The Colony

The Colony of Virginia was the first settlement in America, founded in 1607; The American Dream also began to develop at this time. The governing system was in some ways a democracy; in reality it was more of a plutocracy. Governor Berkeley assigns a council consisting of the wealthy, having both wealthy and power they assigned themselves their own land and hired those who would plant the very profitable Tabaco plant. The America Dream was beginning to flourish for the prosperous settlers.…

the Pilgrims decided to form a colony. It had been called the Plymouth colony. Although, we had just created this colony, we needed a basic set of laws and structure to achieve a civilized society. To solve the issue, the colony’s first set of laws were the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact bounded together each Pilgrim, whether they be Separatist or Puritan. On November 11th, 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed by forty-one men from the Plymouth colony. As I have settled down to…

settlers in America were religious, especially the ones who settled in the northern colonies, so they had theocratic governments. Also, these governments were much more simpler and basic. Later, however, there were more democratic governments because Americans focused more on people’s rights. There were a few similarities and differences in the various influences and approaches toward unity in the English colonies during the 17th and early 18th centuries, such as how complex the government was,…

(Bixby, New England Colonies: Massachusetts: Plymouth Colony). The Plymouth Colony suffered at first but endured and eventually became part of the larger Massachusetts Bay Colony. As their name implies, the Puritans did not want to completely separate themselves from the Church of England but, instead, wanted to purify the church. The Puritans arrived to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 (Bixby, New England Colonies: Massachusetts: Massachusetts Bay…

an invariable area was finally made. However magnificent this satisfy was for the pilgrims and England, it ended up being one of the best American riddles when the state was discovered surrendered in 1590. In this presentation of the lost Roanoke Colony, I plan to depict how the region was settled, those individuals required in the settlement and the disclosure of it 's surrender. Roanoke Island is an island just off the shore of present day North Carolina. The Albemarle Sound, Croatan…

also known as The Thirteen Colonies, are New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. As the three colonies, they were created by people who wanted to be a free religion; restarting life, making their own religions, or finding gold. The first of the colonies were as early as the 1607 and as late as the start and middle 1700s. As they were alike, the colonies had different ways in laws, economy, and religious beliefs. As the first start of the settlements, the Southern Colonies were first to be…

The New York Colony was one of the 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. The original 13 colonies were divided into three areas, The New England, The Middle and The Southern colonies. The New York Colony was one of the Middle Colonies. It began as the Dutch trading outpost. In 1664, King Charles II gave the land in between New England and Virginia, to his brother James, the Duke of York. Dutch traders already occupied much of this land and landowners The English engaged and…

Dynamics: Early American Colonies Group dynamics played a large role in the move towards independence of the American colonies. Since the first ships landed on the shores of the newly found land, settlements emerged. Each with their own social structure, strengths, and weaknesses. These settlements would have to come together and work as group in order to obtain, maintain, and protect the freedom and independence they desired. In order to obtain independence, the colonies would need to come…

The Lost Colony of Roanoke Sometimes there is just no explanation for how or why somethings happen. I can imagine that is how John White felt when he returned to Roanoke and he couldn’t find his family. John White and a group of adventurous people came to America from England to settle in the new world. They met with many hardships while trying to set up their colony. They were unprepared for how hard it would be to raise crops, build shelter and the general day to day…

The New England and Chesapeake Colonies are quite different but they also have a lot in common. New England and Chesapeake Colonies can be compared and contrasted by the settlement patterns, demographic patterns, trading patterns, religion, government and economic activities. In terms of trading pattern the Chesapeake and New England Colonies had way different ways to trade. The Chesapeake Colonies mostly exported tobacco products, while the New English Colonies mostly exported things like fish…