...rate, manipulative companies, and various other threats, the New World found it necessary to have a working government elected by their own people. One attempt at achieving this value was the signing of the Mayflower Compact. This historical event is described by Foner when he said, “Before landing, the Pilgrim leaders drew up the Mayflower Compact, in which the adult men going ashore agreed to obey, “just and equal laws” enacted by the representatives of their own choosing. This was the first written frame of government in what is now in the United States” (Foner 54). Without a doubt, this famous document is the foundation for what would later be the Revolutionary War. The ideology of, “just and equal laws” would later be confronted with Britain's controversial actions. As colonists arrived in the New World and set up numerous homes, this principle vividly was seen in their mind. The concrete idea that men were considered equal under the law meant that certain steps had to be taken to ensure it protected. One such means of securing their rights was through the House of Burgesses. Foner gave a description of that when he said, “In place of the governor’s militaristic regime, a “charter of grants and liberties” was issued, including the establishment of a House of Burgesses. When it convened in 1619, this became the first elected assembly in colonial America” (Foner 48). Regardless of these agreed upon grants and liberties, the English began to slowly reign control in an unsavory...
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...The government structure of the Chesapeake Bay colony resembled a lot of England’s county courts. It had a governor appoint justices of the peace who set all of the tax rates and ran the building and maintenance of public works. It then adopted a bicameral pattern by adopting a House of Burgesses. The House of Burgesses was barely like what we now know as democracy. This would be the first elected assembly in Colonial America. The government was always trying to raise the taxes on people. The Pennsylvania colony was run by a man named William Penn. He created a government ran by a small general assembly, and adopted a law that allowed people to have religious freedom. In both of these colonies, the voting came down to land owners or freemen. Although, the governors were basically always elected by the king. Later on, the voting rights would go to slave owning planters because it would lay a foundation that is economically and politically led by...
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...colonies was the creation of their governing documents. Even though they pledged loyalty to the English king (Document #2), the Mayflower Compact was so influential because it was the first time that non-nobles could come together and...
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...William Acosta United States History Study Guide Colonization of North America 1590-1675 P.31-P.61 *Jamestown 1607 Key People: -Tobacco Economy 1607-1609 -John Smith - Salves 1670-1680 -John Rolfe - House of Burgesses 1619 -Pocahontas & Opechancanough - Bacon’s Rebellion 1675-1676 -Powhatan Tributes/ Confederacy -Anglo-Powhatan War -James I -Virginia Company *Maryland 1632 Key People: -George Calvert -Maryland Toleration Act: -Small Farmers - No Slaves - Catholic -Religious Freedom *Massachusetts 1630 Key People: -Jonathan Winthrop “city upon a hill” -Theocracy -Puritans -Harvard University 1608 - -Mayflower Compact -Religious Town “religious freedom” -Feneul Hall -Bible base society -Bacon Rebellion “King Phillip War” -New England Lifestyle -Crown and Anglican Church - Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts 1648 *Rhode Island 1636 Key people: -Anne Hutchinson -Migration -Roger Williams - *New York 1655 Key People: -Dutch War 1665-1667 -Olive Crownwell -Treaty of Westminster 1674 -James II (Duke of York) -Charles the Second -Turmoil Reb *Carolinas 1662 Key People: -Slavery -Cultural Effect “economy” *Pennsylvania 1681 Key people: -William Penn -Large City -Richer Nickson -Indians -Quakers -American Society ...
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...to teach the ways of Europe and Christianity to the Native Americans. The Dutch founded New Netherlands and formed it into a trading colony, the heart of it was New Amsterdam, now present day New York City. The French arrived in North America to make a profit off of fur-trading and discovered the Mississippi River over 70 years later. The English made their way to the new land once again after their failure of the Roanoke colony and this time they set up the first permanent settlement, Jamestown, Virginia. The Virginia Company gave the right to elect representatives, setting up the House of Burgesses, an example of representative government. Religion was one of the most prominent motives for new settlers and in 1620, pilgrims seeking religious freedom landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts....
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...The more crops they would produce helped the economy drastically for the fact that they would gain land for the exchange of tobacco. The more land there was, the more people could farm. Population helped Colonial America because people came to the colonies and mostly all the people that came to Colonial America were immigrants. Immigrants were really useful at this time because many farmers needed people to help them with growing crops. The greater amount of immigrants, the increase in crops and money to make the colonies stable. The establishment of government helped Colonial America because of the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact was a document that had laws and were made to be followed, because they followed these laws the colony was successful. Another example is the different kinds of government that were established. There was mistakes throughout the way to rule a colony and the freedom of the people, but eventually they learned and they got better at it which made colonies advance more in population, orders, and crops....
