Category: American Colonies

Imagine being hated by a whole culture. In 1607 English ships sailed into the Chesapeake Bay located in Virginia and Maryland, bringing more than 100 passengers. King of England said, Faire meadows and goodly tall trees ahead lay possible riches. The passengers were confident they were going to find riches. At the beginning of Jamestown,…

The American Revolution, which officially began in 1776, was not simply the result of one event. Though it has direct causes, there were several underlying causes of the Revolution as well. Some indirect causes originated a long time before the idea of a revolution even existed. The combination of both direct and indirect causes sparked…

Decolonization defined as the end of formal European Empires, resulting in the independence of these regions, occurred during the post-colonial phase of globalization initiated in the 1950s and remains operative today. This form of global expansion has simultaneously resolved minor incompatibilities[footnoteRef:1] and initiated change resulting in the establishment of new conflicts beyond the formal end…

American Exceptionalism is the concept that America is superior to the rest of the world and that it is allowed to do certain things, even occasionally bad ones, because of that superiority. This can be one-sided because it justifies every doing of America even if it’s bad. Many people were migrating to North America from…

Why were the British successful in colonizing America? Necessity played a large part in Europes colonization and exploration period. For centuries Asian goods such as silk, spices, as well as pottery had been traveling the Silk Road. Europeans had been accustomed to these goods, however, this trade was placed under a threat by the middle…

Abstract: Literature, which in its simplest form is said to be the mirror of society, does not only mean what is written but also what is being voiced. African author Bessie Amelia Emery Head, popularly known as Bessie Head, buys name not only for her lucidity in expression but also for her voice and concern…

Jamestown and New England were two different settlements that the English colonizers hereby the people were looking for either land, opportunities, or jobs. Similarities between Jamestown and New England Both settlements were formed by English immigrants who moved from their homeland either due to political, economic, religious, or social reasons. The migrants wanted better opportunities…

In 1760, America was rapidly expanding and establishing itself as a superpower. The population had grown to over a million people, and the economy was booming, thanks to commerce in tobacco, lumber, rice, and dried fish, for example. America was edging closer toward revolution as people began to rebel against the brutal British rulers. They…

Life in the colonies was much different than you would expect. You might think that colony life was fun, with your family and friends, like a vacation. That is far from the truth. Life in the colonies was hard with lots of labor, danger, and death. First of all, families were huge, with lots of…

Maryland was the principal restrictive state, in light of an award to Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, who named the land for Queen Henrietta Maria, spouse of Charles I. Ruler Baltimore anticipated Maryland to fill in as a safe house for English Catholics who endured political and strict segregation in England, however hardly any Catholics really…