American Pageant Chapter 13 Summary

Edmond Morgan builds an easy to understand case of explaining the initial failures of the Jamestown colony. He credits the failures to chaotic organization, laziness, the makeup of the population, and poor ideas for prosperity.

Chapter 6: Empire and Resistance records how the Revolutionary War unfolded as the result of the French Indian War or as the Europeans called it, The Seven Years War. When the British were victorious, they gained territory west of the Applicants Mountains and east of the Mississippi River. Colonists were eager to settle on these lands but King George III, the newly crowned king of Britain, issued the Proclamation of 1763 which prohibited the desires of the American Colonists as the result of Pontiac’s Rebellion. Afterward, the British had imposed hefty taxes on the colonies with the first being the Sugar Act which was created by Greenville’s program and passed by the British Parliament. It taxed not only sugar but coffee, animal hides, and

Many settlers lived in scarcely populated areas forming small settlements during the Oregon territory disputes with Britain. Many native people lived in areas that were thriving over the spanish success in a cotton boom; however this made American expansion into this land extremely difficult because they would have to fight against the aligned native and spanish powers to gain control of this land.

By the 1750s, the American colonies had come a long way from their original struggles and failures. They had grown in both population and economic stability. Even so, relations between the colonies and Great Britain were strained. The colonists became more and more discontented with England’s control of their political and economic affairs. The colonies were dissatisfied with the rules of British Mercantilism, or the idea that the colonies were a mere source of raw materials and market for the British mainland. This animosity for the motherland had then been seeded by the lack of economic freedom and the harsh taxes that had been set on everyday luxuries and necessities;

That most of the settlers were kicked out of England due to persecuting other Christian groups, then killed the Native Americans to steal their land. After refusing to pay their taxes that they owed, they started a war of independence and then it became the USA. Also, three hundred citizens died by being warned by a Native American and during the second Massacre, four hundred citizens died with no warning in 1608 and persecuted and leaving for the Netherlands. The most that surprised me was that the Tobacco was established in the state of Virginia and the king John Rolfe totaled a half a million pounds of tobacco. That’s how he was getting rich and by making others rich because he had people work 50 acres of land, which was expensive in

1. From the perspective of Native Americans, the Spanish and English empires in America had more similarities than differences. Assess the validity of this generalization.

After reading a chapter of The American Pageant by David Kennedy, and a chapter of A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, both discuss the beginning of the revolution in the colonies. Zinn approaches the information with great detail and analysis of the colonial revolution. Kennedy does not succeed in this, he often contradicts himself, and lacks detail and analysis. Zinn does a terrific job of giving analysis and detail into the positive and negative effects of the Revolution. Zinn has the greater chapter, detailing the beginning of the revolution. Zinn’s chapter gives a detailed view of the beginning of the revolution, through the struggle to begin the revolution, explaining “no taxation without representation”, and the struggle between rich and poor.

In 1607 more than 100 men set out to start a new colony for their king. Young men excited for a new future and new adventure in a new land. What was waiting for them though was not the future they had hoped for. They arrived in a land with unpredictable weather, inhabited by unwelcoming tribes, and they had no idea how to survive the unsettled land. The Jamestown colonists died due to the environment, indian attacks and their lack of experience.

Slavery is an institution that has existed since ancient times. To argue over its immorality is irrelevant, as its ethical and moral implications are blatantly evident. However, to say that the main cause of disdain of the institution from the North stems from its immorality is inherently incorrect, due to the fact, that as previously stated, slavery has existed since ancient times, perforce its immorality could not simply be the main cause of hatred toward this withstanding system from the North. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that their disgust toward the peculiar institution (a common name used to refer to slavery) is related to its ethical implications. However, the question still

This book begins by describing all of the many different events that are occurring around the world during the year 1606, such as the opening of the play Macbeth and Galileo Galilei publishing a book of the observations of supernova in the sky. During the same year, in late December, three small ships were anchored in London’s River Thames waiting to depart to a new settlement. The three ships were the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. The Virginia Company of London organized and financed the voyage to begin the new settlement of Jamestown. The crew is very excited to search for gold, silver, and other riches that have supposedly been found in North America. Their previous knowledge of the Spanish enrichment of gold and silver created a group dominated by money hungry, wealthy gentlemen. Aboard the ships were a great deal of gentlemen, but unfortunately lacked in soldiers and working men. The majority of the men were not accustomed to any type of hard labor, and this caused many problems because the conditions the crew were in clearly called for difficult laborious work. One of the few commoners on board was John Smith, a former soldier who proved to be a key leader to the survival of the colony. Although he was looked down upon by the upper class, he was a hard worker, and also very intelligent and a jack of all trades.

Between the years of 1930 and 1941 american foreign policy changed how it worked and its goals. They changed because of the threats in the outside world and because of all the absolute need for us to get involved in the war. During this time the world war was restarting in Europe and was leaving no choice except for the United States to get involved in the war. People were dissolving treaties and fighting and the united states could not remain neutral if they hoped to avoid losing their allies. The united states foreign policy changed because of threats and because of the need in Europe.

In 1607, England sent colonists to the coast of Virginia so they could create a new settlement named Jamestown. Captain John Smith led the settlement. Over the first decade of its existence, the colony struggled simply to survive. All they wanted to do was make money and get rich. The discovery of tobacco was a great for Jamestown and they sold anywhere they could for great profits and it lasted through the 1620s. An understanding happened between Powhatan and John Smith led the settlers to establish much-needed trade with Powhatan’s tribe by early 1608. Even though several fights still broke out between the two groups, they still traded with each other. His good leadership, military experience, and determination gave discipline to the colonists and when he left Jamestown, mortality lowered.

Virginia’s prosperity was finally built on tobacco smoke. In other words, tobacco played a vital role in putting the colony on firm economic foundations. Allowing the English colonies to go from failing to thriving, by just adapting the agricultural differences of the New

The economic prosperity of the colonies was primarily dependent on the amount of tobacco produced. The growing of tobacco, needed a large amount of land, with a large stable work force that was affordable, the planters of tobacco however were only receiving “the very scum and off-scouring” from England from the merchants who were supplying the servants

Jamestown or Virginia has been used as an economic front for the London company. Britain posted the nobles who believed they would find on the spot gold and be rich. However, this was not the condition because noblemen were not ready to face harsh conditions. Many of them died, and all the British did was just sent more and more of the noblemen to help maintain the colony, but it did not succeed. John Smith came from England and the colony has accumulated through the discipline that the noblemen did not have when they came to establish Jamestown. Jamestown eventually became a place of prosperity through the cultivation of tobacco, making it a very rich colony. People who grew tobacco does not