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...Not like Jamestown, Plymouth used families to unite and build their religious even children's were involved in helping because their parents decided to make that choice for them since they thought they should've been taught the skills they need to survive. Plymouth's first years weren't atrocious mostly since they were able to unite with Native American Tribes and build a self sufficient economy within five years. The climate at Jamestown was warm and had a nice fertile soil, it had many trees to manufacture houses and ships, for growing crops and hunting. They had a government which was the House of Burgesses. Unfortunately their leader Smith left the colony and never returned due to the injury he got from a gunpowder explosion, when he disappeared he noticed the colony had a ten week supply of food and expected the Indians to continue trading with the...
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...plantations; this also became true for the Catholic founders of Maryland. Maryland was founded as a safe haven for Catholics, but they had to welcome puritans so they would a have a sufficient work force. Likewise, just as in the other colonies, religion eventually took a back seat to tobacco in Maryland. The Virginia and Massachusetts colonies were both colonies of England and settled in roughly the same time period. It early inhabitants faced many of the same difficulties in establishing a viable colony. Both colonies were helped by the native people. Additionally, each colony established systems of self-government to help them survive. The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact which was the first example of self-government in the new world. The Virginians formed the House of Burgesses, the first representative governing body in America. Some key differences existed between the two colonies were that the Virginia colony was primarily an economic venture, and Massachusetts was settled by people seeking religious freedom and self-determination. Massachusetts was very cold with extreme winter conditions, while the Virginia colony was founded in a much warmer climate. Pennsylvania was founded by a man, William Penn, who saw it as an opportunity for a religious refuge for members of his faith, and other prosecuted religious. It was thought as a “holy experiment”. These people all lived peaceful with one another, even Indians. When putting a government...
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...Study guide for test #1 – February 4, 2016 Part I – Identifications: John Winthrop: Governor of Massachusetts Bay that was elected 12 times. Envisioned the city on the Hill. Roger Williams: Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay for agitating ideas like the separation of church and state. Moved North to the area now known as Providence, Road Island and established the Protestant Church. Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Was in Charge of 3 South Carolina plantations by the age of 16. Imported indigo to her plantation, which became a very important cash crop. John Smith: Leader of Jamestown Colony in Virginia. First explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay part of the first settlement to the New World. Helped save colony from devastation. Anne Hutchinson: Was a Puritan spiritual adviser and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She helped create a theological schism that threatened to destroy the Puritans' religious experiment in New England. She was eventually tried and convicted, then banished from the colony with many of her supporters. John Rolfe: Was married to Pocahontas and moved to England with her. Most notably established the tobacco industry in the colonies and was killed by Indians upon re-arrival in the new world. Pocahontas: Was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Daughter of Powhatan and married to John Rolfe. John Calvin: Influential Frenchman...
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...Bering strait- earliest settlers to the new world came from Bering Strait. Paleo-Indians- earliest combinations of N. tribes * Survived largely by hunting, fishing, and collecting edible plants. Archaic Era- period beginning approximately 9,000 years ago lasting an estimated 6,000 years. * It was marked by more intensive efforts by ancient societies to shape the environment to enhance food production. Incas- Peru, S. America, very complex political system. * Kept record of deaths and births Mayas- Yucatan peninsula, Central America, and written language and calendar. Aztecs- México, Central America Largest language groups 1. Algonquin- largest spoken language 2. Iroquois- upper New York State 3. Muskogeon- southern most regions of the east coast League of five nations- see notes Effects of Europeans on Native Americans- * Goods- metal, cloth, reintroduced horses, food, Negative- diseases Effects of Native Americans on Europeans * Goods- corn and how to preserve foods Negative- diseases Influence of Islam on early European trade- Impact of Islam on earl African tribes- Muslim introduced the concept of slavery and dominated the slaves in the Mediterranean * Slavery was not based on race but on the losing side Impact of Roman Catholic...
