Religion developed into more of an obligation rather than a spiritual experience. The best illustration of this is found in the quote "My father came for religion, but I came for fish." ... He believed in a total and complete separation from the church and state and that the colony's land should be rightfully purchased from the Native Americans. ...
Turning back the clock to the late seventeenth century, we find America in a state of clashing empires; New England and New France. Two Empires who take their religion so seriously that both are willing to shed blood in order to keep their religion spread amongst the world. ... A third group, the natives of this new world, play somewhat of a neutral group. However their role in this conflict of religion is an important one, especially for the French who discover rather quickly the advantage of allying with these Natives. ... The natives gave children complete ...
The British didn't see much promise in early Northern colonial America -They left it to the crazy french -This place had rocky shores, cold long winters, short growing seasons, no mining possibilities, no major cash crops NEW ENGLAND -Life in England wasn't great, and with even worse times ahead many were driven to New England. ... -By the spring of 1621 half the colony was dead -Two natives Squanto and Samoset helped the colony survive by introducing native strains of corn and setting up a treaty between the Indians and the colony -The Pilgrims set up a government bas...
Compared to the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century, people in New England were healthier physically, had more stable religion and better family values. ... The Puritans believed that God would punish them if they did not civilize and "Christianize" the natives of North America (Nash pg. 45), and anyone who was not a Christian was known as a "savage". ... The Chesapeake colonies, especially Virginia, were tolerant of all religions, unlike the Puritans, who felt that all people should convert to their Christianity. ... The Chesapeake colonies, on the other hand, had disease, diverse re...
They seized it promptly in 1623, when they traveled to America to start the Massachusetts Bay colony. ... Much like back in native England, the Massachusetts Bay was predominated by the male populace. ... Anne can be seen as the first symbol of American feminism. ... Puritan values were clear about status in religion. ...
The American Pageant pages 25-65 I. The Planting of English America 1. ... Disease and armed conquest had ravaged the native people of the New World. ... Virginia company's charter guaranteed overseas settlers the same rights as native Englishmen. ... Other Native Americans were forced out of their ancestral lands. ...
