American History Homework One Answers - Student Three

KaraH

1) Spanish, English, French

Correct.

2) The fact that this man had the courage to explore in a place where either no man had gone before, or very few men had gone, is absolutely incredible. That type of courage is rare, and the faith he must have had to keep going even when there seemed to be no end is far beyond what I could do.

Good.

3) Mainly because of the way the English lived. The men weren't used to working to feed themselves, they were used to having it all provided at a store or a market. So they didn't know how to put food on the table, they just expected it to always be there. They were also ignorant of how to live on their own, what techniques to use for daily living and other basic things.

Right, and you might add how the system in Jamestown of allowing everyone to eat regardless of whether they worked encouraged laziness.

4) They were motivated by their faith to separate themselves from whom they considered to be "incorrect" in their ways of living their lives and serving God. The Pilgrims wanted to completely separate themselves from the Church of England while the Puritans wanted to stay with it, but purify it.

Correct.

5) Penn was one of the few colonists who were actually friendly with the American natives, and founded Pennsylvania based on religious freedom for anyone who wanted it. All other colonies either only accepted those from their own group, or those of the same belief.

Good.

6) Joint-Stock (Virginia and Massachusetts Bay), Charter Colony (Connecticut and Rhode Island), Proprietary (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York), and Royal Colonies (Virginia).

Good, but note that you list Virginia in two different categories without explaining why.

7) I personally don't really think the Puritans had any right to expel or kill those of differing religions from their colony. The only right they may have had was their colony was based on faith, but even then that doesn't them any excuse. Christians of any denomination should not withdraw from the world in the sense that they literally withdraw and push away anyone of other belief. Christians should however withdraw in the sense that they don't become like the world, but should still be there to witness to others. That's where the Puritan's completely withdrawing from all else is flawed.

Superb! You expressed your view well.

H1) If a colony is strictly based on religion and they cut off from all who believe differently like Massachusetts, then a problem could be food and supply shortages. If something happens to this certain colony's crops and they need help from other colonies, those colonies may or may not help them out because they had been so tightly drawn in. Now, if the colony is based on a certain religion but still allows freedom in choice of a religion then the colony should thrive as they make friends with surrounding colonies, share supplies and more.

Good, but I don't see how adhering to a particular religion would interfere with trade with other colonies. I don't think freedom of choice in the internal religion is necessary for trade with outsiders. (Minus 1 point)

H3) There are many explanations trying to prove how the America Indians came to America. There are also different theories for the Earth's early existence, but working with the Pangaea theory any people group could have moved to different lands, which could have included what is now America. It doesn't matter with the different blood types, because if something like this happened in Ancient Bible times, they could have changed. We all descended from a common ancestor, yet we all have different blood types so it would only make sense for the American natives to have a different blood type from anyone else.

OK. Good points.

H4) Mercantilism is to limit the import of products from foreign countries, but maximize the exports to everywhere else. What England did in colonial times was it took a few raw exports from the colonies, then sold them back finished products. That way England gained more money in the process and built up their storage of gold. This could either be slightly totalitarian in some ways, but in other ways a good economic choice.

Good explanation.

Great start: score 99/100.--Aschlafly 01:44, 11 September 2008 (EDT)