Settler

in the nineteen centuries the age of reason, while written about the seventeen centuries. Nathaniel Hawthorne used his perception of the age of reasoning to give his audience a new view of the seventeen centuries. Nonetheless during that time the settlers wanted to be pure under the eye of God they also wanted to have all sorts of benefits. That is not only in the novel like that but it is also implemented in the actual time period. During the time, the novel was written about everyone hide…

over another country and occupying it with settlers; this is what happened to the Aboriginal peoples . The Aboriginal peoples were stripped of their equality, dignity and justice during this process. To begin, from the moment the settlers made contact with them the Aboriginal peoples were stripped of their equality. The settlers were given more opportunities than the Aboriginal peoples. Their land was taken away by the government and given to the new settlers, their culture was deemed as…

winter of 1609-1610, it became really cold and it was labeled as starving time. Even when Jamestown settlers could get water, it could’ve been contaminated. Many settlers died from dehydration and starvation. The second problem in Jamestown was the lack of surgeons. On the first and second ship list on document C, I noticed that there was only one surgeon. Considering the fact that 110 settlers arrived it wouldn’t be possible for one surgeon to serve all in a short about of time. There also…

Due to a treaty with Great Britain, Polk was able to add a majority of the Oregon territory to the U.S., but Great Britain would give up its claim entirely. Polk wanted to get Britain out of North America, seeing as Spain and Russia had given up their claims. Again Manifest Destiny can be seen, the need to expand the U.S.'s power and hold of the nation. To "demand more than you want or expect, then, as you reduce your claim, you appear magnanimous", which sums up Polk's policies as president…

God through hard work in his 1630, A Model of Christian Charity. The idea of conversion motivated Puritans in New England’s Massachusetts Bay to work in harmony and be selfless. (O.I.) This however did not translate to the ethics of the Chesapeake settlers. Settlements like Virginia were populated with independent, gold-hungry men with the intentions of gaining wealth. (Doc F) Captain John Smith pitifully illustrates the lack of priorities and structure in the Virginia settlement in his 1624,…

Marjoleine Kars in Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina attempts to shed light on what has previously been a under examined conflict out shined by the revolutionary war. Kars explores the defiance of frontier piedmont farmers who took up arms against a corrupt government that was happy filling their wallets, at the expensive of the farmers. She follows the regulators story from their oppression by corrupt official to the battle of Alamance, using a…

because the women were forced to have one husband while the husband could be married to many women at the same time. In the Americas specifically North America, their continued to be a separation in society between the Natives and European settlers. The European settlers came with more women than the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors in Latin America. The presence of European woman made marrying an individual of African or native origin unnecessary so any mixed people were alienated and there…

One other crucial task that was done in Franklin that provides the town as a representation of other settlements in the valley was the type of protection that was used to protect the settlers. While the main valley militia unit was stationed in Logan, each settlement, including Franklin had their own group of minute men. In Franklin, the minute men were composed of all able-bodied men who were capable of being ready in the event of danger, and each man in the militia had his own horse and rifle.…

the plantation in 1618. The plantation was described as weakened and confused months before the uprising occurred. In 1614, paramount chief Wahunsonacock of the Powhatan tribes came to a peace agreement with the English as a result of the English settlers’ capture of the chief’s daughter, Pocahontas. Both the Powhatan tribes and the English greatly benefitted from the peace agreement. However, the two groups’ relationships started to turn sour after the English continued growing their…

the Homestead Act which gave free land to anyone willing to work the land and grow a new nation. This attracted big corporations like the railroad. The railroad owned the mot land during this time. The railroad acquired much of this land by killing settlers that already owned the land. The law or sheriff in the communities at this time were normally on the railroad’s payroll. Most people had to own a gun to survive this time of history where there were no morals or rules. The new Northern…