Samuel Sewall

The Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism went down the same road. They both named some names of people who were not even apart of the communist party, nor were they witches. Both events did not have proof of other people being apart of these groups either.After awhile people started resisting and stopped the trials. The fact that both events named off random people shows that the events went off the same idea and started the same way. During the Witch Trials two little girls named Abigail and Betty

The Glorious Revolution of England was a bloodless coup which led to the overthrow of King James II in 1688 and the establishment of William and Mary as monarchs. The Parliamentarians got rid of the “absolute monarchy.” King James II tried to create religious liberty for English Roman Catholics. Over half the colonies were under King James II’s control. King James II refused to recognized the colonial charters. They didn’t have any say over the laws and taxes. He attempted to replace Protestant institution

Lessons about God As A.B. Simpson once stated, “All that God requires of [his children] is an opportunity to show [them] what He can do.” God is an omnipotent being, but some people doubt his power; nevertheless, God will ensure that His plans are carried out despite the challenges placed before Him. In the book Twelve Unlikely Heroes, John MacArthur retells the story of Jonah and explains how God used him to deliver the Ninevites, regardless of his prejudices against them. Jonah’s story conveys

Running head: A CHESAPEAKE FARMER REACTING TO THE NAVIGATION ACTS 1 A CHESAPEAKE FARMER REACTING TO THE NAVIGATION ACTS 2 A Chesapeake Farmer Reacting To the Navigation Acts HY 1110, American History A Chesapeake Farmer Reacting To the Navigation Acts The financial weight of the Navigation Acts on the American colonies had been a subject of verbal confrontation, both among the eighteenth-century pilgrims and among researchers in the twentieth century. The level headed discussion

Tyrannical, selfish, and unreliable are all words that describe the British. The redcoats have taxed us unfairly, denied the colonies representation in Parliament, and have taken away our rights. It's your choice if you want freedom or to be someone's sweet submissive subject forever and ever. I Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, believe that we have had some good times with Britain, but now it’s time to move out on our own. If the Brits keep heavily taxing the colonist they are going to revolt

J’Taiya Carr REFLECTION PAPER 2 HIS 201 June 15, 2016 The English colonies in North America were slowly separating themselves from the crown. It starts with radical kings in Europe who cause so much disruption that a civil war occurs. The colonies worked together to fend for themselves and survived quite well without the crown and Parliament watching over them. England was not aware of it but every little thing they did to try reasserting command over the colonies only pushed them farther away

To be an American isn’t always about having nice cars and big mansions throughout different time periods the idea of being an American has changed. The Pre-Revolutionary War Era, the building of a Nation Era and the World War Era all contribute to the way being an American is thought of. In times of disgraces or economic prosperity America has always stood together but dreams were changed. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson during the Pre-Revolutionary War

In 1683 Robert and Catherine Spotswood brought their son, Alexander Spotswood, to England. The Spotswood’s had lived in the English colony of Tangier, Morocco, in 1676. Alexander grew up to be a part of the military. He began in Bath’s infantry regiment and was soon promoted as a lieutenant colonel. In 1704, during the Battle of Blenheim, he was severely wounded, and in 1708 he was taken prisoner in the Battle of Oudenarde. He was released but after years of not receiving any more promotions, he

The Crucible Research Paper “SUSANNA, craning around Parris to get a look at Betty: He [the doctor] bid me come and tell you, reverend sir, that he cannot discover no medicine for it in his books. PARRIS: Then he must search on...There be no unnatural case here. Tell him I have sent for Reverend Hale of Beverly, and Mr. Hale will surely confirm that. let him look to medicine and put out all thought of unnatural causes here. There be none. (I.31-34)” Betty Parris and Abigail Williams becoming violently

The Scottsboro boys trial took place in March of 1931, a trial that was dictated by race and not by actions. The accusations were faulty, as was the evidence. Yet the boys were all sentenced for death or life imprisonment. The trial was unfair at least, the nine black boys were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The boys were riding a train to find work and instead got into a fight with some of the white men on the train. The police were called and they came. Two women were also in the train