Why Did They Drive To Become A Voyageur?

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

A Voyage Long And Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America

This book begins by describing all of the many different events that are occurring around the world during the year 1606, such as the opening of the play Macbeth and Galileo Galilei publishing a book of the observations of supernova in the sky. During the same year, in late December, three small ships were anchored in London’s River Thames waiting to depart to a new settlement. The three ships were the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. The Virginia Company of London organized and financed the voyage to begin the new settlement of Jamestown. The crew is very excited to search for gold, silver, and other riches that have supposedly been found in North America. Their previous knowledge of the Spanish enrichment of gold and silver created a group dominated by money hungry, wealthy gentlemen. Aboard the ships were a great deal of gentlemen, but unfortunately lacked in soldiers and working men. The majority of the men were not accustomed to any type of hard labor, and this caused many problems because the conditions the crew were in clearly called for difficult laborious work. One of the few commoners on board was John Smith, a former soldier who proved to be a key leader to the survival of the colony. Although he was looked down upon by the upper class, he was a hard worker, and also very intelligent and a jack of all trades.

During the eight-hundred mile trek many children and spouses were separated from their families. About one-third of the original Cherokee they collected died in the holding camps and between the trek from the Southeast section of the Union to Indian Territory. "In the words of a British officer, ‘They are like the Devil's pig, they will neither lead nor drive'" (Woodward Preface).They would have to learn a new way of life and adjust. They lost their Negro slaves, and their possessions (Bruchac 35).

While being on water traveling by ship, there wasn’t much either of them could do to make the conditions any better. William Bradford couldn’t make his conditions improve due to his location on the water, far away from the resources that could help his situation. On William's ship the Mayflower one main problem was sickness and disease. Since the people were on a ship so close to each other the disease would spread quickly, and with lack of medical knowledge and help many would die. Some would just become sick from the cold and the wetness from the horrible weather they would have on their journey. Frequent storms not only caused trouble for the people on board but also caused damage to the ship. Equiano couldn’t change his conditions due to his standing as an African American slave, so he had no say or no control over what happened to him. His journey is known as the middle passage which is the trip from Africa to the americas. On this tough voyage he and the other slaves were shoved d crammed in the lower deck, where it was dark and smelled awful. This smell was from themselves because they had no toilets, and couldn’t bathe, plus people were constantly getting sick. Many of these africans died because of this air. Not only were there living conditions bad they were also frequently beaten and harassed. Mary Rowlandson had a different type of journey, when captured by the natives they

But, in order to get here, they had to go through the voyage. It was full of dreadful conditions, from eating “old and sharply-salted food and meat” to disease and death at a high rate. He explains that some women had to die because they, “could not give birth under the circumstances, was pushed through a loophole (porthole) in the ship and dropped into the sea.” This was horrible but that’s not it, children had to see their parents die or vice versa. These conditions explain that coming to the American colonies was not that simple but rather difficult due to the horrifying conditions one had to face during the voyage and then when they had

The migration of European settlers and culture to North America is an often examined area. One aspect of this, however, is worthy of deeper analysis. The conquest of North America by Europeans and American settlers from the 16th to 19th centuries had a profound effect on the indigenous political landscape by defining a new relationship dynamic between natives and settlers, by upsetting existing native political, economic and military structures, and by establishing a paradigm where the indigenous peoples felt they had to resist the European and American incursions. The engaging and brilliant works of Andres Rensendez and Steve Inskeep, entitled respectively “A Land So Strange” and “Jacksonland”, provide excellent insights and aide to this analysis.

