...of English settlers in Virginia. By the mid-1700s, the English colonies grew from approximately one-thousand people, in the early 1600s, located in just Jamestown to a large 1.5 million people covering territory all throughout America. By now, English colonies were not only populated by Britain's artisans, tradesmen, and middle-class farmers, but also by many merchants and Conquistadors of the French and Spanish immigrants. However, the unwillingness to assimilate in the early 1600s by the French and Spanish colonies, led to the British population dominating the English colonies by the mid-1700s. The result of England’s vast empire led to the English way of...
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...The Effects of Geography on Colonial America When first setting foot on the U.S Eastern seaboard, explorer George Percy documented that, “Wee (sic) could find… faire meddowes and goodly tall Trees… Fresh-waters… I was almost ravished at the first sight” (Percy “A Discourse of… Virginia by the English”). Percy and one hundred four other settlers would go on to establish Jamestown, the first successful British colony in the “New World”. Chosen for its geographical military advantages, lush vegetation, and seemingly stable, warm climate (Grymes “Jamestown - Why there?”), the location of Jamestown created a viable settlement, economy, and subsequent culture. Throughout the 1600’s, the colonies would expand tenfold, and the consequences of their varying topographical features would divide the land into three territories: New England, the Middle Atlantic, and the Southern colonies. The varied...
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...development of the Chesapeake and New England were distinctively different. In the early 1600s, England was faced with population increase and religious hostilities. The increase of the population led to competition to limited resources such as, food, clothing, land for settlement, and religious conflicts. These led the English men to look for newer ways to improve their living standards. Consequently, leaving England was the only remedy to their worries. The immigrants who tried to pursue a better life ended up establishing New England and Chesapeake colonies. However, these two colonies had the distinction between freedom “from” and freedom “for". New England’s colony was largely puritan, religion playing a key role. They believed in God and they looked upon Him for everything they did. Religion was the backbone and source of inspiration for the New Englanders to live in the new world. The colony’s religion was family-based and with extreme piety. This notion shared by the New Englanders is attributed from the feeling that, they had to appease their God since they had escaped from religious persecutions. In contrast, the Chesapeake region was not deeply rooted in religion. Its religious tone was low-church. Therefore, they pursued economic freedom rather than religious freedom. Political freedom in New England was based on pure religion, whereas, the Chesapeake created a society for economic purposes. New England’s officials were required to enforce...
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...Meko Dorsett HIS 200 Dr. Tameka Hobbs 24 August 2012 Chapter 5 Summary – “The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1601–1700 ” Summary: This chapter begins with a portrait of Benjamin Franklin's early life in Boston and his arrival in Philadelphia. This chapter also talks about the growing population and expanding economy in British North America. The most important fact about eighteenth-century colonial America is its remarkable population growth. New England's population increased six fold during the eighteenth century and Natural increase was most responsible for the growth of New England's population during the eighteenth century. Immigrants came to the middle colonies for the perceived economic opportunities. Key Words: Scots-Irish They were a group of restless people who fled their homes in Scotland in the 1600’s to escape poverty and religious oppression. They first relocated to Ireland and then to America in the 1700s. They left their mark on the backcountry of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. These areas are home to many Presbyterian churches established by the Scots-Irish. Many people in these areas are still very independent like their ancestors. Olaudah Equiano(1745-1797) African who was sold into slavery and bought his way out-kidnapped as a boy (age 11) from his home he was sold into slavery and sold amongst slave traders many times-he served in the Seven Years' War as a captain's boy and was then sold to a slave trader where he went...
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...freest people in the world." This was because of England's lack of control over the colonists due to distance and transitions made in the New World. Morrison's quote can be justified politically, economically, and religiously. A great example of political freedom within the colonies is the Mayflower Compact. It organized a form of self-government and resolved issues based on majority rule among the Plymouth Colony, which was also fleeing England due to religious persecution. This document had built a wall between the monarchy in England and the people in British North America since it was the first active revolt against King James. A second example would be John Winthrop establishing theocracy in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This was very different from the monarchy back in England because it was a government ruled by religion. Both the Mayflower Compact and the theocracy in Massachusetts were experiences that led to political freedom....
