Colonies Essay

Life in the colonies weren't as easy as people said they were. One of the two article headlines I am going to be talking about is “Life on a farm” the second one I am going to be talking about is “Education”. These articles were published during that time. To begin, The following headline “Life on a farm” Is factual because we do the same everyday things now as they did back then. Back then people had to plow their fields and we have to do the same things now. Also people had to grow their own

White returned in 1590 (3 years later), the colony was gone. He was totally lost, until he found a tree trunk that had the word “CROATOAN” carved in it. John did not know what this meant. He thought that the word Croatoan meant that “the colony went to Croatoan Island, just about 50 miles away from Roanoke Island”. Stated The History Channel. With that John White set of for Croatoan Island. When he got to Croatoan Island there was no trace of the colony being there. We still don’t know today what

first colony at Jamestown, Virginia, It became the first permanent English settlement in North America, and first of 13 English colonies that won independence from England and became the first 13 states of the United States of America. A colony is land controlled by foreign nation. In the 17th century, many European nations had colony in America as well as other part of the world. Each of colonies was established for different purpose. It is written on the text book that, “The 13 colonies that eventually

13 English Colonies Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maryland were the thirteen colonies all had a different reason to be a colony. The thirteen colonies were divided into three different areas. The middle colonies were Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. The southern colonies were Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. and the northern

In 1585 the colony of Roanoke was founded, captain John White left the colony to find soldiers, food, and supplies. However, when he left for England a war was declared on Spain and England and he couldn’t return until three years later, the colony of Roanoke during that time was lost forever. We believe the colony was raided and pillaged by American Indians. In the carnage the American Indians captured and enslaved the colonists. While staying with the Indians they were accepted over time and gradually

not settle these colonies just to compete with Spain and France, who had already colonized in Florida and Acadia respectively, but to also benefit the colonists traveling there and to help England survive economically. Once France and Spain had colonized though, England saw the opportunity to colonize the entire mid-Atlantic seaboard, which they called Virginia. "By founding colonies, they hoped to weaken the empire of their great

James Oglethorpe’s (1696-1785) initial vision of the Georgia colony was to provide a safe haven to the debtors of Britain. However, the trustees of Georgia envisioned much more out of the colony and stated that it was not only a haven for the unemployed but for the religiously persecuted of the world aside from Jews and Catholics, and the colony also promoted a slave-free environment; Georgia was to serve as a buffer zone and military fortress between the Spanish controlled Florida and British controlled

Throughout the New World many British colonies were established for various reasons. A few of those reasons being for religious freedom, farming, and gold. The way that certain colonies would succeed and develop depended on geographical factors. Eventually some colonies would flourish through farming, seaport trade, or industry. In the New England colonies such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, their economy succeeded through shipbuilding and trading. The soil up north

The middle colonies were founded by the Dutch New Amsterdam but led by Quakers and William Penn. The middles colonies consisted of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. The two largest cities in the middle colonies was Philadelphia and New York. The middle colonies prospered from many farm goods. They prospered with farm good because of their climate. They had warmer winters, warmer summers, very fertile mountain valleys and most of all they had longer growing season than the New England

P.S Revolution Paper The American Revolution was far more than a battle of bloodshed and violence. The American Colonies that thrived from Englishman's journey to the New World created new ideology disconnected from the view of Parliament in the mother country of England. As the colonies flourished thousands of miles from Europe, a new breed of people were created of different ethnic groups, religious influences and Puritans ideals. This new breed were named Americans and as Americans developed