English colonies

the French Indian war England was disinterested in colonial affairs. Historian Carl N. Degler stated that this led to the colonies developing self reliance and their own ideas of government, as well as a heightened economy. And when England intervened with the colonies after the French Indian war this created tension. England imposed new laws and less freedom towards the colonies. They passed acts like the Stamp act and the Navigation acts that angered colonists. Yet many people remained loyal to the

The English had two main colonies in the new world, Jamestown and Plymouth. The first colony was Jamestown, established in Virginia in 1607.Jamestown was settled by Captain John Smith, and was named by after King James I. And Plymouth is in Massachusetts it was the second English settlement in North America. The Englishmen were attempting to settle in the new area they encountered many struggles along with sickness and hunger. On May 14, 1607, a group of roughly 100 members of a

John White left for supplies with 117 people in his colony in Roanoke, VA and came back two years later (Lane). Everything had completely vanished. How could someone leave and when they get back everything is just gone? Roanoke Colony completely vanished nothing left; no bodies, no supplies, but there are many theories dealing with the fate of the colonists. In 1584, Raleigh was granted a patent by Queen Elizabeth I to colonize in America (Lane). Raleigh sent explorers Philip Amadas, and Artur

When it began, America did not have the strong national identity and unity that it does today. Originally it was made up of thirteen individual colonies ruled by the British empire. As the colonies endured through the restrictions from the British government they became more and more rebellious. It wasn’t until the summer of 1776 that the colonies broke their ties with England and became a more united nation. While they did become more independent as time went on, their identity did not fully develop

Captain John Smith and William Bradford both leaders that started new colonies. Smith and Bradford were both from England and trying to find a new lifestyle. Although John Smith landed a little over a decade before William Bradford landed both of them started new colonies and English settlement started. They also experienced some of the same things while trying to live their new lives here in America. Traveling aboard the Godspeed, Susan Constant, and Discovery, were 104 men that landed in Virginia

Science Unravels the Mystery of the Lost Colony What makes history such an interesting subject to study are the many mysteries intertwined with in it. Over the years many of the mysteries have been solved. However, one of the most intriguing mysteries still remains unsolved and leaves us with a question that needs to be answered, what happened to the settlers of the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Since their disappearance historians have come up with multiple theories about what could have possibly happened

the Separatists from Leiden, Holland along with William Bradford. My ancestors’ immigration mirrored the other arrivals of English Separatist settlers who left because

sought to reform Christianity but did not like the Puritans views on salvation. Instead they adopted the belief that God gave mankind understanding, which gave an emphasis on gender equality. Navigation Acts – An act that attempted to keep trade in English control by keeping the French and the Dutch away from American ports. Mercantilism – A law that was set into place so that the Colonial merchants could not

In 1700 there were only 300,000 people inhabiting the original thirteen colonies, but then the population doubled every twenty-five years and only seventy-five years later, the population rose to 2.5 million people. This population spike caused a major shift in power from Britain to the colonies because originally in 1700 there were twenty English officials for every one colonist, but by 1775 there was only three English official per colonist. The Scot-Irish had no support for the British crown because

harsh environment the English placed upon the native tribes of North America was a tainted with unnecessary actions, the political movement for English to vacate England and colonize North America was because of overcrowding due to American imports, the social pressures that contributed to English colonization of North America was religion lead, and the separation from England Catholics and Scotland was necessary to practice free religion. The political movement for English to vacate and endure the