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...The Thirteen Colonies, starting 1775, were British states following the British empire on the east coast of North America which had been established between 1607 (Virginia) and 1732 (Georgia), extending from New England toward the northern border of the Florida’s (British East and West Florida). They had fundamentally the same politics, and were commanded by Protestant English-speakers. The thirteen colonies were: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. You can see them in the map below. The Kingdom of Great Britain in London rehearsed a strategy of mercantilism. It regulated the colonies...
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...1660 through (and after) 1750, British colonies in North America were on a political, economical, social, and religious upraise. Change was the major theme during this period. Many influences from outside forces from Spanish, French, Native Americans, American intellectuals, and especially the English formed how the colonies thought and developed. Life in this period for the colonists was based on hard work and determination to create their "utopian" society. But it was not going to be that easy; there were various elements (different opinions, English rule, government, ect...) that stood in their way during this "great transformation" period of America. Being that the American colonies were under English rule, the colonies had to answer to Parliament first. During the period of King Charles II, navigation acts were placed upon the colonies. The goals of these were to strengthen England and to essentially weaken the colonies and other countries. The navigation acts (1660 and 1663) "barred colonial merchants from exporting such commodities as sugar and tobacco anywhere except to England, and from importing goods in non-England ships" (Boyer 94-5). After the conversion of leadership in England (the rule of William and Mary in 1676) many of these acts were altered and entailed to fewer colonies. The colonies were still ultimately dependent on England during this period, but essentially knew that they had power against Parliament. The colonies were maturing physically and in turn...
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...In the 1600’s, Spain, France, and Netherlands begin to found colonies in North America. Spain funded colonies for land, and to teach Christianity and European ways to Native Americans. France founded colonies to make money off of fur trade. The first permanent English colony in North America was Jamestown. Settlers self governed by the Virginia company giving colonists in Virginia the right to elect burgesses. In 1620, a group of Pilgrims landed at Plymouth because they were in search of religious freedom. Strong winds blew the Mayflower off course, causing the pilgrims to land in New England just north of Cape Cod in present day Massachusetts. The Mayflower was the ship that 102 passengers went on to a journey across the Atlantic. To provide ordered at Plymouth the Mayflower compact was signed, this set up a civil government. The document was an important step towards the development of a democratic government in America....
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...3. 4. 5. 6. Of the following countries/regions, which was least involved in voyages of discovery? a. Portugal b. France c. England d. Italy The conquistadors were primarily interested in: a. founding settlements. b. fighting Muslims. c. spreading Christianity. d. finding gold. 7. 8. What has been dubbed “the Columbian exchange”? a. the spread of Christianity among the Indians b. the spread of trade throughout America c. the transfer of gold from America to Europe d. the spread of European diseases to America England’s first colonization target under King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth was: a. France. b. North Africa. c. Ireland. d. Cuba. 9. 10. Gilbert and others believed there was an English population: a. deficit. b. equilibrium. c. surplus. d. none of these answers 11. Which product fueled the demand for furs in Europe in the early 1600s? a. beaver fur hats b. fur coats c. mink hats d. otter fur pouches 12. By 1600, which group had become the leading economic power in Europe? a. the French b. the Dutch c. the English d. the Irish 13. What was the House of Burgesses? a. a large trading center in Virginia b. the home of the colonial governor c. the first legislative body in English America d. the colonial courthouse 14. What were the greatest...
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...During the 1600's, people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives, others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy, religion, and motives for colonial expansion. The colonists of the New England area possessed a very happy and healthy life. This high way of living was due in part to better farming, a healthier environment, and a high rate of production because of more factories. The colonists of the Chesapeake Bay region, on the other hand, led harder lives compared to that of the colonists of New England. The Chesapeake Bay had an unhealthy environment, bad eating diets, and intolerable labor. The colonists had different reasons for settling in these two distinct regions. The New England region was a more religiously strict yet diverse area compared to that of the Chesapeake Bay. The development of religion in the two regions came from separate roots. After Henry VIII and the Roman Catholic Church broke away from each other, a new group of English reformers was created called the Puritans. The Puritans came from protestant backgrounds, after being influenced by Calvinistic ideas. When their reforms were thwarted by King James I of England, they fled to the New World in what is now known as the "Great Migration". The Puritans...
