...e environment and atmosphere of the first colonies to settle in the new world was widely dissimilar, and some found success while others suffered harsh conditions. Virginia as labeled by Captain John Smith would fall into the last category. The colony of Jamestown came to the New World seeking land, assets and commerce, and settled in a coastal area, which did not provide the freshest water and proved to be abundant with disease. Jamestown was the first English settlement in America (1607). It had a stiff time at first and did not thrive until the colonists received their own land and the tobacco industry began flourishing due to Mr. Rolfe, the settlement took root. People continued to arrive and new settlements arose. As we can see with the article entitled “The Starving Times,” Jamestown suffered significantly when John Smith, their greatest capable leader, returned to England. Smith even records that he heard of a wife being murdered and cannibalized because of lack of food. This colony did eventually find some strength when it began to harvest tobacco, rice and indigo. Lord Baltimore received land from King Charles I to create a sanctuary for Catholics. His son, the second Lord Baltimore, personally possessed all the land and could use or sell it as he wished. In 1649, the Toleration Act was approved allowing all Christians to worship as they pleased. Maryland seemed to find more success in the New World thanks to its harvesting of tobacco, furs and flesh. Adjudicating by...
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...nature of the colonies were very different from the start. Jamestown in Virginia lacked any know how, laws, or religion. They only wanted the riches that America had to offer, and they put little effort into making them a government and making a since of permanence. John Smith documented the troubles that were arising for them in his letter to the Virginia Company. John Smith seemed to be on the right track but could never fully make everything work. He also documented the starving times which led to a great loss of men and probably even a loss of there will power. Without a structured government and the things they needed to survive they seemed to be doomed. They later found the structure they needed by creating laws but not until great loss had occurred. Massachusetts Bay on the other hand came in with a plan and used that plan with great success. The colony wanted to succeed and show the rest of the world what they had accomplished. Their main stronghold was their religion. Their religion was important to them and also creating families to carry it out. They also knew they had to be governed and they had a plan in place. Like the Massachusetts Bay the Plymouth in Massachusetts also wanted religious independence from England. Plymouth also suffered the loss of men like Jamestown in Virginia. The Maryland Colony looked a lot like Jamestown in the since of tobacco and wanting to be profitable. The Maryland Colony also had some form of government. All the colonies had huge differences...
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...Women in the Australian colonies: Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Women in Australia colonies Port Philip grew at an amazing rate in the 1830s when free settlers and female convicts were sent to Victoria to respond to the labor shortage. Women were outnumbered by men with a ration 1 to seven respectively. Women were the small population and were the most vulnerable proportion of the whole population. Initially, the majority of women were unmarried free settlers. There was a great demand for single women to serve as house servants, and the government covered the travel expenses to Victoria with families or married couples. . However, the free female settlers were still vulnerable as they were not lucky enough to get employment and they had to meet their financial needs. If they lost their job or get pregnant, they were forced to depend on charitable organizations or move to the streets. . For the convicts that were sent to Port Philip, the place was worse, with prostitution being their unspoken sentence. Life was difficult on arrival as convict women were taken to settlers households to serve as domestic servants. Some were lucky to marry and start new lives, but the majority of them were victims of prostitution and crime. For the most women, de facto relationships or marriage ensured they were protected and provided for from the rough elements of the society, and security was given at a price. Alcohol was too common in the settlements...
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...During the late 1700’s The British government did many things that were unfair towards the colonists. The government forced costly taxes on them and passed many unrightful acts that angered colonists. In response to the taxes and acts, the colonies did lots of things to protest against them. The British went through with various acts to gain more profit from the colonists. Some of these taxes and acts were the stamp act, the Quartering act and the Townshend Acts. The British also made it so that the colonies couldn't trade or invest in anything from anyone but England. The colonies could not make industries that would compete with the British. The colonists were fed up with the British and wanted to be free from them. In 1767 when the...
