...1. Discuss the motives and “success” of England’s colonies vs. Spain and France. England wanted more colonies, but ended up the slowest of all Atlantic powers to start colonizing and exploring the New World which doesn’t make it very successful, but it did win the fight against Spain which solidified Protestantism in England. When England got to the Americas, it was not successful in colonizing and most of their small colonies that were formed, failed. Spain on the other hand, was more successful and had better, stronger, and more populated colonies. 2. Why were so many English coming to the Americas? Many English people were coming to America because there was a rise in the production of cotton and the English were very successful in establishing...
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...British-American poet, born in Northampton, England. She was a daughter of Thomas Dudley, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She married Simon Bradstreet when she was eighteen- years- old. Two years later, in 1630, they came to the New World. They lived in Salem, Boston, Cambridge, and Ipswich before they finally settled on a farm in North Andover, Massachusetts, in 1644. Simon Bradstreet became a judge, legislator, royal councilor, and twice a governor of the colony while Anne Bradstreet became a devoted wife and mother. Bradstreet wrote many of her poems while rearing eight children. She was a wife and mother, but she was also the first important poet in the American colonies. Her poems were published in 1650 as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, which is generally considered the first book of original poetry written in colonial America. Through it she asserted the right of women to learning and expression of thought. Although some of Bradstreet's verse is conventional, much of it is direct and shows sensitivity to beauty. Although the young couple could anticipate a comfortable life materially, they chose to leave much of their wealth in England and move to America to serve their God. Anne’s father, Thomas Dudley, and her husband Simon were active in the governmental affairs of Massachusetts Bay Colony; both served several terms as governor of the colony. Anne's household was to be an influential one in the new land. Many of Anne's poems were written at times of hardship...
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...Released in 1992 in celebration of the 500-year anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ historic journey, 1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts the explorer’s discovery of the “New World” and his attempts to create a Spanish colony there. While there are some historical inaccuracies as well as fictional situations in the movie, it is still useful for providing an important historical summary of Columbus’ voyage in a dramatic manner that draws in viewers. In the film, Columbus believes that sailing west will provide a new route to the “earthly paradise of China” (1492: Conquest of Paradise). His request for funding is denied by the Spanish council, but after a rich investor agrees to help him, Queen Isabella I approves the trip. Lying about the length of the trip to his crew, Columbus sets sail for “honor, gold and the greater glory of God” (1492: Conquest of...
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...Early European Exploration 1. Spain (new Spain) Reasons for exploration o God, Gold and Glory Area claimed o South and Central America without Brazil. Florida and New Mexico in North America Importance of Hernando de Soto, Hernán Cortez, Christopher Columbus o Columbus began first permanent contact between Europeans and the Americas o Hernando De Soto discovered the Mississippi o Francisco Cortes explored the SW (Grand Canyon), brought horses to Native Americans, 2. French (new French) Reasons for exploration o Fishing and Fur Trade Area claimed o All along the Saint Lawrence River and later the Mississippi River to Louisiana Importance of Verazzano, Cartier, Champlain, de la Salle. o Verazzano was first to discover New York and claim it for France; has a bridge named after himself o Jacques Cartier sailed up the Saint Lawrence River and founded Montreal (but was considered a failure by the French) o Samual de Champlain founded Quebec City and is known as the father of New France o de la Salle sailed down the Mississippi, founded Memphis and claimed Louisiana (named after Louis XIV) for France 3. English Reasons for exploration o Mercantilism – more land and raw resources for land-starved English, along with the creation of new markets for goods Lost colony of Roanoke (story) o (2nd voyage to Roanoke 1st hitched a ride back with Sir Francis Drake) Sailed to Roanoke and ran out of supplies. John White then sailed back to England for supplies...
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...Question 1: In what ways did the character and composition of the black population and the institution of slavery in the Chesapeake change between the middle of the seventeenth century and the early decades of the eighteenth century? The early Chesapeake was characterized by a labor system heavily dependent on indentured servants, primarily young, single men from England who contracted to work for a set period of time in exchange for passage to the New World. This system, however, faced significant challenges. The mortality rate among indentured servants was high due to harsh conditions, disease, and inadequate provisions. Moreover, as the colony expanded and the demand for labor grew, the supply of indentured servants began to dwindle....
