...The southern colonies had a lasting effect which is still noticed today. This essay will explain How Virginia and Maryland were established. How the Carolinas were established. How colonists and Native Americans interacted with each other. Why plantations formed. What like was like for enslaved laborers on plantations. And, How the southern colonies helped to develop a representative government. How were Virginia and Maryland established? “The first English colony in North America was Virginia, sponsored by the Virginia Company of London. The Virginia Company was a group of stockholders who hoped to profit from a Virginia colony. They sponsored Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in 1607.”(D.E 2.4,1) The stockholders...
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...resulted with the arrival of European explorers and colonies. Was this interaction more harmful or beneficial to both Europeans and Native Americans? The cultural interactions between the Europeans and the Native Americans were ultimately destructive for the natives, but overall beneficial for the Europeans. It is clearly stated in many history books that the European diseases brought over to the Americas decimated much of the native population. This dramatic loss of population affected the natives willingness to resist European assimilation, and thus contributed to the loss of many native cultures but a blending of European and native cultures. Furthermore, the natives were often...
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...1600, the English had sent their first settlers to the new continent. Following their neighboring country Spain, they decided to try their luck as well. The English were not the only ones who tried to settle this new continent but for the purpose of this paper, we will learn how the English have failed to operate their own operation causing the colonies to rebel. The American Revolution was inevitable because of the English lack of ability to make good managerial decisions. The English saw the colonies as a source of revenue. The English civil war in the 1640, put the English in debt and they were looking for ways to find a solution out of it. The first mistake or bad attitude came shortly after when England discovered its colonies. Trade and Mercantilism were introduced to the colonies and to the English government. The colonists believed that their power is hidden in free trade and were motivated by self-interest, which they believed would help to develop a strong economic strength. The English Government on the other hand, saw the opportunity to limit the colonies trade and shift it to go through them. Starting at 1660, the English government enforced 4 navigation acts. The 4 acts were dealing with the way to trade and were limiting the colonist to choose a carrier for the goods, transferring good from one colony to the other, receiving goods from foreign ships and lastly creating a custom system which will be regulated by England. Those acts were forced on the colonies and therefore...
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...The Spanish, Dutch, French, and English were different based on the way they would establish colonies but after awhile the Indigenous people were tired of these people invading their lands and began to revolt and cause uprisings. The difference between the Spanish and the rest of the colonies was that the Spanish would just come in and overthrow these people and take over their lands. The Dutch, English, and French where they tried establishing treaties with these people and working with them to establish English Law and help build cities. These European colonies did not have a problem at first because the Indigenous people were not living where these colonies were trying to establish. The Indian people would constantly be on the move following the animals, because where ever the animals went that is where the food would be. These European colonies did not know that they had to hunt and harvest crops in order to provide food for themselves. In their countries they saw hunting as a hobby and sport where only the rich would participate in, so for people who had never done it they did not know what to do. The Spanish had good intentions once they came to the Americas, Christopher Columbus’s plan was to build forts and trading posts where merchants could trade with local peoples for products desired by European consumers for when they would come across the Atlantic and begin to start new societies. How ever it became really clear that the Caribbean region offered no silks...
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...America once held a close relationship with England. England acted as a mother to America, supporting and protecting the country in times of war, claiming land in American territory, and sharing the same social identity. However, America started to develop as an independent country that did not have England in the picture. They believed their rights were being violated by the English, could control their own economy, and saw the English as strangers with the same identity. Eventually, America separated from England by determining their own government, taxes, and identity. The American value of freedom was challenged very often due to the English, which ultimately led to the divorce of the countries. Changes in colonists’ attitudes can be shown...
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...AMH 2041 Comparison Of Two Colonies North American history was believed to have started in 1620 with the discovery of Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. Seeking religious freedom from the corrupt Church of England, some 100 people departed on a journey from England to find a place where they could practice their beliefs of Calvinism and Lutheranism free from persecution2. They later formed denominations of Christianity called Separatism and Puritanism3. Although, these pilgrims established 13 original colonies in North America, the settlements of Virginia and Massachusetts show some striking similarities and differences. On one hand, religion as the major motivation, and on the other hand a financial venture sponsored by the queen. Massachusetts was given its name from a man named John Smith, an English explorer and was named after the native Massachusetts tribe that resided in the area. Other native tribes in the area were the Nauset, a fishing tribe located on Cape Cod; the Wampanoag in the southeast; the Massachusetts in the northeast; the Nipmuc, centrally; and the Pocumtuc, westward. Without their knowledge, Permanent English settlement would soon drastically impact the lives of the native peoples2. In 1630, Massachusetts Bay Colony was developed and occupied about 1,000 citizens. John Winthrop, the chief figure of the New England Puritans, gave a sermon called “A Model of Christian Charity,” suggesting ideas that the people should find a sense of community...
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...the Lost Colony of Roanoke (2010). The work, A Land As God Made It, is written to show a detailed, and insightful perspective of looking at the purpose of Jamestown. The book is about showing a time line, and how the settlement of Jamestown was very much a business opportunity for profit by the Virginia Company, as well as investors, in another attempt of creating a successful settlement for the expansion and growth of England...
