... the Puritans thought of themselves as a beacon of righteousness for the world and they must set the standard for how everyone else should be living.16 For them they believed punishments must be harsh for moral offenders, such as pirates and without these harsh punishments they would not learn ... by showing the negative side of crime with the public punishment of piracy.40 Religious practice was used in the colonies, especially the New England colonies, by secular authority rather than just a religious institution. Many ministers would try and use crimes and punishment to show God's powe...

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... the colonists' dissatisfactions. There must have been some more fundamental divergences between the Colonies and Quebec which were the underlying causes for the Revolutionary War, occurring in the New England but not the New France. Political considerations were an essential factor triggering the American Revolutionary War in the Thirteen Colonies. Prior to the Seven Years' War, the French ... within the Thirteen Colonies were the decisive motive of the American Revolutionary War. Steadily growing over the entire colonial era, the prosperous economy and population of the New England area...

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... Bradford became the first governor of Plymouth. He wrote a history of the Colony called "Of Plymouth Plantation." He served as governor for approximately 20 years. - Because of the extremely harsh conditions, only half the pilgrims survived the first winter. Squanto, a Pawtucket Indian who spoke English, helped the Pilgrims to survive. He taught the Pilgrims to live off the land by fishing ... schools. Any community with 50 or more families was required to provide a school with a teacher. The school children used a textbook to learn how to read called the "New England Primer." - New Engl...

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... of himself ."1 There was a formal law that was sometimes enforced, as in the case of John Littleale in which Littleale was found to be living by himself and was found to "lay in a house by himself contrary to the law of the country, whereby he is subject to much sin ... are the companions and consequences of a solitary life."2 Eventually settlers began to set up farms in the North. Their farm households usually contained many people living together in one house. Some of those people might have been relatives, while others were not related. Contrary to the South, the northern farms were ...

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... pressured colonists to quickly produce profits. Virginia company's charter guaranteed overseas settlers the same rights as native Englishmen. Later, the colonists began resenting this far-reaching control by England. 2. 1606- Virginia Company's 3 ships landed near Chesapeake Bay and were attacked by Indians. The settled near the James River and called the place Jamestown. Initially, ... missionaries to come to Georgia. 6. Georgia did not thrive as it had an unhealthy climate, had restrictions on slavery and was harassed by the Spaniards. M. The Plantation Colonies 1. England's southern ...

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... , like Good, was very poor. She worked as a servant in the Parris home and was a Caribbean - Indian born in Barbados in the West Indies. Reverend Parris brought Tituba to New England when he was still a merchant, and after this she married John Indian who also worked as slave for Reverend Parris. Tituba was the person asked to aid with the girls ... tried, Martha Corey had the audacity to laugh at questions presented to her. She acted naive and said she did not even know if there were any witches in New England She also labeled herself as a "Gospel-woman." Her presence and attitude durin...

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