Mayflower Compact- The first document outlining a government in America. It was written on the ship, the Mayflower, as a guideline for rules to live by at Plymouth. William Bradford- An English Separatist who migrated to Plymouth on the Mayflower. He also was one of the signers of the Mayflower compact, and he remained the governor of Plymouth for a long time. John Winthrop- a Puritan, was a prominent leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He wrote “City Upon a Hill” which expressed the idea of
By the 1670s, Virginia was experiencing class divisions between the wealthy and the poor. This division grew worse as the poor started to resent the wealthy more, especially when Governor Baker tended to favor the wealthy. Many of the Virginia colonists dissatisfied with the falling prices of tobacco and rising taxes wanted for more land. Though they couldn’t obtain anymore land due to the Governor Berkeley's Native American Policy. The colonial hunger for economic success and land finally drove
The early colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth had several similarities as well as differences. The colonists of both colonies had an extremely harsh first winter, had treaties and traded with the Natives with an overall good relationship with them and who had both their Kings beheaded. The similarities continued over time, like building their own houses, having every colonist required to work, and not given what they were promised for going to the New World. Although the colonies of Plymouth
the group of separatists, led by John Robinson. He was one of the passengers of Mayflower’s trans-Atlantic journey and he was known for signing the famous Mayflower Compact when he reached Massachusetts in 1620. He was the one who created the political body for the group and he was one who undertook to help for the project Mayflower Compact
the colonial period that led to the Church of England to break away from the Catholic Church and also the Pope. Many things contributed to this such as the rise of nationalism and Calvinism which made anxieties within it’s followers to lead a better life. The relevance of the English reformation is that led to more freedom of religion even though it was not ideal at the time for some people. Pgs 25-26 22 - Calvinist Puritans Calvinist Puritans believed that they had a predestined fate and one could
there were still many dissatisfied with the ease with which monarchs could become tyrants. Though the colonies did not allow total escape from English rule, monarchs' grips weaken when they have to reach across a sea, and the political dimension of life in the colonies was more lenient. The form of sub-governance depended on what sort of colony it was. Proprietary or royal colonies had proprietors or governors appointed by the king, and thus enjoyed less autonomy from the Crown than charter colonies
Anglican church. In fact, Pocahontas was considered to be the earliest native whom converted to Christianity after she married John Rolfe. The content of this painting clearly portrays how peaceful relationships between the Tidewater tribes and the colonists were sought to be established during this point of time. The connection between the content and context was most clearly represented with how Chapman included the members of the Tidewater tribes on the right side of Pocahontas while she was being