United States - New England, Colonies, Puritans: Although lacking a charter, the founders of Plymouth in Massachusetts were, like their counterparts in Virginia, dependent upon private investments from profit-minded backers to finance their colony. The n
nation and their allies. The war lasted from 1636-1638 and resulted in the virtual destruction of thePequots. The success of thisad hocalliance led the political elites of the colonies to begin discussions about the possibility of forming a more formal alliance among the New England colonies. ...
3 The second is the New England Commonwealth political dominion. The Dominion is not a voluntary form of colonial peoples, but the British government to strengthen the control of the North American colonies, the New England region to prevent the development of autonomous movement imposed colonial pe...
The chapter examines social evolution in the seventeenth-century British New England colonies of Plymouth, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, and New Haven. The author focuses primarily on the formation of the New England town and the institutions controlling various aspects of native-colonial relations. ...
The New England colonies were the scenes of important episodes in the pursuit of widely understood ideals of civility and virtuosity.The early settlers of Massachusetts Bay included men of impressive education and influence in England. Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who ca...
Western architecture - Colonial America, British Colonies, New World: The colonial architecture of the United States and Canada was as diverse as the peoples who settled there: English, Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, German, Scots-Irish. Each group car
Differences between New England and Chesapeake Colonies – DBQ By the 1700s‚ Colonial America was a diverse society; the northern colonies of New England and the southern colonies of the Chesapeake region‚ although mainly made up of British settlers‚ were already becoming distinct areas unlik...
…while another purveyor of Scotch whiskey, Teacher’s, raised a glass to the return of legal liquor in the colonies… …the makers of Hennessy brandy celebrated the fact that “we can be ourselves once more”… …the end of Prohibition saw the rapid expansion of the chain of Longchamps ...
Need for union among all the northern colonies … 274 Plymouth, Maine, and Acadia annexed to Massachusetts … 275 Which becomes a royal province … 276 And is thus brought into political sympathy with Virginia … 276 The seeds of the American Revolution were already sown, and the spirit of ...
Following the war a part of New York’s leadership aligned itself with leaders from other colonies tourgeestablishment of a strong central government for the new country rather than the looseconfederationthat was then in power. New York delegates to theConstitutional Convention(1787), especiallyAlexan...