1. When Columbus set out for the New World, he set out with the goal in mind that he would reach the famous Asia, in which Marco Polo inspired him to do, and make an enterprise in the Indies using spices of the area. On his travels to Asia, he veered off and never reached it. Instead, he reached the Bahamas and named it San Salvador which means "Holy Savior" in Spainish. Soon after that, he reached America in which he claimed land in the name of Spain. Columbus tried to make a colony of the land in which is claimed but failed, as was imprisoned for his poor leadership.
2. The events that led up to the Age of Exploration and Discovery included improvements in technology and the seeking of Gold, God, and Glory. Now that europeans had invented boats like caravels that could sail in shallow waters, and better navigation tools, that had all that
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The English established colonies mainly because the people of England were either being prersucuted due to religion, money affairs, or simpliy wanted to start a new life. It also benifited the main country since they could use the colonies resources as they wished.
4. Plymouth : America's first permanent Puritan settlement, was established by English Separatist Puritans in December 1620. The Pilgrims left England to seek religious freedom, or to find a better life.
Massachusetts Bay: The Massachusetts Bay colony was established by the Massachusetts Bay company as a new start for those who wanted to practice their Puritain religion.
Rhode Island: The Rhode Island colony was established by Roger Williams after he was banished from Massachusetts colony after clashing with the Puritains about separation of church and state. Founded Rhode Island colony (Providence) and made it so regardless of you religion, you were allowed to partake in the government.
Connecticut: The Connecticut colony was founded in 1635 by Thomas Hooker and his followers for political and religious freedom after a disagreement with Massachusetts
New Haven and Connecticut were two other colonies founded exclusively for Religious purposes. Many of the Separatists in Massachusetts felt that the religion was too liberal inside of the colony. They felt that the beliefs were not being enforced enough and that the people were not living through literal interpretations of the Bible. These Separatists further separated themselves from Massachusetts and formed a new colony, New Haven.
Thomas Hooker founded the Connecticut colony in 1633. The Connecticut colony was founded to start a democratic government.
Separatists sailed on a ship called the Mayflower, which blew off course, and landed in what is today massachusetts. Due to fear, they decided to establish their community there. In 1620 , half of them died and the other returned to England. Puritans wanted to formalize Massachusetts as a royal colony and colonize it themselves. It was formalized in 1629 under the Massachusetts Bay Company .In 1634, many people in Massachusetts denied the absolutism of puritan domination, they ;however, did not reject the religious nature of the colony. Due to Massachusetts prosperity from the cultivation of grains and cereals , small towns appeared throughout Massachusetts: Maine , New hampshire, connecticut and rhode island.
The original colonists of New England were the Puritans. Initially, the Puritans departed for Denmark after being offered protection. However, Denmark was a Protestant nation: religious maltreatment was raging in England between the Puritans, the Church of England, the Catholic Church, and other Protestant churches. The Puritans wanted religious freedom, so they left for the New World in the Mayflower in September 1620. After the colonists arrived at Plymouth in the New World, they immediately set up governments and villages that revolved around the General Council. The Puritans sought to re-form society in the style they thought God rightly envisioned it to be plan...
King Charles gave 8 noblemen a large tract of land that they name the Carolinas named after the person who gave them this land. In order to keep their land going they tried to get settlers to settle there but that did not work out so well. In August 1669, 3 ships left with the first settlers. Each paid 500 pounds for their settlement. That’s when they had founded Charlestown, and within 2 years there were 271 men and 69 women. The proprietors of the settlement set up a government called the Fundamental Constitution of the Carolinas. One of the authors of the Constitution was John Locke. The growth of the Carolinas was very slow mostly because the area was swampy and many people came down with malaria. The proprietors of the colony wanted to offer a large part of the land to a small
In the year 1630 during the reign of King Charles the first, Puritans came to the New World. The first group of Puritans to land in New England, led by John Winthrop, traveled overseas to form a new, pure church and have religious freedom their way. The Puritans started out with just nine hundred people, but quickly grew to over twenty thousand. They began by settling in Boston, Massachusetts, forming the Massachusetts Bay Colony, an economically successful colony. They soon spread to form and settle Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. Their religious beliefs had an extreme influence on the development of New England and played its part in creating one of the first forms of democracy in the New World. John Winthrop wanted himself
King Charles the first founded the Carolinas in 1629 and named the colony after himself. Carolina derives from the Latin word for Charles (Carolus). Originally, the colony was much larger and covered both Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee. Immediately, differing ideas and arguments broke out among the leaders of the colony. In 1712, North Carolina seceded from its southern half when the Lords Proprietors made Edward Hyde governor of North Carolina and not all Carolina. It was officially recognized as separate colonies in 1729. Often times, we think of the founders of our country as intelligent and divinely inspired. From the details of the founding of South America, we can see that everything does not go as smoothly as history would like to paint it.
The pilgrims were originally headed for Virginia; instead they landed in Massachusetts, first at Provincetown and then at Plymouth. The pilgrims led by William Bradford landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 seeking religious freedom. They agreed to abide by the Mayflower Compact in which they promised to obey the laws that they would create together, setting the precedent for participatory government.
The majority of the population living in this distinct place, who settled on today’s Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, lived off of the Puritan authoritative laws. New people were always arriving at the ports of these peculiar settlement areas because of their surplus of natural resources (plants, fish, etc...
in the 17th century some Puritan groups separated from the Church of England. Among these were the Pilgrims, who in 1620 founded Plymouth Colony. Ten years later, under the auspices of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the first major Puritan migration to New England took place. The Puritans brought strong religious impulses to bear in all colonies north of Virginia, but New England was their stronghold, and the Congregationalist churches established there were able to perpetuate their viewpoint about a Christian society for more than 200 years.
Spain’s initial goals were to discover gold or other mineral wealth, explore the new world, spread Catholicism, and overall, continue Christopher Columbus’s goal of finding passage to the east.
Both the colony of Massachusetts and Virginia were founded by companies looking to make money off the New World, but the founding of Massachusetts was motivated more by religious goals and family dynamics. Erin Bonuso, author of “Colliding Cultures”,
During the 1600’s, people living in England wanted to make a better life for themselves so they left to explore a new land. Upon arrival, they formed colonies. Two of the three colonies formed were New England colony and the Southern colony. Though these people wanted to change their way of living from England, these colonies had different viewpoints on how they wanted to live their lives once they arrived in the new world. Things like climate, education and religion played a major part in their economic growth.
Plymouth was settled in Massachusetts in 1620 by colonists who came over from England to escape religious persecution. Plymouth is known today for the Salem Witch Trials and the story of Anne Hutchins...
So they travelled by ship to New England in the early 17th century. The New England region became the center for Puritanism. To controll most of the colonies' activity they held a strong connection between church and state. This strong controll could be hold up until the end of the 17th century.