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Nolen Abdullah Professor Toolsie HIST 109 05 March 2024 Quiz 2 “Doctrine of Discovery” The “Doctrine of Discovery” written on May 4, 1493, by Pope Alexander VI, was a main factor in the Spanish conquest of the New World. The document supports Spain’s strategy to ensure its direct right to the lands discovered by Columbus the previous year. It established a borderline west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands and assigned Spain the right to acquire territorial possessions and to trade in all lands

Brice Everson Mrs. Blomme Honors I 3 October 2014 Bacon 's Rebellion The definition of courage as defined by Dictionary.com is the ability to do something that frightens one. A rebellion takes courage. It 's not something the average human being can do. One cannot simply expect just anyone to verbally stand up for what they believe is right. Courage is not something found in a common human being. Sure, everyone has it somewhere deep down, but as for that select group of people who aren’t

“Bacon advocated immediate retaliation against the Potomack and Susquehannock tribes.” After rallying 300 for a troop, Bacon went to Berkeley to ask permission, but was quickly denied. The Govenor was not interested in protected his own people because he did not "want to loose valuable fur trade" with the Indians, which

Indians and Africans changed after the English Civil War. After King Charles, I sent those to America to colonize the first six colony’s in 1670 an indentured servant named Nathaniel Bacon and other indentured servants began killing the Doegs and Susquehannock when after their seven years of working was over they weren’t given their land. After the governor outlawed Bacon, in September of 1676 Bacon and his forces went to Jamestown and burned the capital to the ground. After that, the ties with the Indians

Virginia: The Problem Child Virginia and New England are both English colonies, but are very different in their beginnings, resulting in a huge difference between the towns themselves in the future. The differences are directly linked to the original purpose of each town. One was a short-sighted gold mine, and the other, a new community for families. Though Virginia was only intended to be a money source for young, single men, it eventually became America’s earliest slave society. This all started

Although some historians consider the Native Americans responsible for Bacon’s actions, could it be that Bacon was only after the native’s land and property and would do anything to obtain the land for his own financial benefit? In this essay, I will discuss Jamestown, Virginia in the 1600’s, and the conflicts between the settlers, Native Americans and the royalty from England that were sent to govern this area. This essay will also discuss why Bacon should not be considered a hero by taking into

wanted to maintain an alliances relationship with friendly neighboring Natives tribes and uses them as the buffers while fighting the Susquehannocks war, and in fact maintaining his fur trade monopoly. On the other side, Bacon and his followers, the discontented Virginians blamed the Natives, friendly or not, for all their problems. Theirs viewed of the Susquehannocks war as an opportunity to solve all their problems at once, for good. Not being able to convince the Governor for the commission he

Many historians think about how Pennsylvania had a big impact on the United States that we call home today.Pennsylvania was one of the first thirteen colonies which also means it was one of the first states to come up with laws.The reason Pennsylvania had such a big effect on the United States history is that our ancestors made fairly good decisions but they also made bad decisions.When William Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1681 on what was known as the Quaker religion. When people look at the history

A group of vigilantes was formed to protect the colonists in their area, against the local Native American tribes, after the French & Indian War, known as the Paxton Boys. On December 14, 1763, the Paxton Boys launched an assault on the local Susquehannock tribe, who had lived peacefully among each other for years. They were mutilated after scalping, and their camp was set fire. This was caused because of the political unrest about their vulnerability of being under fire. Since the government did

44. The Iroquois Confederacy was an alliance of several tribes between 1570 and 1600: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and later, Tuscarora. Its goal was to provide peace for its members and to conquer other groups; it stood out from other confederacies because it was better organized. The Constitution of the Iroquois Nation states that the main goal of the confederacy was to promote peace. They allied with the British and were enemies of the Algonquians and Hurons, who allied with the