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...The British considered Parliament to be superior to all of the colonial assemblies. This was evident because Parliament created each colony, issued their charters, and in most of the cases created their assemblies. Parliament had the right to dismiss any colonial legislation, which means they were clearly superior to the colonial legislatures. England sent Royal Governors to the colonies to represent the interests of Parliament and the Crown to the colonial legislatures. These governors could also dismiss colonial legislation. For many years, Parliament had done very little to manage the colonial legislatures, giving them the sense that they were sovereign. Colonists saw the empire as a type of commonwealth, with colonial legislatures that...
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... Pick one of the 3 sets of colonies that you would prefer to migrate to in the 1700s (New England, The Middle Colonies, or the Southern Colonies). You must give reasons for your choice as well as against the other two sections. I would like everyone to turn in an outline of their essay on turnitin.com. This is a 30 point major grade. Essay outline: Region: New England Thesis: In the 1700s it would be more religiously and politically beneficial for individuals to settle in New England colonies over Mid-Atlantic and southern colonies. Reason 1 to settle here: The New England colonies provide an escape for puritans from New England. How is this true of this region: New England colonies were founded by puritans or puritan accepting people....
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...Between 1607 and 1733 there were thirteen colonies founded in North America, all along the east coast. All of the 13 colonies were broken up into three different government types. These included royal, charter, and proprietary. Each type had its own set of rules and government. One of the things that tied all of the colonies together was the king, the sole ruler and overseer. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Georgia, and Virginia are only four of the thirteen. King Charles II owed the English Quakers a debt. In order for the debt to be paid, King Charles gave them a piece of land that would become Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was discovered in 1682, by William Penn. Penn is the reason that the colony survived. One of Penn’s greatest contributions towards the colony was the way he decided to run the government. In 1682, he promised the people that would settle in Pennsylvania, things such as due process of law, no taxation without representation, freedom from prosecution, etc. This plan of Penn’s was called the “Holy Experiment.” To get word out for the newly, framed government, Penn ‘campaigned’ in places such as England, Ireland, and Germany. As word spread, people got excited about William’s plans. Settlers that came from all around fled into Philadelphia. The majority of the settlers were English Quakers. On February 5, 1631, Roger William, arrived in Boston. Williams believed in defending the right for people to freely practice religion. In fact, that is why most colonists...
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...Settlers in the North America immigrate to find gold and fertile lands.For this reason, they build up colonies such as Jamestown and Plymouth Colony. Both Plymouth Colony by Puritans and Jamestown by John Smith is successful colonies.However, they couldn't predict that the land has many hardships such as deseases, coldness of weather, lack of foods and relationships between Native Americans. John Smith is accepted to have acted significant part in the foundation of Jamestown, the first successful colony in North America. Success of colony comes from ambition of John Smith. However, For example, he describes new world as a land of opportunity and it is also called as begining of American Dream which is about working hard and abilitiy...
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...documents produce a lot of information about the motivation and creation of these colonies. The Virginia Colony was more based on instructions on where the colony should set up, and was created in order to find a route to Asia and trade for spices. The Massachusetts Colony was founded in the name of God, and for religious purposes rather than economic purposes. To begin with, the document, “Instructions for the Virginia Colony, 1606” issued by the principal investors in the Virginia Colony of London, instructed the Virginia colony on to what to do one the colonist got to the new land. In this document their instructions include to start a colony near the opening of maneuverable river that flows far...
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...The Southern Colonies made up of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The first permanent settlement in North America was Jamestown, Virginia Southern Colonies in North America were established by England (later Great Britain), during the 17th and 18th centuries and consisted of the Province of Maryland, the Colony of Virginia, the Province of North Carolina, the Province of South Carolina, and the Province of Georgia. The English started the Southern Colonies. The Southern Colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Jamestown, Virginia was the first successful Southern Colony in America. The surrounding area was full of disease-carrying mosquitoes and the people who came...