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...will partly focus on Jathumal and Tim’s relationship and also the caste system in India. “Touch me” takes place on the Mirabag squatter’s colony in Mumbai, India. Mirabag squatter’s colony is one of the poorest parts of Mumbai, where the protagonist Jathumal is settled with his mother Tarabai; they live in a little ruined hut that easily could turn into ruins. “Jathumal’s hut was made of sheets of corrugated iron for walls with discarded scrap iron covered with tattered tarpaulin for the roof. Putting his shoeshine box in the corner by the door” (p. 38, l. 1). This easily describes how bad the conditions are. Jathumal is a ten year old Indian shoe polisher; he has no school because in order to survive and feast, he must work for the money. Jathumal is a very kind and goodhearted kid, even though he must work for the sake of his mother’s health, he does not complain and protest against it. He has seen the world as it really is from the start and that only makes him stronger and more appreciative of daily life things. One of his wishes is to learn how to write and read in English in order to achieve a better job or better opportunities. His most serious ambition is to make money so his mother could stop working, also shown in the text: “Tim came to know very early in their friendship that the most serious ambition in Jathumal’s life was to make enough money so his mother could...
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...A Review of Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650-1750 Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, is a Harvard University Professor, who’s studies of the history of the early women in the American colonies won her the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. In Ulrich’s 1980 work entitled Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650-1750, she studies the life and roles of women in New England. Ulrich lays out her work in three different sections, each named after a Biblical woman who was said to represent female traits that women of New England exhibited. Women of the day were expected to occupy certain roles in their daily lives and Ulrich goes into great detail on each role and how the women were able to accomplish them....
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...Topic: “What crops were important to the English Colonies in the south of North America? How did the cultivation of these crops shape the colonies?” Cotton, corn, and tobacco were the most vital to the success of farmers in the south, and helped format the South, and its people into the way it is now. Cotton and corn required immense amounts of labor to pick, tend, and harvest the crops. Also, tobacco is favored, and popular here in the south still today; all these ways crops helped shape the southern colonies in the United States of America. Typically it was slaves and a few lower class whites that provided the large amounts of labor that are needed to efficiently harvest corn and tobacco, and pick cotton, and remove the seeds from the cotton. Obviously, labor was the key ingredient to making the South successful, and making the people who live there tough, worn out, and hard to break. Cotton, at the time, was one of the main resources for clothing. The low bales produced put cotton on high demand, at high prices. Southerners cut costs by using cheap, inexpensive slave labor. “Ample evidence indicates that slaves worked well below their capabilities. In several instances in Mississippi, when cotton picking was carefully supervised in local experiments, slaves picked two or three times their normal output. The records of the Barrow plantation in Louisiana revealed that inefficiency and negligence were the cause of two-thirds of the punishments inflicted on slaves…”(1)...
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...of England grew as the economy worsen. England was full of poverty and unemployment. Thousands of peasants and laborers became involved in problems such as crimes and poverty. West Country prompters encouraged the beggars in England to be exported to the colony of Virginia (Taylor 52). During the seventeenth century, many people left England for the New World in hopes that the colonies will make a change. The immigrants headed to the colonies were mostly made of indentured servants....
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...This paper have the intention to examine the creation of U.S Laws, considering common law heritage and U.S court history, ate the same time is providing a brief history of these process during the past years. HISTORY OF LAW IN U.S. One of the contributions has been given to the Common Law has been the system of trial by jury. For many years, many people tried to show that this system came from a group of indigenous in England back to the beginning of the times of Alfred the Great and the Anglo-Saxon times. This origin was completely disproved by Maintland and Pollock in the wonderful history of the early English Law, where they trace the origin of the system of trial by jury to the era of the Franks, presented by William the Conqueror for their own benefits and not with the idea to give an improvement to the legislation of England. There are also many people who attribute its real origin in the judicial system chosen by the praetor in Roman law to establish the facts which it had established a law applicable to the event. However, the origin of the system of trial by jury was not very important at that time, or even before the late eighteenth century, when it took the most important part in the administration of Justice for the first time, a position that still holds today and has become primary and essential part in the American judicial system. Although it had its origins and first applications in England, gives the impression that its current role in the...
