The American Pageant Chapter 4 Apush

The Chesapeake and New England colonies are some of the most important English colonies of today. Both have very unique characteristics. The settlers traveled to america as individuals to start a life of their own by creating their own society. The imigrants who colonoized New england where more religious and devout while the Chesapeake settlers came for financial reasons.

The new england colonies often used the triangular trade route. This trade route connected England to the New England colonies to Africa. The trade route looked like a triangle on the map, therefore this series of routes was named the triangular trade route. This route was a help to all colonies because it was very

The journey to the New World for both indentured servants and slaves was miserable as the torrid conditions on the ship proved to be deadly for many and devastating for the rest. On the ship carrying the indentured servants to the colonies in America, people were stuffed in cramped confines. An account from Gottlieb Mittelberger, a German schoolmaster who traveled on a ship to Philadelphia with poor immigrants who would become servants, wrote, “One person receives a place of scarcely 2 feet width and 6 feet length in the bedstead, while many a ship carries four to six hundred souls; not to mention the innumerable implements, tools…” (Mittelberger). In a crowded ship with several hundred others and many other items, each indentured servant barely

New England was fed up with the Church of England and the Puritans wanted to recreate their own religion which they thought was more what God had believed was the intended belief. They both decided that neither of them like the way England was set up and said that England was no good for their beliefs. They planned to leave England and go to the new world to set up a life where their children had the chance to be raised in a perfect society with no corruption. Concentrated on town life and industries, they made a living off of fishing, whaling and shipbuilding. Whale oil was key because it made their lamps. Farming was useful for crops like wheat but corn, pumpkin and beans were planted because they were able to grow in the poor soil they had.

The american slave trade was an unfortunate event that shaped our country for what it is and stands for today. Slaves started as immigrants on their way to the new world that had no choice in the future that was held for them (The Growth of Slavery). Slavery has often been associated with Africans, but started years before colonists thought up the idea of using Africans as slaves. The beginning of the slave trade in the American Colonies was due to the desire for large profits with a cheap and abundant supply of labor.

In North America during the seventeenth century there were a lot of changes, a lot conflicts and a lot of resolutions. The English colonies that were established during this time period underwent huge amounts of change. Some of these changes were good and some of these changes were bad. They would go from being almost left to themselves to being one of the biggest things for the monarchy, for a number of reasons.

Like the Pilgrims, Puritans were English Protestants who believed that they had the right to have freedom of religion. In 1630, the Puritans left England and sailed to America 10 years after the Pilgrims to start their own government in the new world. Puritans believed in strict Protestantism and they thought the Church of England did not go far enough. The king of England was pushing the state church to be the official Church of England but the Puritans didn't agree with that. The Puritans were religious extremists who believed they were chosen to be the saviors of the world by bringing Christianity to others, which they did by enforcing their religion on others and

Throughout the history of the United States, immigration has contributed greatly to the development of the country. For centuries, immigration has provided the United States with extraordinary population growth and remarkable changes among social, political, and economic structures. However, immigration was not the only significant factor that influenced the growth of the United States. Beginning in the 17th century, indentured servitude became a common practice within the colonies that eventually became the United States and the Irish as well as other European groups were a major source of obligatory labor. Ultimately, this practice of indentured servitude led to and occurred alongside the mass enslavement of Africans. Albeit, the African experience of slavery, racism and oppression differed greatly in comparison to other ethnic groups such as the Irish. Although Irish immigrants suffered considerably from prejudice and maltreatment, the conditions that Africans confronted were exceedingly harsher than those that confronted the Irish.

William Berkeley may have been naive enough to expect Charles II’s particular favour for Virginia when he was restored to the throne in 1660. But king and parliament wrote a new Navigation Act injurious to Virginia’s interests. Tobacco, again one of the enumerated products, had to go through an English port and pay customs before it was sold on home or foreign markets. Foreign ships were prohibited from trading in the English colonies, thereby preventing Virginians from continuing their profitable trade with the Dutch. Virginia’s principal crop stood in danger of additional taxation because of the Crown’s urgent need for revenue, and because the English at home were incorrigibly reluctant to pay the true cost of maintaining their government.6

The Middle Passage refers to the journey in which Africans were transported across the Atlantic to the West Indies as slaves and were then sold or traded for raw materials. Due to the fact that Africans were considered as less than human, the conditions they were forced to endure during the Middle Passage were appalling. Evidently, the conditions varied by ship and voyage, yet the same problems arose; disease, abuse, lack of food and water as well as inadequate living conditions.

Agriculture in Rhode Island is important; it is one of the state’s top industries. Farming earns Rhode Island’s government $59.6 million dollars per year. Most money being made from the agriculture is from sod, ornamental trees, and shrubs. The surface of the state is 10% farmland, although less than 3% of the population farm, and the future of farming here is uncertain. Due to population density, prices of land are rapidly increasing. At $12,000 per acre2, it proves to be nearly impossible for new farmers to make a living.

In the Atlantic World, African slave trade was introduced by the demand for cheap labor and provoked the horrible cruelties of slave trade. Around 1500, European colonists began to use enslaved Africans for the sugar plantations and tobacco farms because they needed a large number of workers to make them beneficial. The European workers planned on using Native Americans to complete the labor but millions died from disease, warfare, and merciless treatments, therefore, forcing the plantation owners to use enslaved Africans. Although slavery had existed in Africa for centuries, there were a few compelling occurrences that allowed slavery and slave trade to grow rapidly in it’s popularity. ADD THESIS.

Is the idea of race a construct of human beings? What are your feelings about this? The film suggests that racism developed to justify discrimination and cruelty, in the name of economic gain; the idea that institutionalized racism is blended with capitalism because rich moneyed people own slaves. I think race

Slaves on these dreadful ships lose everything they once loved. Families were torn apart and never saw again. Freedom was more of a dream that would not have happened until years to come. Respect, respect wasn't even a word for Africans when captured. Slavers would have every slave chained together

In our skit, we used many propaganda techniques such as repetition, plain folk, card stacking and testimonials. During the dialogue of the 4 people, at the end of giving great reasons why the south is better than the north, Ayush and Jasmine say “ And we have money” many times. This is an example of the repetition that occurs in the skit, with which we use to emphasize the economic opportunity of the South. The plain folk method is used by Mark(Ayush) claiming he was just like Shan. This helps Shan relate to Ayush and makes him truly believe that he can accomplish something in the South. Card stacking is used in the script by only showing the positives of the South and only the negatives of the South. We use this to stress the social aspect