Colonial Women
The story of the colonial era has usually been told as if white European males acted alone in settling North America. Prior to the mid-twentieth century, history books generally gave on...
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Old World Models.
Throughout history all societies have had sports of some kind. The Native Americans had a long history of both team games and individual contests. Some of the team sports were also ...
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Old World Customs.
European colonists came to America with assumptions about what constituted a good house, family, farm, community, food, and entertainment. They drew these ideas from what they had ...
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Transplantation.
The European settlement of the New World, with its subjugation of the native peoples between 1492 and 1900, constitutes one of the largest migrations of peoples in human history. Eur...
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English Precedents.
It is vital when studying colonial history to recognize that the American provinces descended from and were still part of a rich Old World past. It is a mistake to automatically p...
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Early Exploration.
English exploration and settlement of the Atlantic seaboard of North America began at the end of the sixteenth century. This development followed Spanish and French exploration dur...
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The Limits of Taste in Seventeenth-Century British America.
The homeland of the first English colonists boasted a culture of high artistic achievement. William Shakespeare was still writing plays as ...
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In general, the lives of women and the roles they played in society were very similar throughout the colonies. However, certain conditions in the Chesapeake region changed the roles of the women who ...
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The continuation colonization in different parts of America in the 17th century brought changes in many different ways. The northern, middle, and southern colonies had different climatic, religious...
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The Colonial Wars were the single most influential period of history in North America. The outcome of every conflict, big or small, had an impact on the future of the yet un-tapped land of dreams that...
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Many changes took place during the 1500s in England. The changes that had the most impact on people had to do with the government. These changes were so dramatic that they brought a desire by many for...
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Effects of Religion During the Colonial Period
The development of a country is a complex process that can be affected by many factors, one of which is religion. Colonial America was greatly impacte...
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Almost everything that is fundamentally American is a negative response to the Puritan experience. Puritans are generally stereotyped as dour, religious, dressed in black and seeming intent on spoili...
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The New England and the Chesapeake were two areas settled by the English, yet did not seem to be places established by people who originated from the same homeland. Both regions had vast differences...
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As the beginnings of the new land to be known as America were forming, motivations for colonists to make the journey were developing as well. There were several of these factors that were to bring th...
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Although both the New England and Chesapeake Bay colonies were settled by the English, there were many differences between the two. There were ecological, religious, agricultural and geographical and...
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Throughout history, there have been many examples where the roots of a colony branched out to form its own individual characteristics and beliefs. Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the T...
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Although the New England and Chesapeake regions of the United States were both settled by the English in the 1600s, they developed into two very different communities based mainly on their economic ob...
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Colonists in the 1600's attempted to escape subjugation in England with hopes of instituting sound civilizations in the New World. Although colonists descended from the same English background, it wa...
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Different colonies of the original thirteen influenced modern society today. Two in particular, the Chesapeake region and the New England colonies, have affect America in all respects. These two event...
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When a colony is established, many factors determine the type of society formed within the colony. The type of colony that develops is dependant first upon the founders' goals for the colony. Other...
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There were many important events that happened in early American history. From wars to discovering colonies, each was a critical part. Through this essay you will see how God has worked th...
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Geographical differences created distinct differences between the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies." When the English spread out along the Eastern Sea border, they all had different uses and ...
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You are a fourteen-year-old colonial girl. Next week you will marry someone you have never met. What will your wedding be like? What will your responsibilities be? How will you take care of your famil...
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The seventeenth century was one of great discovery and development. Historians tell us that through facts and their interpretations of the facts. The way historians present history is a controversial...
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Both Religious Freedom and Economic Betterment best describes the motivation behind the founding of the English Colonies. Religious freedom had an enormous part on this motivation because ce...
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The Native Americans were the first people to settle America. They lived peacefully for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the Americans. The Indians educated and groomed the path for American...
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The colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts were so different in the 17th and 18th century that they might as well not have been affiliated with the same country. With mercantilism in effect, they both...
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What do you think of when you hear the word America? Do you start to sing "American the Beautiful"" Do you think about all the men and women who fought for Country? Have you thought about how America ...
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"Give me liberty or give me death!" Patrick Henry. What caused the American colonists to be so hostile? Why did they feel imprisoned by the British government? It started right after the French and In...
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An Example of Colonial/Indian War Strategy
The diplomatic strategy that had served the Indians well was now nonexistent. Britain won the American war in 1758, the Creeks and the Cherokees lost their ...
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The various systems of government used within the American colonies have similarities and differences. All of the systems elect their own legislature. They all are democratic and they all had a gove...
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Religion greatly shaped the growth of the colonial life in North America. The King of England forced all English people to attend his church, the Church of England, which at that time was a Protest...
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The first settlers who migrated from Europe to colonize the New World brought with them prejudices or assumptions about the Native Americans, or Indians, living in the Americas. The settlers viewe...
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In the first decade of the 1600's, two companies were given charters from James I to colonize in North America. Both of these were joint stock companies, which limited the risk incase of failure. Th...
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Colonial Women
Colonial Era 1600-1754: Sports and Recreation
