MacDowell Colony

passing of the Stamp act) think of imposing duties in America for the purpose of raising a revenue. The Townshend Acts claim the authority to impose duties on these colonies, not for the regulation of trade… but for the single purpose of levying money upson us.” (Document 2). The British just decided one day to just tax the colonies for no reason and the people had no say in it. Also, the British soldiers would come to Boston and take the Boston colonists jobs. Men and women would lose their jobs

Early James Town: Why did so many colonists die? These colonists died months after settlement. Why did they meet there death so early? The Colonists came for one reason. Or at least most of them. Gold, Silver and riches. So many colonists died at Jamestown in the beginning because of lack of commit, native American attacks and poor environment conditions. These people who the Virginia company sent to the "New World" They thought they were skilled and prepared to survive on this new land of

case of Britain, it blinded the king’s eyes, causing chaos within the incipient American colonies and driving the colonists into furor. Prior to that, the colonies had enjoyed a certain level of self government ever since the Parliament passed the salutary neglect. However, the king derailed the system of equality and made the American people pay most of Britain’s debt from the Seven Year War. Soon, the colonies revolted and the king took back his excessive taxations such as the Stamp Act. Nonetheless

The American Colonies for the past 20 years have become accustomed to living a thousand miles from their sovereign, the King of England and Parliament. This separation from “monarchial” control and power has created a tough and independent society, which although they believe themselves to be subjects of the crown, has molded an experience and lifestyle unlike any found within the “Crown’s” realm. Subsequently, these differences in lifestyles bond both Mother Country and colony on a path that veers

within the colonies grew towards their new country. These settlers slowly lost their patriotic tie to Great Britain and it’s ruler, King George III. So when the French and Indian War ended in America, and the indebted England needed some compensation from American settlers in the form of taxes, the colonists questioned the authority of England and their ability to rule them. British imperial policies such as the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Townshend Tea Tax caused uproar within the colonies against British

America in the new world. Factors such as colonialism, geography, and religion affected the way North America was formed and dictated how other people look at colonial America. Colonialism affected America’s demographic and also the ease of forming colonies in the new world. Geography also played a roll in shaping the identity of America. Geography affected where people settled based on the layout of rivers, ocean, and waterways. People also settled in places where they could grow crops. Geography also

in Early Seventeenth-Century Virginia by: T.H. Breen I believe what Breen is trying to say in his essay is that the Englishmen that came to Virginia were very different from the settlers of other colonies and they had a much different society develop than what was typical in the other colonies. They were a highly individualistic society. Breen believes that the personalities of those who came to Virginia were, in part what caused Virginia 's society to become so individualistic. Being so individualistic

Enticingly, the Spanish colonists came to this land with a passionate goal to develop the land and extract its natural resources for their profit. To this day, the Spanish’s action on this land has brought prosperity and has propagated California to be the leading roles in the innovation of new technologies and the production of movies. Despite of having this reputation, people seldom discuss on the origin of the land. When the Spanish came, the Indian are the inhabitants of the land; ruling the

1) Starting with the period of salutary neglect, Parliament set up the colonies to want independence. By giving them the freedom to do as they pleased without consequences, as long as they were making money, allowed the colonists to leave how to live as they wanted. Then, when they needed the colonies to pay the same taxes as everyone else by passing the Stamp Act, the colonists didn’t want to pay it because they were used to making their own laws. Parliament went from imposing very little regulations

things from a different perspective? What roles did the Indians play to impact the creation of the European colonies? Early relations amongst the natives and settlers exhibited a fluid balance of conflict and cooperation that facilitated, for both parties, economic opportunities based on trade, safety in the form of treaties and allies, and the potential gain of power. When establishing colonies, many Europeans did so on the premise that the new lands would provide a source of economic gain via flourishing