Imagination And Reality: Oppression In America

In the 1600s and 1700s, the Puritans were developing a large following in England. The Puritans were a new religious group. They called themselves Puritans because they wanted to purify and cleanse the Church of England. They thought the Church of England was ruined by bad practices from the Roman Catholic Church. The members of one group of these Puritans were known as the Pilgrims. They were convinced they could not fix the problems within England. First, they moved to the Netherlands. But after a while, they looked for a new home on a new continent. In September 1620 they set sail for North America on a ship called the Mayflower. They were hoping to build a new society where they could practice their Puritan beliefs.

Contrary to the pilgrims of New England, those who settled in the Chesapeake area colonized the region for more economic purposes. Many people who settled in the Chesapeake were down-on-their-luck English citizens living in swamps and slums hoping to stake it out in the New World, because it couldn’t be much worse than the conditions they faced back in England. Most received their tickets to America through indentured servitude, paying for their trip with a few years of free labor for a wealthy master. Document C is a roster of indentured servants bound for Virginia who are all set to work for the same master. Indentured servitude had long lasting effects on the colonies, the most impactful being Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 (Document H). This uprising was caused former indentured servants who had no land or property of their own once their work contracts expired. Because the land westward was populated by Natives and therefore almost impossible to acquire, the dissenters focused against the rich and powerful members of the colonies. The successful uprising led to reforms such as work regulations explained in Document E, as well a shift away from indentured servitude and towards slavery of blacks. Other settlers besides indentured servants were aspiring traders and gold-hunters mentioned in Document F. While traders had little success early on and treasure hunters definitely didn’t find their fields of

to live and living,they did not like how the christian churches did not fully allow the right of the

     The pilgrims were a group of people who branched off from the puritans, who later became separatist, and came to the New England colonies seeking religious freedom and escape of persecution from England, whose ruling party was Anglican and hated the Catholics and the Protestants. Originally the pilgrims immigrated to Holland ,but due their children adopting the Dutch culture into their

with the liberalism that people lived with in England. When they came they brought their

Jametown traveled to England claiming land and riches.The Pilgrims were selfish and only traveled and cared for gold,silver and land. In addition, the Puritans traveled because they wanted religious freedom and wanted to live peacefully.They escaped their church and traveled to have the freedom they wanted. Everyone wanted to believe in their own God and because of the escape they were able to do so.

When they realized that they needed a lot more supplies, some of the colonists went back to England to bring back the materials they needed to begin settling. After returning two years later, they found that everyone

During the time between 1580-1657 there were two men who set out a voyage to the “New World”. Captain John Smith and William Bradford. These two men and their colonies both faced struggles while trying to survive. Captain John Smith went to the “New World” to get rich, while William Bradford left England for religious reasons. The voyage was months long, a lot of the people either died or had a disease.

Pilgrims were Englishmen from England who came to settle in America, and they want their own

As they arrived on the coast of Virginia, they came to face with tons of Native Americans, and other immigrants. The English men dealt with malarial swamps, which they were not used to. John Smith, a captain, forced the men to work to find gold

The Pilgrims were a group of people who traveled from England. During their trip, they encountered many adversities and misfortunes. Thankfully, they landed safely. The first few days were tough for them. Imagine going to an unfamiliar place knowing that once you leave your homeland there will be nothing on the other side. These people felt that and were very scared. The Pilgrims suffered a lot in the first months. People were sick and helpless. The people were dying. Their only solution was to seek help.

Up through the eighth grade I had only ever been good at Tae Kwon Do and school. And to be honest, that does not impress the ladies as much as I think it should. I had spent an entire summer of my life devoted to playing baseball, and perfecting every single aspect of my game. It worked wonders. I hit a league-best .730 batting average(For reference that means I got a hit 7.3 times out of ten, which is about 4.8 hits per ten plate appearances better than the average), and played every inning in all but one game. I actually had coaches approaching me after games to tell me how much they disliked my playstyle and to say how bad of a kid I was for playing so aggressively. This is about the time I realized I should stop trying to change what other

The first word usually associated with The United States is freedom. These words have been engrained since its independence, the declaration states thing such as “unalienable rights” and “all men are created equal”. Although it has been believe that America is “land of the free” for the past two centuries, it has been the exact opposite, at every point in American history there has been a group of people calling for equality. America before the 20th century was not a nation provided its citizens with proper freedoms.

Thus, they moved to the new world where they hoped that they could obtain the freedom of worship. However, colonies where administered by the British government, especially in North America, established the British churches, and persecution to others was not ceased. They had to follow the teachings and pay taxes for a religious church that they did not believe; therefore, they started protesting (The Roots of Religious Liberty).

The Pilgrims separated from The Church of England and concealed their Puritan beliefs, which was