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...term. If the human race were to be genetically modified before birth, would we all feature-coveted traits? Will it lead to less crime? Will it be against god’s will? Will the world be a better place? These are the questions eugenics brings to the table. How can idea so full of life in the early twentieth century, collapse and rot from within? The American eugenics movement...
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...larger payload capabilities Space X also has the Falcon Heavy which is capable of carrying heavier payloads. As of right now 6.4 tons or less will cost $77.1 million dollars or for loads over 6.4 tons will cost approximately $135 million dollars. (SpaceX, 2014) Elon Musk is the CEO and Chief designer of Space X and he also co-founded PayPal services. “The key thing for me is to develop the technology to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars. That’s the ultimate awesome thing.” Musk envisages a colony with 80,000 people on the red planet. Musk believes he can get this under way in the next 10 to 20 years with the first manned mission to the Red Planet. The key is developing a reusable rocket to help keep cost down. (Coppinger, 2012) “Tickets to go to the Red Planet will cost about $ 500,000 dollars” says Musk. The initial equipment would be machines to harvest methane, oxygen and carbon dioxide from Mars’ nitrogen enriched atmosphere. Life would be hard early on with initial systems in place the first people would begin to pressurize the domes with Mars’ atmospheric carbon dioxide, infusing the soil with nutrients to provide habitants with capabilities of growing earth...
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...Colonial America The early American Colonial era is around the period between the founding of the first English colony in North America in 1607 and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The European settlers were beginning an entirely new life,the life of these settlers would be changed forever. America was founded on Biblical principles. The settlers were very religious. The settlers On May 13,1607 the first permanent settlement in North America was Jamestown. The first act they made after they arrived at Cape Henry was to raise a large,wooden cross.That was on April 27,1607.The principle effects in the conversion and reduction of people in those parts unto the true worship of God. The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, it was the first written frame that the government established in what is now the United States. The compact was made to prevent disagreement amongst Puritans and non Puritans Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth a few days earlier.The educational life could be difficult....
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...Early American’s Challenges with Diversity in Religion, Gender and Ethnicity Life was not easy for the first Americans to set foot upon our wonderful country; individual freedom was challenged daily. In the early years, religion dominated daily life; strict religious observance was not a choice but a mandate. Gender diversity was a grim struggle for most women and children; women were treated as objects, belonging to their husbands. White women were awarded a few more freedoms than black women. Likewise, ethnic diversity was a challenge for Africans and Native Americans; wars were fought over the destiny of an individuals right to be free. Immigrants flocked to the United States to avoid persecution and strict religious worship guidelines; persecution and worship...
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...half-brother James, who was a printer. In 1721, they founded the New England Courant, the fourth newspaper in the colonies. Benjamin secretly wrote 14 essays for it, his first published writings. In 1723, due to disagreements with his half-brother, Franklin fled to Philadelphia, where he was able to find employment as a printer. He spent one year there and then sailed to London for two years. After his return to Philadelphia, he rose gallantly in the printing industry. He published The Pennsylvania Gazette (1730-48). His most successful literary venture was the annual Poor Richard’s Almanac (1733-58). It gained popularity in the colonies, and its name spread to Europe. In 1730, Franklin got married to Deborah Read, who was on a schedule to give him a son and a daughter, and he, also, had children with another unknown woman out of wedlock. By 1748, he was financially independent and got recognition for his philanthropy and the efforts he made to public causes like libraries, educational institutions, and hospitals. He,also, made time to pursue his interest in science, as well as to enter politics. Franklin worked as a clerk (1736-51) and a member (1751-64) of the colonial legislature and as deputy postmaster of Philadelphia (1737-53) and deputy postmaster general of the colonies (1753-74). Plus, he represented Pennsylvania at the Albany Congress (1754), rallied to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War. The congress accepted his "Plan of Union," but the colonial assemblies...
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