...Mohegan, and Narragansett were led by Captain John Mason to infiltrate the colonies in Pequot. At that time, Mystic, Connecticut was the place where Pequot camp was located. Men, women, and children from Pequot were continuing with their regular lives before they were brutally assaulted. The residents of Pequot noticed John Mason and his army approaching the hillocks. The Pequot tribe hesitated to decide on whether or not Mason and his army was a threat for them. As soon as reality struck, they ran for cover. However, it was too late. The Pequot tried their heart and soul to defend themselves against the troops but were unsuccessful in their attempts. The Pequot men, women, and children ran for their lives with the slight hope of surviving from the attackers throughout the day. John Mason was an English who was appointed the commander of the colonial military at the time of the war. As the news reached him that Pequot tribe have issued threats to take out the new colonies on the Connecticut River, Mason and Underhill, another commander, led an army against them. They were supported by some Native American Indian tribes, namely the Uncas and the Miantonomo. The original plan by Mason was to burn the Pequot’s. They succeeded in their mission, as they killed over 700 Pequot’s in a fire. Seven Pequot’s were also captured alive by Mason but they managed to devise their escape. The battle between Mason and the Pequot’s is significant due to the fact...
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...established by King James I. The Virginia Company was a joint stock company. They were a group of investors made to make money. They were given a charter to settle in the New World. A charter, in this case, is a legal document giving you permission to start a colony. They were given four objectives for the New World: find a water route to China, find gold, make a profit for England and the Virginia Company, and evangelize anyone they encounter. They left England in December of 1606. Jamestown was...
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...Southern Colonies | Who founded the colony? | Why was the colony founded? | Virginia | King James I John Smith | The colony was founded for economic opportunities. The people were looking for gold and when they didn't find any, they started to grow tobacco. | Maryland | Lord Baltimore | Lord Baltimore wanted to create a place for Catholics to practice their religion freely and without religious persecution. | The Carolinas | The Lord Proprietors | The colony was founded for eco | Georgia | James Oglethorpe | The colony was founded for people in debt to earn money to pay back their debt in England. Georgia also forms a "buffer zone" to protect the other 13 colonies/ | | | | Charter: A document issued by a sovereign or state giving a person or group of people permission to start a colony. Under the organization of the colony, defined right and privileges would be named. What is the Mason-Dixon line? Why would this line be significant later on in U.S. history? The Mason-Dixon line was the line that divided the Middle and Southern Colonies. The line was significant because it shows the different ways off life on the different areas. European colonists believed that they were entitled to the land because… | Native Americans believed they were entitled to the land because… | The Europeans thought that they were entitled to the land because they felt that the Indians weren't human and that the Indians didn't have souls. They decided that the Indians were...
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...Mason called these grants ‘New Hampshire’ because he was from the county of Hampshire in England. The Hiltons pushed about eight miles up the Piscataqua River and founded Dover. Mason sent skilled Danes and 22 women so that the settlement would begin to flourish. In 1631 the Hiltons founded a second settlement approximately three miles north of Pannaway. The meadows along the river were lush strawberries, which prompted them to name it ‘Strawberry Bank’. Dover and Strawberry Bank grew slowly. Everything was provided for them by Mason and the Plymouth Council; food, tools, building materials, guns, munitions, and even fine fat cattle. Men were paid wages and owned no land of their own. Only the proprietors benefited from their labor, so the settlers had little reason to strive for improvement. In 1635 the Plymouth Council was forced to give up their charter to King Charles I of England. The King didn’t have time for the colonies. Both Dover and Strawberry Bank took advantage of this and set up their own...
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...War of Independence or a Revolution? It should be understood that without understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution, one cannot grasp the history of the United State. The American Revolution was the political commotion during the end of the eighteenth century. The thirteen North American colonies united to break free of the British Empire and become a new nation; The United State of America. A revolution can be defined as, the change in power or the constitution stirring in a relatively short period of time. Aristotle described revolution as complete change from one constitution to another (Sinclair 190). And this is precisely what happened two centuries ago in the United State. But the question needed to be answered is, was the American War of Independence really a war for independence or a revolution? The American War of Independence (1775–1783) was a climax in the political American Revolution rather than just a war for independence, ideologically influenced by the Enlightenment philosophers and writers of the Great Britain. Benjamin Rush remarked in 1787, "The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed." 2 This drama staged in the Pennsylvania State House in summer of 1776 remains the only most important chapter in the archives of American Revolution. Although, the political atmosphere in France...
