captors”. That is why it can’t be helped that some of their conclusions are the same because they are basing their theories on same evidence from same eras and place. They, however, have their own unique ways of interpretation the history. Anderson argued that the French and Indian War is…

Brenda Rodriguez 0806144 3/6/17 Primary Source #1 Pocahontas Images The new world and the old world had their differences, however the one thing they had in common was Pocahontas. In 1607, she took up the role of creating a relationship between the Indigenous Peoples and people of England. In 1612, her abduction by Captain Argall set in motion Pocahontas's new journey into the new world, forever changing her identity to the world. In 1616 Simon van de Passe created a portrait depicting…

The constitution is the backbone of the United States because without it where would were we be in life. The Bill of Rights, or first 10 amendments, was created to define our civil liberties as American citizens. There is quite a history that surrounds the founding of the Bill of Rights with almost 200 years of hindsight that gave us what we have today. The major parts of the Bill of Rights are the amendments, the federalists versus the anti-federalists and how our world would be different if we…

I am a British thread producer at Cromford Mill in the late 1770s during the time of the American Revolutionary War. A multitude of British soldiers stationed overseas are fighting for, and hopefully going to sustain our power over the American colonies. The prime minister is currently Frederick North, however, the majority of citizens usually refer to him as Lord North, which represents courtesy of his leadership abilities. My husband, Charlie, is in battle, leaving the children and I…

Great Britain, the Motherland, the power, the Monarchy! Great Britain controls all of the thirteen colonies, but how do they control them? Think, think about how you're being treated, is it fair? Are you even a fellow citizen to the British? Great Britain has taken too much control of our colonies and is not helping us in any way. In fact, Britain is stripping us of our freedom and justice in these many ways: emitting excessive taxes on goods, using the Church to gain loyalty, quartering of…

The American Revolution, fought from 1775 until 1783, was a turning point in American history which gave us our independence from Great Britain. Was this conflict beneficial to the American Colonies, or would it have been better to remain loyal to the crown? We will attempt to provide a number of logical illustrations both for and against revolution allowing for the reader to make an informed opinion. One of the primary causes and foremost reason for the American Revolution was the unfair or…

In the early 13th, the English Barons forced their tyrannical monarch, King John, to sign the revered Magna Charta. Their justifications for revolting against the crown originated with the ideas if protecting and defending the rights of loyal British subjects by providing due process and representation for the subjects. The principles once fought for, went largely unheeded by the colonists contemporaries in Parliament. Although the colonists made numerous requests to be treated as loyal subjects…

There had been tension between the British and Colonist for a while. The Colonist think that the British have been abusing their power and using it for putting many taxes over the colonies. There was many debates on British taxes, especially the navigation and sugar act. As the British kept piling on taxes the Colonies had enough and finally decide to have the protest which led to the Boston Massacre. Many documentations or pictures on the event depict many opinions on if it is or is not a…

In the late 1760's, Americans were on the verge of war with Britain. They needed an excuse to fight and gain independence. Patrick Henry's famous speech created one of the many excuses that drove the people to fight. In his speech, Patrick Henry emphasizes the use of rhetorical devices such as anaphora and allusion to expose British atrocities to the people so that they could join the war effort. Patrick Henry used anaphora as a tool to convince the people to fight for independence because of…

The Chesapeake Colonies, such as Virginia and Maryland, were located on the coastline of the New World. This gave them access to the water where they could catch fish, however, the water brought many upon many diseases to the settlers, such as Malaria and Cholera. Like the Chesapeake settlers the New England colony was also on the coastline, but, they did not get killed as much by disease like the Chesapeake settlers did. Economically Chesapeake and new England were not alike, Chesapeake’s…