Christopher Jones's Voyage To Plymouth Colony

The English had two main colonies in the new world, Jamestown and Plymouth. The first colony was Jamestown, established in Virginia in 1607. Jamestown was settled by Captain John Smith, and was named after King James I. Tobacco was the main export of Jamestown, and became the basis of the Jamestown economy, sending more than 50,000 lbs of the plan back to Europe by 1618 (textbook 46). Jamestown had a very rocky start, many colonists dying in the first few years of the settlement, and the settlers had many problems with natives. Shortly after the arrival of English colonists the Natives attacked them, and were finally forced back by a canon from the English. A very uneasy truce was finally settled between the natives, called the Powhatans,

The Journal of Christopher Columbus is the day to day journal/diary writing of Christopher Columbus. He started taking notes of his journey starting the year of 1492. This took place mostly on his voyage over the Atlantic Ocean on his way to the Indies, and also on the lands he discovers on the way to his destination. He wrote every day of his journeys as a journal to the king and queen of his discoveries.

Within the New World, individuals such as William Bradford, a separatist religious leader as well as governor of Plymouth (131), and Thomas Morton, a lawyer and social reformer, were both very significant men within our history books. The story of Merry Mount/Ma-re Mount is shown from two different perspectives which offers the readers an awareness and understanding of the way religion and government influenced the lives of those who dwelled in Plymouth Massachusetts, and Ma-re Mount. Thomas Morton and William Bradford are somewhat like Tom and Jerry for the reason that they dislike one another and have different accounts of Ma-re Mount/Merry Mount and that they tend to dispute with one another often when it comes to religion. Bradford’s writing tells the story of Merry Mount in a narrative and formal way whereas Morton’s writing is unlike any writing during his time, it’s humorous and also told from a non-Puritans perspective. Although Bradford claims Morton to be an anarchic drunk there are many reasons to say that he was in fact a comedic hero.

This report is on Lewis and Clark's adventure through the United States. On May 14,1803 William Clark and nearly four dozen other men met up with Meriwether Lewis on May 20. The Lewis and Clark

The legacy of Christopher Columbus has been a divisive topic for many years. Indeed, according to Laurence Bergreen, the Columbian legacy has been divisive since the time of his voyages. In an excerpt from his book Columbus: The Four Voyages, Laurence Bergreen juxtaposes his extensive historical knowledge with a deep understanding of modern American culture to demonstrate that, for all his successes and failures, Columbus is significant as a reminder that we are all deeply complex and contradictory beings.

In this report Christopher Columbus writes a letter to the King and Queen of Spain. The journey

Many people in America know of the historical expedition of Lewis and Clark, but only a few know of the expedition to California led by Jedediah Smith. This expedition took place after Thomas Jefferson signed the papers to acquire a huge region in the west through the Louisiana Purchase. After this expansion many people were eager to explore the west and among those was Jedediah Smith. From his childhood, Smith dreamed one day of exploring the unknown west part of the United States. He once said, "I wanted to be the first to view a country on which the eyes of a white man had never gazed and to follow the course of rivers that run through a new land." In 1824, Jedediah Smith began formulating his famous California expedition that

“Great captain a fair wind and the honey lights of home are all you seek. But anguish lies ahead; the god who thunders on the land prepares it, not to be shaken from your track, implacable, in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded. … Though you survive alone bereft of all companions, lost for years, under strange sail shall you come home, to find your own house filled with trouble: insolent men eating your livestock as they court your lady. Aye, you shall make those men atone in blood! … Then a seaborne death soft as this hand of mist will come

We have almost arrived to our destination. I am led on this expedition by explorer John Smith. On this mission, we were sent to discover another English colony. We are hoping to not “disappear” just like the Roanoke colony did. Our mission was to discover Gold and Salt but also find a water route to Asia so we can begin trade by water with them. We will not stop until we succeed and accomplish this mission.

The most devastating war between the colonists and Indians took place in New England in 1676 and ended in 1676. Metacomet, also known as King Philip, was the son of Chief Massasoit, who was a principal leader of the Wampanoag in the early 1600’s; a tribe in North America that existed in America long before the Europeans arrived. He is also known as Metacom, Metacomet or Pometacom, names that he was given by the Wampanoag tribe.

Smith went back to England about 2 years later, and Pocahontas made regular visits to Jamestown bringing gifts

Leading to the Plymouth Plantation, although the ships were very compact, they had an abundance of things accomplished. There were a lot of sicknesses and cursing. They were very religious with their beliefs. For example, they were against cursing, indecisive manners and such. Their sails were very calm and undergoing, yet they ship wasn’t that sturdy. There were some rough

The first author I chose is Captain John Smith. Captain John Smith fits into course unit two: Explorers and early colonists. Captain John Smith was among the survivors in Jamestown while other settlers died from starvation, sickness, or the Indian’s arrows. He saw the problems of Jamestown and constant deaths, so he became the leader of Jamestown. One quote from the text supports this, “In Jamestown he soon emerged as the leader who could save the colony from ruin” (McMichael 41). John decided to use his skills, courage and intelligence, from being a mercenary soldier to become the leader of the Jamestown colony. Captain John Smith fits into unit two because he came to America to become part of the first permanent English colony in America.

The English landed in Jamestown in 1607. After suffering food shortages, Captain John Smith, leader of the settlement from its creation to 1609, travelled into the wilderness in search of food. After much searching, the English stumbled upon a group of Indian warriors who promptly slaughtered the lot of them except Captain John Smith. He returned to the Powhatan city of Werowocomoco, the city where Chief Powhatan lived, where he was sentenced to death. According to his accounts, he was seconds from being killed when Pocahontas, a very young girl, jumped in the way of his axe. Chief Powhatan honored her request to let John Smith live. In 1608, John Smith returned to the colony of Jamestown where he was often visited by Pocahontas, his dear friend and possible lover. Later, in 1609, John Smith was injured in an accident, and sent back to England. Pocahontas was told that

Nathaniel Philbrick was an author who wrote many books about voyages at sea. His interest in writing so often about historical adventures on the ocean can only be because he himself, in 1978, was the first intercollegiate All-American sailor for Brown University. His book “Mayflower,” being one of his bestsellers, is an interesting book that not only presents the over told story of the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower in the year 1620, but it also digs deep into the many struggles they faced after finally reaching the New World.