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...MacKenzie, T. Unit 1 Exam ID's Anne Hutchinson - Arrived in Boston in 1631 was a midwife and "visible saint" judged by her puritian establishment. In the Massachusetts colony it was not ok for you to have your own opinion on religion as Anne Hutchinson did, you were looked upon as a "trouble maker" or "outspoken person" therefore subject to bannishment from the colony as Hutchinson was in 1637. Henry VII - He established the Tudor Dynasty lasting from 1484 to 1603, became the king of England had himself declared head of the Church of England in 1534. During his rule royal revenue increased by him selling confiscated land from the Catholic church England's land-owning elite. John Winthrop - A 29yr old Oxford trained attorney and first governor of the Massachusetts colony in the mid 1600's. His faith leadership kept the puritans in his colony in the church and for the most part out of any trouble. Wouldn't hesitate to bannish "trouble makers" or outspoken individuals from the colony. Bacon's Rebellion - The Virginia planters in the outlying areas in 1776 lead by Nathaniel Bacon. Planetrs in this area would aquire more lands by forcing and killing Indians off their lands. They had asked the leaders in Jamestown to form an expidetion against the Indians, when they were not suported they formed their own army of 500 men. The only thing that this accomplished was a way for everyone to seek lower labor costs, bringing in more black slaves. Salem Witchcraft Trials -...
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...in achieving those goals? The Success of the Spanish, French, and Dutch colonies at reaching their colonial goals was drastically different. In Spanish colonies a starting mission to find gold left Spaniards empty-handed. They started to build their empire during the mid-1500s, and in doing so made attempts to convert the Indians. This caused for a lot of religious tension, as the Indians never completely converted over. The Spanish were not completely successful in their initial goals specifically because of the defensive Pueblos, particularly during Pope’s rebellion of 1680. The French were less successful in creating a colony but only marginally so....
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...The Chesapeake and New England Colonies: A Comparison Beginning in the 1600s, England colonized the newly discovered Americas. numerous groups came settled in two regions, the Chesapeake and New England. From the beginning, both had very separate motivation and unique identities. These motivations affected the colonies in every way, including economically, socially, and politically. The Chesapeake and New England attracted different types of settlers and, by 1700, the populations differed enormously. Clearly the Chesapeake and the New England regions did differ in numerous ways. These differences included population, religion, and economy. But also the differences were on a wide-scale range involving almost every aspect of the society, they all sprouted from one initial difference between the two: the very reason the colonists came. Life in colonial America was difficult for all, but more so for some than others. While some colonists struggled to scrape by, some managed to live well and be happy. It is very apparent that health, family, and growth helped New England to be more prosperous and a more enjoyable place to live than in its southern neighbor, Chesapeake Bay. History has proven that these factors have a major effect on the quality of life for people, and this instance is no exception. New England New England was north of the Chesapeake, and included Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Haven. In Puritan New England, a patriarchal...
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...In the 1600's, many countries voyage to American. The English, Spanish, French , and the Dutch settled in America for various reasons. Each country brought with them their own unique beliefs to the new land. Some settlers accepted the different cultures' beliefs, and others didn't. Do to these different countries with people of different back rounds coming to America, it made America a very diverse land. The English Colonization in the North America, which were The New England colonies, Middles colonies, and the Southern colonies. However, each had different reasons for exploration, relationships with other cultures, and economy ways of life. Primarily, the three regions had different reasons exploring America. In the New England colonies...
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...Ancestral Pueblo, once called the Anasazi . The Ancestral Pueblo culture centered in the southwestern United States, especially in what is now the Four Corners area, where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet. In that region, about A.D. 1100, the Ancestral Pueblo built homes called cliff dwellings in canyon walls or under rocky overhangs.The...
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