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...These colonies all had similar and were also very difference on how they came about and how they each survived. Some survived and were encountered for pure profit and were very money driven while others were just getting by with living as minimalist and protecting their freedom of practicing religion. Virginia was expected to be a colony abundant in gold but much to the founder’s surprise it wasn’t. The people who resided there had minimal workmanship, which changed as soon as John Smith entered they’re world. John brought about a more structural life style that involved much work and labor. The people didn’t really appreciate being put to work but they came to see the benefit of it when the colony began to slowly diminish but the growth of their tobacco is what saved them. The tobacco was sold and dispersed in Europe which John Rolfe was in charge of and it soon became the life support of this colony and also made Jamestown money. So it’s evident that money was the driving force of this colony. In the colony of Maryland things were a bit different being that the people mostly held its attention to freedom of religion and not so much on money. It wasn’t until 1649 when restless Protestants adopted the “Act Concerning Religion” that this religious freedom came about. Maryland and Virginia were similar when it came to their work ethic. Like Virginia, Maryland also grew their tobacco and made their money on it but this colony wasn’t entirely base on or known for their riches...
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...Roanoke Colony The Roanoke Colony which is better known as the “Lost Colony” was an attempt to establish an English charter by Queen Elizabeth I on Roanoke Island in today’s Dare County, North Carolina, USA. When the settlement’s original organizer and financier died Sir Walter Raleigh took charge and began the expeditions. There were several attempts to establish the colony all of which failed for various reasons. The final attempt at a colony on Roanoke Island was ultimately a failure because the resupply ships containing more food and men were extremely late and when they showed up the colonists had completely vanished without any real clues. It still remains a mystery to this day as to what happened to the settlers on Roanoke Island. On April 27, 1584 Raleigh dispatched his first expedition with Philip Armadas and Arthur Barlowe as commanders while he remained behind (Horn, p40). The trip was largely uneventful. Barlowe, who was in charge of reporting back to Raleigh, brought two Croatans named Manteo (the son of the chief of the Croatans) and Wanchese who described the area and local politics for Raleigh. Based off of this he organized another expedition and made Sir Richard Grenville, his cousin, in charge because Queen Elizabeth would not let him lead it for political reasons that stemmed from bad relations with Spain (Horn, p65). On April 9, 1585 Grenville’s fleet departed with five main ships. When they arrived in the Americas they traveled much in search of precious...
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...Lindsey Momberg Mrs. Zipp United States History 2/3/2015 Maturing Colonies The Maturing Colonies began in the 18th century. The population effected the country and the men took care of the land while immigrants brought many skills to the economy. The property law was in effect and The population effected the country as a whole. The larger families are what expanded most of the population, and the life expectancy grew. Benjamin Franklin1 was the 10th child in his family. John Marshall, who was to become the greatest Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, had 14 brothers and sisters. The life expectancy of people who lived in the northern colonies was higher than those in the southern colonies. Diseases killed many but those who survived lived a long life. Men were likely to live longer than married women. This was because of the many dangers of childbirth. The puerperal fever as going around and no one expected it to hit them. It was caused by not washing the germs off your hands and staying sanitary. Most of the Indian slaves passed directly after going to work on the plantation. No growth occurred in the black population because of this. Many famous people were a part of the population. The property was owned by the men and they took care of the land unless they had slaves. The farmers owned one or a few black “servants.” Dutch wives owned the property jointly with their husbands. If the wife passed, she would inherited the land. Others had a coverture where the eldest...
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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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...The Middle Colonies political positions were held by men more of respect and wealth than just being predetermined by the size of a man's farm. They all had people willing to vote. “There were more towns like atmospheres in the middle colonies so more preachers and school teachers were needed. There was more community and a bigger need for politics for its people, so the people were more caring about their leaders and more interested in the government than the south. Where ever you lived in the colonies the geography greatly affected your work and the economy. Within their economy, geographically, socially and even politically. The Middle Colonies, on the other hand, had soil that was good to plant crops in but was not rich enough soil to prosper greatly with plantations and many crops. The New England colonies surpassed all other colonies in the importance of government. All the women wove, cooked, cleaned and cared for the children. They also had many large flowing rivers for ships to export goods and crops. The majority of the people living in the South either owned a plantation or worked on a plantation. The colonies had many differences and similarities economically. They had barely any slaves and a few farms. There were also many men who were single and looking for love in the south since it was an area of few women. The middle colonies were an area of some large plantations and many small farms. The three most important themes of English colonization of America were...
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