It is evident in documents B and C that the voyagers that traveled to the Chesapeake and New England had very different things in mind. The settlers of New England traveled with almost their entire families, and once they settled, families remained the center of the New England society. Almost from the beginning, New England's population grew from natural reproduction, meaning that the people in that region were remarkably fertile. They married young, the women

Coming to America was very scary and dangerous. Children had to leave their leave moms and dad and ride on boats alone. They faced many challenges such as sickness. People on the boat got sea sick or got the flu. They were contagious so they gave it to others. The sea was rough, some boats never made it to the New World. Many people died on the way to the New World. They survived on very little food and water they could only store as much as what would fit on the boat. They couldn’t drink sea water because it would dehydrate them even more and when they got to America they would have to find money to get a house and food. Life was very difficult because parents had to find a job. By the time some of the kids reached the New World the parents

Due to religion being historically inherited from previous generations, many families moved to the New England colonies; these colonies had an abundance of women and children. One source, the Ship’s list of Emigrants Bound for New England, written in Weymouth on March 20, 1635, listed those who migrated in large family groups to the new world. This source lists “Joseph Hull, … Agnes Hull, … Joan Hull, … Joseph Hull, … Tristram, … Elizabeth Hull, ... Temperance, … Grissel Hull, … Dorothy Hull...” as all coming over to the New World in a single family unit consisting of mostly those under the age of twenty-five; it included children, wives, husbands, and grandparents (Document B). One could believe that it was these already established social bonds that made reaching out and fitting into the new communities much easier than without. In contrast, those who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay colonies in search of wealth, usually traveled as single men passengers as many vowed to work as indentured servants to pay for their passage to the New World. One source, the Ship’s list of Emigrants Bound for Virginia, written in Ultimo in the July of 1635, stated “These unwritten names are to be transported to Virginia, embarked in the Merchant’s Hope” before going on to list all names of those who embarked on the journey; few of which were relatives, younger than twenty years old, or female (Document C). It

Life for women in Colonial America was tougher to endure than life back in England. With daily home chores, that generally lasted all day, to keeping the children under control, women were often burdened by the amount of work they had. Luckily, settling down and finding a husband was inevitable. Although, many women who first came to America as indentured servants would have to wait for marriage until the end of their service.

They had paid for their own voyage and the sole purpose of their travels was to become rich. Upon their arrival, they set off in search for a land of gold. During their search, they created heavy tensions with the natives in the area. This negative relationship with the natives caused them to be attacked and almost wiped out until the British government took over the region and introduced a new system. This new system granted 50 acres of land to each person that paid for their voyage, or another person’s voyage over. This caused more families to be drawn to the opportunity and eventually a greater, smarter, stronger community was established. Overall, there was a far more immediate success in the establishment of the population in New England than in the Chesapeake region, which eventually lead to a different feel in society. Additionally, society itself was changing more and more between the two regions due to the climate.

Creating Contrasting Colonies The development of the thirteen British colonies of America majorly varied from region to region, but their similarities them to later unite into the superpower the world knows today. Due to lack religious freedom and tolerance in England, Protestant faiths set up self-governing colonies in 1620-1700s in what is later known as as New England. Following the defeat of Spanish Armada and England’s new major naval power status, England charted several royal, proprietary, and commerce colonies within the span of 1618 to the 1700s, which developed in the Chesapeake region each ruled by a royal governor or a joint stock company.

To help with emerging oneself into the text, the author uses photographs and illustrations from living museums and authentic historical reenactments to show how colonial people lived in the 1600 and 1700s. The author does not just make mention of names of those who come over to settle into the New World but tells how and why the New World was settled. The author is very detailed in describing how things were for the settlers. The author even includes the hardships settlers and their families faced when they arrived in the New World such as the death of many settlers due to illness. There is so much information in the book and the author provides the reader with questions to begin each new topic in the book. This will help readers with critical thinking. The book has colored sidebars with even more interesting information and historical facts about colonial times and activities to try with the class.

Family relations started to weaken during the second revolution in America and New England because with new employment opportunities for women, men and children in New England and America, families had the ability to become free or separate from each other, move away, or have an employment in which their gender or age might not have otherwise allowed today. “In short, the Industrial Revolution in early America created a standard of hard work, individuality, and in some cases, an equal amount of importance dedicated to career and family.”