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...Home Discover History Articles Notable Mayflower Descendants Pilgrim Biographies Commemorations Pilgrim Memorials Around the World The Society How to Join Society Information SMDPA News Newsletter JR PA Mayflower Newsletter For Teachers & Students Links Contact Membership Info Apply Now Eligibility & How To Join Proving Your Lineage Passenger List About the SMDPA Donate Contact Us Discover History Articles Comparing Plymouth and Jamestown Comparing Plymouth and Jamestown Written by Robert Jennings Heinsohn 1. Introduction Pilgrim families arrived in Holland in the spring of 1608 and in Plymouth in December 1620. In May 1607, 105 men arrived in Jamestown to establish the first permanent English settlement in North America. While the individuals in both settlements were English, the they were different in many important ways. To fully appreciate our Pilgrim heritage, it is important to understand the differences between Plymouth and Jamestown. This essay identifies major differences and explains how these differences affected the settlements during the first few decades of their arrival. 2. Royal Charters and Patents Sir Humphrey Gilbert c. 1539-1583 Early Efforts to Colonize North America Queen Elizabeth granted a patent (Royal Charter) to Sir Humphrey Gilbert (half brother of Sir Walter Ralegh) who led an expedition to Newfoundland in 1583 and claimed it for England. For the next thirty years he tried, but without success,...
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...Ryan Mullner Professor Smith American Revolution Midterm, question A 20 February 2014 What Brought Americans to Declare Independence? 1607 marked the settlement of Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America. It struggled in the beginning, just as previous colonies like the one at Roanoke did. However, it endured the first few years and eventually became a successful colony. By 1732 twelve other British colonies existed in North America. Each had been founded for its own reason: Massachusetts as a refuge for puritans; Georgia as a destination for debtors. Despite these differences they had several important uniting features. The king of England granted and gave legitimacy to each colony’s charter. Each had a royal governor. Each created their political and social institutions based on British principles. In general North American colonists admired the British constitution and were proud to call themselves Englishmen. Several English wars resulted in bloodshed in America: Queen Anne’s War, King George’s War, and the French and Indian War. Rebellions also occurred occasionally, e.g. Bacon’s Rebellion. Taking into account all of this, the American colonies prospered under British rule and existed in relative peace and harmony with their mother country. Beginning after the end of the French and Indian War, the status quo began to change. In the thirteen years from 1763 to 1776 Americans went from content British citizens to rebels fighting for independence...
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...A) consensus. B) unanimity. C) the system of government used in ancient Greece. D) representation. E) "mob rule." 5) Republics are A) representative democracies. B) direct democracies. C) a hallmark of unitary governments. D) frequently found in totalitarian regimes. E) another name for states. 6) Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence? A) George Washington B) James Madison C) Thomas Jefferson D) Benjamin Franklin E) Alexander Hamilton 7) According to ____, life without government would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” A) John Locke B) St. Thomas Aquinas C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau D) Thomas Hobbes E) Aristotle 8) The idea of popular sovereignty can first be found in the A) Mayflower Compact. B) Declaration of...
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...The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (US), America, or simply the States, is a federal republic[10][11] consisting of 50 states, 16 territories, a federal district, and various overseas extraterritorial jurisdictions. The 48 contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also has five populated and nine unpopulated territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean. At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) in total and with around 316 million people, the United States is the fourth-largest country by total area and third largest by population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries.[12] The geography and climate of the United States is also extremely diverse, and it is home to a wide variety of wildlife. Paleo-indians migrated from Asia to what is now the US mainland around 15,000 years ago,[13] with European colonization beginning in the 16th century. The United States emerged from 13 British colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard. Disputes between Great Britain and these colonies led to the American Revolution. On July 4, 1776, delegates from the 13 colonies unanimously issued the Declaration of Independence. The ensuing war ended...
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...Hernando de Soto explores the Mississippi River Valley. 1540-1542: Coronado explores what will be the Southwestern United States. 1565: Spanish found the city of St. Augustine in Florida. 1579: Sir Francis Drake explores the coast of California. 1584 – 1587: Roanoke – the lost colony 1607: British establish Jamestown Colony – bad land, malaria, rich men, no gold - Headright System – land for population – people spread out 1608: French establish colony at Quebec. 1609: United Provinces establish claims in North America. 1614: Tobacco cultivation introduced in Virginia. – by Rolfe 1619: First African slaves brought to British America. 15. Virginia begins representative assembly – House of Burgesses 1620: Plymouth Colony is founded. - Mayflower Compact signed – agreed rule by majority • 1624 – New York founded by Dutch 1629: Mass. Bay founded – “City Upon a Hill” - Gov. Winthrop - Bi-cameral legislature, schools 1630: The Puritan Migration 1632: Maryland – for profit – proprietorship 1634 – Roger Williams banished from Mass. Bay Colony 1635: Connecticut founded 1636: Rhode Island is founded – by Roger Williams 23. Harvard College is founded • 1638 – Delaware founded – 1st church, 1st school • 1649 – Maryland Toleration Act – for Christains – latter repealed 1650-1696: The Navigation Acts are enacted by Parliament. - limited trade, put tax on items 1660 – Half Way Covenant – get...
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