The Early Colonial Cases In The Colonial Era

The first colonists to settle in New England were the Puritans in order to gain religious freedom. The environment of the New England colonies was a lot colder than the other two colonies because they were farthest North. Although it did have a positive impact because it was prevented from any life threatening diseases. The negative factor was due to the severe winters that killed many people. The natural resources were definitely important than agricultural crops because of the short spring and summer seasons to grow anything; they were at least able to find fish, trees, and furs. Most colonists had to grow their own food because of the thin and rocky soil. In order to have a better economy, fishing, lumbering,

During Tom Robinson’s trial, the strong prejudice of Maycomb County and the negative effects of its social stratification were clearly demonstrated. Whilst Tom Robinson is innocent of the crime of rape, he gave the Caucasians more reason to convict him on the basis of daring to feel sorry for a Caucasian - it is not expected that a negro (considered as being a part of the lowest class of society, event lower than the ‘white trash’) could feel sorry for a Caucasian and the Caucasians could not accept such a presumption.

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

It has been brought up that certain race and ethic affects a person’s sentencing. Many studies have addressed the question are African Americans treated more severely than similarly situated whites? (Mitchell, 2005). Observers had indeed noted that black defendants get more severe sentencing than white defendants do (Spohn, 1981). For many years’ social scientist has examined this theory and came up with three explanations, racial discrimination, Wealth discrimination, and legal factors (Sellin, 1928). These three explanations all direct back to blacks because blacks are more likely to be poor, so they are wealth discriminated. Also, legal factors point to blacks because black defendants are more likely to have a serious charge or criminal record than whites do. Some researchers examine whether race has an impact on juveniles being convicted in the adult system (Howell, 2012) as well.

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.

Colonists were practicing a democratic features in colonial america time because Great Britain is hundreds of miles away. Democracy in colonial America was in a work in progress with democratic and undemocratic features.

Democracy is a system of government where the supreme power is rested in the people. In colonial America, democratic features began early on and common rights were given such as the tolerance of religion, educational opportunities, freedom of speech, and a representative government. The principles of democracy were first mentioned in the Mayflower Compact as it notes about working together as to support the colony. As democracy in colonial America progressed, civil rights were provided to the majority but were limited to the minority. Colonial America granted common rights such as freedom of speech and protection from crime.

A large country is in control of what you say, do and believe. After years of being pushed around and finally being fed up with being told what you can or can’t do, your people leave the rule of the mother country, in search of freedom. This situation happened to the British North American colonies and they ended up breaking away from Britain and creating their own separate identities and created new feelings towards Britain. Geography was the biggest influence on the colonies becoming unique, and surviving on their own. The New England colonies consisted of rocky mountains and infertile soil while the soil in the Middle and Southern colonies had deep and fertile soil fit to grow lots of crops and tobacco (Statement, By Linda AlchinPrivacy).

The main reason of expansion of the English colonies between 1660- and 1700’s was the civil war that erupted in 1649 from the execution of King Charles 1 by Oliver Cromwell (Schultz, 2014). King Charles II used the colonies as a way to boast funds and pay off the debts of the civil war. The first English colony to become solely dependent on slave labor was Carolina where the tobacco crops failed, but the rice was able to grow effortlessly. South Carolina was a miserable place to live with the rampid spread of disease and the high humidity. South Carolina would sell captured Indians to New England and the West Indies (Schultz, 2014). The northern part of the Carolina’s did not operation in the same fashion and the southern part and they were

In the eighteenth century the colonies of New England possessed great economic and demographic potential. They had raw materials and labor power, much of it given by the slaves. They had a great trade, an excellent agricultural production, all they lacked was the license of manufacture which the United Kingdom refused to allow its colonies. According to the traditional scheme the colony was the one that had to produce the raw material, that of the manufactured products already she was in charge, that was of the causes of the independence of the colonies. But let us first address the demographic potential of the new English colonies of North America. In the eighteenth century the most densely populated colonies were New Hampshire, Connecticut,

Starting as humble continent with simple peoples, North and Central America developed rapidly, once the Europeans touched down. WIthin a few centuries, this quiet continent became a booming beacon of industrialization. WIth everyone from the Dutch to the Spaniards, legions of Europeans came flocking to this new land with hopes of gaining land, power, and religious freedom.

There were many issues in colonial America throughout the seventeenth century that settlers had to face. Some were caused by the import of European lifestyles and views, others were distinctly American. While the northern and southern colonies differed in many areas, both experienced similar political, social, religious, and economic tensions. The religious tensions, and by extension the political tensions, in the colonies was largely due to the various religious beliefs present in the colonies.

The study of American colonies is very interesting because it not only shows us a group of different people banding together to create a nation but also how they fended off another nation to become free. This is how our great nation became what it is today; freedom is all anybody ever wanted so they risked their lives and the lives of their family to make the dangerous journey. There were the original 13 colonies in American but what people forget about are the other Spanish holdings towards the West that played a huge role in the tensions that were created in the 17th century and 18th century. There were huge tensions between groups of people for various reasons and this can be found in several writings.

Early English Settlements in the 1600s were heavily influenced by the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. As a result, England became a major naval power and gained dominion over the North Atlantic Ocean. This, England's own population growth, and poor economy encouraged the English to explore opportunities in the Americas to look for land, resources, and - after the persecution of certain religious groups- religious freedom as well. Jamestown, founded in 1607, by a Joint-stock company known as the Virginia Company, was only the first of thirteen colonies that would develop along the north atlantic coast, and formed what is known today as the United States of America. These 13 colonies were subdivided into 2 colonial regions as a collection

The colonial period in the United States all started when people starting immigrating to Boston in the 1630s. With high articulation of Puritan cultural ideas, the New England colonies have been regarded as the center of early American literature. In class we only talked about a few of the writing throughout the period but in this paper, I am going to tell you about the colonial period as a whole.