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...with asthma can use inhalers to help treat an asthmatic attack. In 1633, the Pequot’s were severely affected by the smallpox epidemic. They resorted to seek the assistance from the English in 1634 against their Indian and European enemies. The result of that, was not a positive one as the English settlers moved in quickly. The Indian rivals of the Pequot’s quickly spread rumors that the Pequot’s were plotting against the English. The new Connecticut colony had displayed similar traces of wanting to operate independently of the parent colony of Massachusetts Bay. Massachusetts Bay had attempted to intimidate the Pequot’s and assert their authority by sending a disciplinary expedition that eventually forced the Pequot’s to go to war. The Pequot’s retaliated with raids that killed several English women, men and children. The Pequot war started in 1637 and had several great consequences. This was the first crucial armed conflict between the native people and colonist of New England. Captain John Underhill and John Mason ordered his soldiers to burn them. The Pequot tribe that inhabited the Connecticut Valley was destroyed wiped out. Approximately forty Pequot’s escaped and the ones that were captured were sold into slavery in Boston. The Pequot’s late signed a legal document called “Treaty of Hartford” which was into place a year later. The Treaty of Hartford ended the Pequot Tribe and their name. There...
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...In 1780 he married Ann Eilbeck together before his wife's death in 1773 they had twelve children nine of them survived to adulthood. In 1780 he married Sarah Brent what was from a prominent Maryland family. In the late 1740s Mason invested in and later became an officer of the Ohio company, representing the company's disputed claims. Mason began to express the colonists claims to liberty and privileges as Englishmen and their complaints against the crown and focused on high taxes. In July 1774 he drafted the Fairfax Resolves an influential statement highlighting the colonists constitutional rights and resentment to British policies in the aftermath of the Boston Port Act. George Mason also served on the Fairfax County committee of safety and the committee of correspondence. In 1776 Mason was elected to represent Fairfax County at the Virginia convention where he was the lead draftsman of the Virginian Declaration of Rights and Constitution. In 1788 Mason was appointed a Virginia representative to the constitutional convention. He was the most outspoken delegate contributing significantly to the course of debates. Mason failed to carry the convention on several issues important to him and declined to sign the proposed constitution. This final act in his career led the losing effort to defeat the Constitution in the Virginia ratifying...
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...9. 1677: Indians sign treaty allowing whites to settle on land 10. Significance of Bacon’s Rebellion: part of defining boundaries between Indian/Colonial land in Virginia, example of how whites reluctant to follow early agreements w natives, example of how Indians didn’t want to let whites settle, competition between eastern/western landowners, possibility of instability in colony 11. Bacon supporters during rebellion: mostly former indentured servants, no property, unemployed, eager for land, large, unstable 12. Result of Bacon’s Rebellion: Virginians recognize interest in avoiding social unrest from below→ turned to slave trade V. The Growth of New England A. Religious Repression: England- Puritan Separatists imprisoned/killed for defying...
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...among them women and children. Each region, New England, Chesapeake, Spanish Southwest, New France and New York proved to deal with different issues than a neighboring region. The settlers were not the only violent offenders. American Indians attempted to hold their ground, and a number of tribes even attacked English Colonists. Not only was there violence but many other factors contributed, including religion. Actions committed by both sides shaped the relations in different ways for different regions. New England relations with American Indians Initially, the relations between colonists in New England and the coastal Indians were friendly. The Indians offered a helping hand to the colonists. As the Englishmen were developing their colonies, the Indians helped shape the economy. Settlers were eager to move off the coast and more inland. When the settlers pushed farther and farther inland, they broke apart many Indian tribes and encroached onto their rightful land. Conflict was inevitable between the English and the Natives. Conflict rose quickly among the two groups. In 1637, a Pequot Indian was accused of murdering a settler by the Massachusetts colonists. The accusations led to a war between the two, and the Pequot War was initiated. English settlers lit fires in...