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...first people to arrive in Jamestown. Some say there were 25,000 Indians; others say around 50,000 of the American natives, who lived on the land. There were about thirty different tribes whom the powhatan chiefdom took charge. However, each tribe had their own chief. In time there would be a change; King James 1 of England granted for another colony to be established under the Virginia Company of London which consisted of many wealthy Englishmen who wanted to invest their money into the company. They expected to open new lands for financial and patriotic explorations and use the resources of the new world. They wanted to establish English shipbuilding industries and to convert the Indians to Protestant Christianity. The Spanish were aggressive to convert the Indians to Roman Catholicism. Since there were already Spanish colonies in America, the English needed to develop new employment opportunities for the English. For this reason, English people wanted their own colonies. Around the time of 1607, there were three ships sailing from England: the Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery. They held around hundred and fifty English men, and boys who sailed four months before they reached Jamestown. During their voyage they encountered crowded conditions below the decks, the men were dirty and they reeked of fowl body odor of their unwashed bodies, even animal waste was on board. There was bickering and fighting, snorting, coughing, spitting every chance they got. In addition...
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...1. What were the colonial goals of the Spanish, French, and Dutch? How successful were they 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 personalization of power around Louis XIV himself. Explain. In answering, be sure to outline the general history of Louis XIV’s reign as discussed in class. Be sure to include a discussion of the reading titled “A Royal Tongue Lashing.” In particular, what political claims did the document make? What was the Copernican Revolution and why was it so important? What was the initial reception to the Copernican System, and how did Copernicanism ultimately become accepted throughout the European scientific community and European culture more broadly? In answering, be sure to outline the general history of the Scientific Revolution as we discussed in class. What were the cultural and social implications of the new science? In particular, how did Francis Bacon rethink science as a social process? And how did Robert Boyle rethink the culture of the new science, particularly considering the political context of his time? Be sure to include a discussion of Bacon’s New Atlantis, in particular the way it reflected Bacon’s conception of science and society. Seventeenth-century England was a time of seemingly endless contestation. What were some of the sources of these divisions in English society and politics? What were the primary political differences between the opposing sides? What ultimately brought an end to the differences? In answering this question, be sure to outline the primary events of seventeenth-century England as we discussed in class. Also, be sure...
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...and New England Colonies After the voyages of Columbus in 1492, the western world began to establish colonies in North and South America primarily for economic, political, and religious gain. This transitioned to three major powers dominating North America, the Spanish, the French, and the English. This threshold on power was solidified by the English after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Due the English’s new found power and confidence, many more English colonies started to develop such as the New England and Chesapeake colonies. The two regional colonies, were vastly different economically, socially, and politically even though they had the same county of origin. Their sharp contrasts...
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...The purpose of this paper is to Describe how European global exploration, particularly the Portuguese and Spanish, from 1500-1700, changed the character of both old and new societies. In the fifteenth century, European global expansionism was the driving force that kept the English motivated to expand. Europeans set out on a cycle of overseas voyages that would lead to the organization of European trading posts and colonies in both the Americas and the East. Colonialism is defined as a structure in a colony with a specific linkage; meaning economic, political, cultural, and social ideologies. The colonies linked England to the United States. England, being the mother country, also had a very important role play. The mother country was responsible for providing money for supplies for voyages such as ships, food, soldiers, and weapons etc. Also, England was responsible for the processing and manufacturing of raw materials. Settlers of the colonies needed markets to sell their goods and labor. They also needed a source of labor for the production of raw materials. This new labor force was made up of Native Americans, indentured servants (white slaves who served terms of up to seven years as slaves), and Africans. Columbus and his crew stated that when they arrived in the Americas they found Africans already there. In 1502, the Spanish were the first Europeans to enslave Africans in the Americas. Yet the local population died from European diseases like smallpox...
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...The states were being taxed by Great Britain and started putting direct taxes on the colonies. The colonies had no representation in Parliament making it unfair for Britain to tax the colonies when they had no say about the taxes that they were to pay. The colonies realized they needed to do something because Britain was abusing their rights so they wrote the Declaration of Independence. “The Declaration of Independence equated tyranny with England s abandonment of the rule of law. To this end, the Declaration of Independence included the landmark chain “all men are created equal.” (Goals of the Revolution) In 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed it stated that the colonies were separating to become independent states because of the tyranny they faced under the King. The states were tired of the tyrannical rule they constantly faced so they united as one to become an independent country that would have all the powers of any other country. After the states separated they had to develop a government and came up with the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation were not strong enough and in return the Constitution was written. The Constitution was the solution to keeping the ideals that the people had for the revolution. The constitution changed powers...
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...Colonial authority was based on the notion that Europeans in the colonies were a biological and social superior entity in comparison to the indigenous people. Types of British identities were engraved in the diverse colonial settings, just as the metropolitan British identities were being forced in relation to “others” (people of dissimilarity) in the 18th and 19th century. Legal and social classifications designated who could or who could not obtain membership to the elite group, and who could become a citizen rather than a subject. In the 17th century the Dutch and the British colonized the previously unexplored South Africa in a drive for modernity. The rapid English domination of the Dutch offspring (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted...
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...lieutenant. Following the British defeat of the French Army in 1759, he moved to New York State. Later on buying a farm in Orange County, New York, where he grew as a farmer. St. John started to write about the life in the American colonies and the beginning of an American society. When the American Revolution war was going on, he had a tragic thing he had to take care of. He later tried to leave New York; St. John tried to leave the state to head back to France because of the health of his father. Along by his side was his son, he crossed British- American lines, where he was imprisoned as an American spy for three months without a hearing. Eventually, he was able to leave for Britain. In 1782, in London, he published a narrative essay entitled the Letters from an American Farmer it was a big hit he became a celebrated author the first to make a name for himself as an American author in Europe. The book goes on to describe how he viewed America and its people and how it began to develop its own ways and becoming its unique country. It also explained how the Europeans differ from Americans in several ways. Hector St. John gives example on how the American and the European differ from one another one of the examples that he provides in the book is how great lords possess all and the people possess nothing because they have to answer to the kings, bishops, and courts. As for the Americans, there are not any great lords to take control and have authority on them. Americans can...
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