The pilgrims were a group of people who were determined to change their lives. They wanted to live somewhere where they could freely worship God. So, they set off to find somewhere where they would not be persecuted or judged for what they believed. They fought through treacherous waters, sickness, and the new territory once they got on land. The pilgrims showed many different characteristics by making that journey to America. The three biggest characteristics the pilgrims showed were courage (bravery), love, and optimism. The first characteristic is courage. They would have never left England if there was no courage. As a group, they agreed to stop their entire lives, their kid’s lives, and to go to this land they had only heard of. Once the pilgrims arrived in America, it took a lot of courage to deal with the Native Americans and learning to co-exist with them. The biggest show of courage was their ability to make it through the winter. The chilling temperature, once they got to America, was detrimental to their health. All of the deaths and sickness that came because of the winter could have been enough to make them quit, but even faced with the weather; they were able to show courage and make it through it all. …show more content…
The love they had for each other was unbelievable. They all had to take care of each other when they were sick or hurt. The kids grew up together; they were all one big happy family. I also think the love they had for God was undeniably huge. They all risked their lives just so they could worship God. Once they got to America, they had to believe that God would protect them through the tough times they went through. They had many deaths because of the cold, and they did not know how to hunt properly. Believing in God is what kept them together and what brought the Indians to them who showed them what they needed to do to
Long before what we now call America there was nothing but unequipped pilgrims coming from Europe, and Native Americans. They faced many challenges including harsh climates, diseases that attacked their incognizant immune systems, and Natives who were ready to fight for what was rightfully theirs. Among these colonies two stand out, and while they share a few similarities both are profusely different; Jamestown and Plymouth.
Settlers came to america for it’s many advantages. The pilgrims came for land, self government, work, chances of their own children living longer, and there were also rumors of gold and silver in america. Settlers didn’t know what was in america but, they did imagine that there would be plenty of land full of opportunities, and work to be done. This small community could start to plant crops like tobacco, and because they had new and healthy crops because of how they learned to farm, themselves and their children lived longer. I found these facts in a prezi facts presentation and also in the historical america video.
One of the major differences between both societies was unity. The Puritans came with the knowledge of working together and becoming closer to God. When they travelled they travelled together not separately like the inhabitants of Virginia. Document G vividly illustrates the mistrust between the colonists as it states,” ….Virginia is intersected by so many vast rivers as makes more miles to defend than we have men of trust to defend them. John Winthrop’s, “A city upon a hill” characterizes the puritans as caring human beings who stuck together through hardships. Bacon’s Manifesto was best way to describe how disunited the pilgrims acted. In Nathanial Bacon’s speech, Document H, he declares, “All people in all places where we have yet been can attest our civil, quiet, peaceable behavior far different from that of rebellion.” Bacon and his supporters later could bear no more and burned Jamestown into ashes. This is a result of the disunity and lack of respect these pilgrims had for each other.
Beginning with the intention of moving to the New World, settlers from Jamestown were in search of wealth in the New World and when reality struck, they did not handle labor well. On the contrary, Pilgrims from Plymouth were looking for religious freedom and were hardworking when it came to labor. Considering, that the Plymouth colony was cold and lacking in fertile soil, this caused the Pilgrims in Plymouth to not be able to support and feed themselves using traditional farming techniques, unlike Jamestown, whose colonists relied on farming. However, the colonists in Plymouth were better off than those at Jamestown as a result of the lack of Native groups around the land surrounding the settlement, as well as their cunning motives for establishing the colony, themselves. The colonists of Plymouth were looking to build a working society and not misuse the land for economic reasons like Jamestown.
Penn and Winthrop led their people to the New World with the hopes of starting a new, safe, society that escaped persecution. Their contact with the Indians and their differing views of religion would help them shape the politics of their communities. They both came with the similar goals but they would each carry it out in their own specific way. These early colonists would help influence the founding of many other communities, bringing in many new ideals
When the first settlers arrived to America they weren't ready for the challenges they were going to come across. Even though they had to start a new life they were brave and didn't let anyone get in the their way. When the pilgrims came across the Atlantic in the Mayflower they didn't have enough food or water for the whole trip. The pilgrims had to learn new things and be brave when they arrived to America. This responsibility of perseverance which is mentioned in two text, William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, helped the early settlers shape America's identity.
The colonies of Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay each were different by nature, goals, successes, and failures. There were numerous similarities as well as differences. However, each colony was looking for something better that was missing in their main land. Members of each colony had a vision of what they expected the New World to look like. When they arrived, they were given a sense of reality. Each colony had challenges that it would have to overcome to thrive as a new establishment in the New World. The three colonies succeeded at different levels in the New World.
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
Pilgrims were the first to arrive on the Mayflower. They were expected to land in Virginia, but trailed off course, landing in Plymouth. They created the Mayflower Compact which states that all who sign the document were to remain faithful to the king and behave like a good citizen. The Pilgrims worked nicely with the Pequot Indians. They had the help of Squanto and Samoset, who taught them how to farm and survive. The Puritans were the second group of individuals to arrive in Massachusetts. John Winthrop, the first governor, wanted to create a tight-knit community and a model society for Christians. This was known as “City Upon a Hill”. They developed laws that was connected with the church and the state. The Puritans valued education, so they built Harvard University to train Puritan ministers. There was also religious tension with the Puritans. Kids of religious parents didn’t want a public conversion. The church wanted the kids to stay, so they created the Half-Way Covenant. It stated that the kids can continue becoming Puritans if they read the Bible and had parents who went through a public conversion. Next, there was a crisis with witchcraft, known as the Salem Witch Trials. The settlers were afraid of witches, connecting it with the Devil. When the kids started behaving oddly, blame was casted towards women and
The novel Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick has a long list of things to teach us about the New World. The fact that it’s showed us that the very first pilgrims had no idea what they were in for was crucial. They were hit with the realization that the Natives would be wild and ferocious instead of calm and tame. They’d known they would be introduced to new ways of life, and disease, but they didn’t suspect that it’d be the most destructive part to the goodwill of the newly born colony.
Amid the 1700's, individuals in the American provinces lived in exceptionally unmistakable social orders. While a few homesteaders drove hard lives, others were solid and prosperous. The two gatherings who demonstrated these distinctions were the pilgrims of the New England and Chesapeake Bay zones. The separating qualities among the Chesapeake and New England settlements created because of economy, religion, and thought processes in frontier extension. The pilgrims of the New England territory had an exceptionally glad and sound life. This high method for living was expected to some extent to better cultivating, a healthier situation, and a high rate of generation in light of more
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.
Separatists and Puritans, people who wanted to leave or purify the Church of England, were the main Pilgrims who left on the Mayflower. It would later be called the Great Migration.They wanted to make a new colony in Virginia but were set off course by a huge storm and landed on Cape Cod. They then made the first governing document known as the Mayflower Compact. It stated that they all must listen and obey the laws of the colony. John Winthrop was a major effect on the 13 colonies and on Plymouth. He brought over immigrants and played a role as Plymouths leader for a
How did the experience of the early settlers in colonies help to lay the groundwork for what will become the American personality? There is certain trait woven deeply into the American personality that can not go unnoticed. The first trait I will talk about is something you can spot out right away just having a conversation with an American. Somehow and some way, this line seems to come up in every conversation, “Why does my tax money have to go into these roads, prisons, etc.” Yes, Americans hate taxes.
They all wore nice clothes that were bright and colorful. They also played games and had a lot of fun in whatever they did. They aso didn't call themselves pilgrims. These are some myths about the First