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...the government and is favorable by the wealthy, well-educated men. The Anti-Federalists are in favor of a system of power where most power goes to the people. This option is favored by farmers. The Antifederalists appeals to the ordinary man, whereas the Federalists appeals to the 1% of the population that own land. The thought process of the Antifederalists appeal more to the common colonist. First, the Antifederalists want to not ratify the Constitution, but rather dd a Bill Of Rights. Led by the greatest colonist minds of Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, and Samuel Adams, and James Winthrop, son of John Winthrop (Antifederalists). The anti-federalists want a Bill of Rights to protect the rights of the people and oppose the ratification of the Constitution. The Bill of Rights are a list of rights that they believe should be accessible to everyone, however rich or poor they were....
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...was willed to him. At 21 years old he managed his parents land in Monticello, Virginia. Being a landowner helped him understand how citizens, wanted to pursue personal choices in their lives. Growing crops and building his fortune, Thomas wanted to to keep the profits for himself. He saw how the British government taxed and hovered over the Virginia colonies blocking every step of the way to freedom. To educated himself further, he attended the college of William and Mary in Virginia from 1767-1775 studying to be lawyer. This was where he developed his...
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...the colonists became more independent from other nations. People had different jobs that varied along the coast. The landmass was divided into 13 colonies that each had separate functions. The New England colonies mainly fished and cut down trees. The Middle Colonies were more suitable for farming and reaped profits from grains and shipbuilding . The Southern Colonies grew cash crops such as tobacco, indigo, and rice. In addition to difference of economy, the colonies were settled by different people, thus leading to a variety of governments and society. All the colonies have very diverse lifestyles but they still have the basic english culture running through all of them. Although, they may be leaded by the king or by an individual they still have the basic jobs of farming or housework and still they retain the same social order. Government differed among the colonies, and these governments were divided into three...
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...1492 Tried to find a water way to the East Queen gave him 3 ship Spanish completed the Grenada in 1492 “ “ ran the Muslims and Jews out of Spain 3 S’s Silk, Sugar, Spices Conquistadors (Spanish Conquerors)- wanted gold and silver Natives had gold and silver Magellan was the 1st to get around the Cape of Storms 2 Types of Tribes Arawaks Caribe- were cannibals ate arawaks Cortez conquered Aztec- Mexico Pizzaro conquered Incas- Peru 1580s- English made a colony on the outer banks of NC English and Scottish were not merged to British until 1707 Language of ancient Anglos merged with Saxon for Anglo-Saxon Irish- Catholic Scotch/Irish- Protestant Sir Walter Raleigh planted potato in England Leader of Virginia- John White Virginia’s capital was named after the King, Jamestown, in 1607 John Smith found the settlement of Jamestown 1588- Spanish Armada attacked England All colonies were founded with private money John Rolf brought in Tobacco (married Pocahontas) 1st English settlement in America was Virginia 1619 House of Burgesses (1st form of gov’t/ legislature) 1st boat load of women 1st boat load of slaves Grog- half rum and water 1620- Plymouth- settled by Pilgrims (Mass.) Pilgrims were related to Puritans Puritans settled Boston, then called Mass. Bay, in 1630 Pilgrims and Puritans founded the Congregational Church Rhode Island spun off from Mass.- founded by Roger Williams- a...
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...Name: Connor Adkins Early Jamestown DBQ Essay What Caused the Death of So Many Early Jamestown Colonists? Imagine four and a half months on the sea, less than a year on the ground and nearly everyone you know, dead. That was what early Jamestown was like to the colonists. Jamestown was the second English colony and the first permanent one. King James, who the town was named after, gave John Smith, the established leader for many of the colonies early years, a charter to start the colony at Chesapeake Bay because the location seemed perfect. The location was not perfect. From the evidence provided, the Jamestown colonists were eradicated by lack of freshwater, conflict with natives, and few needed personnel. The colonists...
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...What is the most efficient use of power? A strong central government, where little to no power goes to the people, or one where all the power goes to the people and very little power goes to the government? For most people the first option is their own personal nightmares whereas the latter is their ideal. The Federalists wanted to have a system of power where most power went to the government and was favorable by the wealthy, well educated men. The Anti-Federalists were in favor of a system of power where most power went to the people. This option was favorable by farmers. The Antifederalists appealed to the ordinary man, whereas the Federalists appealed to the 1% of the population that owned land. The thought process of the Antifederalists...
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