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New Netherlands, later named New York, was originally established by the Dutch West India Company until they gave it up to England in 1664. When a French Jesuit missionary visited New Netherlands, he noted that nineteen different languages were being spoken in the streets. Even after the Dutch gave New Amsterdam to England, it still remained its diversity. Pennsylvania was also known for its ethnic diversity. Quakers, Germans, Scotch-Irish, etc. moved into Pennsylvania and created the “Blue Laws.” Many Germans settled down in southeastern Pennsylvania and northwestern Virginia (Document D). In document C, different ethnic groups came to North America as indentured servants to pay off their passage. Swedes settled down in Delaware in 1703. Ethnic groups brought in different cultures to the English

Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia. About 104 men and boys arrived at a new settlement in Virginia and named it after their king, James I, which was Jamestown. This new settlement was surrounded by many powhatan people that lived there. Although, even though English have found a new settlement, many colonist died. Colonists died in early Jamestown for three big reasons: their water was bad, they lacked key skills, and they had bad relations with the Powhatans.

The Middle Colonies of New York and New Jersey were originally part of land claimed by the Dutch, and were part of the larger New Netherland, following Henry Hudson’s exploration at the start of the seventeenth century (Vink, “New Netherland in a Nut Shell”). Pennsylvania, and later Delaware, were founded near the end of the century, as part of William Penn’s “Holy Experiment” (Bodle “British Settlements: The Middle Colonies”). While

This novel gives a vivid glimpse of life in early Jamestown. Through this book, we get the perspectives of not only people living in that time period but of actual settlers in Jamestown. Many of John Smith’s work is incorporated in this novel as well. Throughout this novel, we begin to question, how did a settlement that consisted majority of gentlemen become the first English permanent settlement? Through seventeenth-century English documents and first-hand reports, Price answers the question by showing the importance of John Smith and Pocahontas.

David A. Price, Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation (New York: Alfred A. Knopf)

Research Question: My research question involves the history of the LGBTQ community’s relationship with law enforcement, particularly around the time when the community had little to no support or protection under the jurisdiction of the United States. I am expanding my knowledge on the Stonewall Riot’s coverage within the media to discover if the framing of the protesters as militant was used to rally support behind a police force with a heteronormative agenda, in order to point out the biases that would have been overlooked in the original coverage of this event.

This paper will explore the history of the colonial settlements of the Quakers, who are also known as the Society of Friends, who settled in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in colonial times. The history surrounding the establishment and growth of the Quaker colonies of West Jersey and Pennsylvania will be discussed. William Penn’s efforts in establishing the colonies of West Jersey and Pennsylvania were paramount to Quakers immigrating to America. John Fenwick also played a major role in founding the colony of West Jersey, which is now known as New Jersey and the later immigration of Quakers to Pennsylvania. The abolitionist efforts of the Quakers in their fight against slavery, their equal treatment of slaves and the assistance that they provided to slaves will also be discussed. Quakers provided shelter, financial support and harbored many slaves so that they could avoid capture by their owners. Quakers were a large part of the abolitionist movement in the colonies while slavery was legal. Many Quakers played a role in the Underground Railroad, which assisted slaves in obtaining their freedom and avoiding capture. The terms “Quaker” and Society of Friends are interchangeable and will be used throughout this paper accordingly.

Long before the Founding Fathers, European countries built settlements in the wilderness of the New World. During the 1600’s, English settlers founded Plymouth and Jamestown along the Eastern Coast of North America. Puritans established Plymouth to escape the Catholic Church of England. The Virginia Company established Jamestown in search of fortune. Both settlements managed unavoidable contact with the natives. Although both Plymouth and Jamestown’s interactions with Native Americans included early encounters, diplomatic intermediaries, and peace treaties, Jamestown’s approach differed from by displaying less aggression.

The Ottawa Courthouse is the main provincial court found in the city of Ottawa. It is occupied and used by an average of 1,000 people daily. The building which is at 161 Elgin Street was opened in 1986. It is made up of offices, courtrooms, waiting areas, temporary holding cells, and a parking garage at the base of the building.

Most events and places of historical value nowadays holds little value in our lives. We confine ourselves to our interstates and highways, following the long line of motel chains stopping for maybe two minutes to take a picture just to say we were there. We take nothing away from these sites that is of real value. We barely scratch at the surface of information and true meaning of what happened at these historical sites. Rinker Buck explains his own experience with removing himself from this cultural norm

Historyi is defined as the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. With each passing day, history is being made and added on. Sites such as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island has an important significance within American history. While these sites are well-known to a majority of the U.S. population, many other sites are overlooked. These are sites that we pass every day without even realizing its significance within American history. The Morris-Jumel Mansion or Mount Morris is a historical site that fits this description, it is located on 65 Jumel Terrace at 160th St in Manhattan, New York City and one of these oldest house in the borough of Manhattan. It is also a major surviving landmark of the Battle of Harlem Heights.

Jamestown and Plymouth were both the first successful towns in the “new world” aka United states, in the 1700’s. Jamestown was located in Virginia and Plymouth was located in Massachusetts. Both towns had their ups and downs. In this essay i will discuss the compare and contrast between the towns.

The supplies that the second Swedish expedition brought was soldiers, priest, Colonists, paraphenelia that could be traded with the Indians, and Peter Hollender Ridder the new Governor. Ridder was very important in the development of the colony. Ridder wanted to make the colony’s borders larger, even though they had a great deal of land for their minuscule population. Ridder met with the local Indian chiefs and bought a title to the land from the Schuylkill tributary to Trenton, New Jersey. Today, the purchases of Minuit and Ridder would make up one hundred and twenty miles of land on both banks of the Delaware River. In 1639, the Dutch had begun to question Swedish claims to the land on the Delaware River, but since they both had hardly any soldiers, neither side was able to make a definite move. From 1641 to 1642, they worked together to eliminate a group of sixty English men and women, who had come to establish England’s claim to the region. The first English settlers on the Delaware River were representatives of the English Delaware Company located in New Haven, Connecticut. They found that the area around the Delaware River had a very small population. They successfully purchased land from the

By 1611, four years after it started, more than 500 Englishmen had arrived in the colony of Jamestown in total, but eighty percent of them had died. This started in 1607, when roughly 104 Englishmen came to what is now the modern day state of Virginia to found the first settlement in the new world. The 104 or so Englishmen sailed up Chesapeake bay and found an island to create a settlement known as Jamestown. The colony built a large fort with three walls, and they quickly figured out that they were not the only ones here. The group of indians the English knew as the Powhatans were there too already with many settlements around the area. You may think the colony was thriving but at the end of the year 1607, there would only

I have been to Times Square for two times, and I have a very deep impression on it. It locates in the interchange of Manhattan 42 west street and Broadway avenue. It is interesting that Times Square is