Personal Narrative: My Trip To The Connecticut Colony

The day I believed was the beginning of a new opportunity in becoming the man I’ve always wanted to become was really the begging of failure, starvation, and depression. I decided to leave England because of my economic problems I was facing due to the population boost, their was a lot more people and fewer jobs to go around. Even though I was still working to make a profit for the Virginia Company of London I had hope of raising a family here. Our Caption Christopher Newport had us explore the coast of Virginia before landing in Jamestown. On May 13, after two weeks of exploration, the ships arrived at a site on the James River selected for its deep water anchorage and good defensive position. The passengers came ashore the next day, and work

Between 1492-1776, although many people moved to the “New World”, North America lost population due to the amount of Indians dying from war and diseases and the inability of colonists to replace them. John Murrin states, “losers far outnumbered winners” in “ a tragedy of such huge proportions that no one’s imagination can easily encompass it all.” This thought of a decreasing population broadens one’s perspective of history from that of an excluded American tale full of positivity to that of a more unbiased, all-encompassing analysis. The Indians and slaves have recently been noted as a more crucial part of history than previously accredited with.

Parents in the early colonies faced high infant mortality rates, such that every family was apt to lose at least one child. By using Elizabeth Drinker’s diary, Marten allows readers to gain a first-hand account of a mother’s worries and sorrows as her children become sick and some pass away. The agony over the loss of a loved one as well as the loss of the opportunities the child could have had growing up and the ones he would have given his family, are thoroughly expressed through this diary. It strengthens the overall argument that children were highly regarded in early American colonies for their ability to pass on family values and become the future of the society. These children are so important to the history of the United States because their survival in these early colonies led to the populating of the country. They continued to pass on the values of the early settlers so that a combined culture of all the colonies could be born into the country we know today, therefore making a positive impact in history.

After the first few struggling settlements in the New World progressed, more and more colonies sprung from the untested North American soil. Eventually, there were three main categories to the European colonies. They were each unique, although one certain class stood in stark contrast to the other two. This group, the Middle colonies, was a halfway point between the New England and Southern colonies – and not just geographically. The Middle colonies extracted parts of its neighbors, like farming habits and spiritual sects, but the middle group managed to retain its own flavor.

Between the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the emergence of society quite different from that in England. Changes in religion, economics, politics and social structure illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans.

Whether by land or by sea, eighteenth century colonial travel was arduous, expensive, and many times dangerous. Because of this, few people traveled very far from their homes. Transportation has changed dramatically since the late 1700’s. It was during this time that Colonial America was budding as a new country. This was before airplanes, which appeared in the very early stages of the 1900’s. Cars showed up about the same time, so rewind about 200 plus years and we’re back in colonial America. It wasn’t civilized like it is today. The dirt roads were bumpy, grimy, and when the rains came, they were mud baths. So how did people during this time get around? Often, they didn’t. Not many people could afford the cost of travel back then. Daily American Colonial Life was extremely harsh for the first settlers and colonists. They were faced with a new country, unknown territory and no friends, relatives or neighbors to help them “In those days, it was fairly expensive to travel. Because of this, generally only government officials, merchants, and planters took the risk (Constitution Facts).” Women were supposed to stay home and look after the children while the husband went off to do business. America was still a budding country, so there were not as many cities as there are now and they were more spread out. If the man wanted to travel, it would require several hours, or even several days to ride on horseback. Often the husband wouldn’t return for a couple of days, and when he

Colonists: About 250,000 Spanish emigrants populated the newly established cities; they saw the New World as an opportunity for success. As the natives died off Africans and their children replaced them. As mixing production rose due to Spanish women scarcely traveling to the new world, the government created a hierarchy known as castas to keep social order.

upper class consisted of wealthy and well educated minor aristocrats they could vote and they held high public office

The economic, political and religion were only some of the differences between the two regions that I believe to be some of the biggest growth and downfall between the two.

A great misfortune took place during the summer of 1793. It was one of the driest and hottest summers in years making way for many disease spreading pests like mosquitoes (Gum 1). Said bugs and rodents took the lives of thousands leaving Colonial America in terrible condition. The College of Physicians not only established organization during this time of chaos, but they also limited future epidemics like the events that took place in Philadelphia and Colonial America from occurring again. To expand upon, the college created eleven rules for people to follow in order to prevent Yellow Fever from dispersing any further (Dobson 2). These rules included avoiding “all unnecessary intercourse” with those who have contracted the disease; housing all of the diseased in a large open room, removing “offensive matters from the diseased’s room” (2), frequently cleaning the selected room, and bathing the infected as quickly as possible; having a medical center for each city so the poor can also be assisted with regards to Yellow Fever; putting a stop to the ringing of the church bells; burying the dead fever victims in a private manner;

I am on the boat to the Connecticut Colony, Wethersfield. After days of being sea sick. I hear a voice “There is Connecticut Colony.” There is a boy, Nathaniel Eaton who is right behind me. He has only spoken a dozen words to me so he talking is a surprise. It tells me something though he has noticed me on the ship. He is the captain's son. His mother calls him Nat. Finally stepping on land for the first time in what feels like forever. I was ridiculed on how boring and dull the shore was. Fortunately this was not my final destination, my final destination was Wethersfield and this was Saybrook. After a short break we set out again for Wethersfield not being very exciting at first look. I thought of something that could be exciting like meeting

The Massachusetts colony, otherwise known as the ‘Massachusetts Bay colony’ was originally settled by Puritans in 1630. They were plagued by the religious persecutions of King Charles I and the Church of England. Weary from this dogged torment, they left England under the leadership of John Winthrop. These original colonists quickly established many small towns in the name of high religious ideals and strict societal rules. They also planted churches, spread Puritanism and religiously educated the masses, as these were some of their goals. A utopian society that other colonies looked upon with high regards was the ultimate goal.

The European conquest for establishing North American colonies began with various motivations, each dependent on different, and/or merging necessities: economics, the desire to flee negative societal aspects, and the search for religious freedoms. Originally discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 in search for a trade route to Cathay (China), North America remained uninhabited, excluding the Native American establishments. Following this discovery, Spain –along with other European nations such as France, England, Sweden and the Netherlands– soon began the expedition to the new land with vast expectations. Driven by economic, societal, and religious purposes, the New World developed into a diversely structured colonial establishment

In 2016 I experienced a trip that made me feel the most alive. During June of 2016 I got the chance to fly to Pennsylvania for a week to visit friends and family. While visiting Pennsylvania, I got the chance to parachute out of a plane over the beautiful lands. During the time while preparing to jump out I had adrenaline running through my body; though, I did not know what to except. I will never forget the time I was asked if I was ready to jump. After jumping out, I experienced true meaning of what "feeling most alive" feels like in reality.

After tapping lightly on her grandmother’s bedroom door, Allie waited; She, too, figured the reason her grandmother wanted her to come up was to tell her something about the Family Bible; what else could it be. Allie was frightened and excited at the same time.