American History Homework One Answers - Student One

BethanyS - IN PROGRESS

1. First:The Spanish

Second:The English

Third:The French

2. Christopher Columbus was a truly amazing man. His strength and determination still inspire me - over 500 years later! He never failed to persevere during hard times.

3. Many early settlements lacked the skill to cooperate and strive to make a successful settlement - to make things work! Many people in the settlements were lazy and shunned working for food and other things. Some failures may have been caused from bad location(i.e. flooding zones, bad soil). It also may have been caused by a lack of knowledge on how to really start a settlement. As silly as it may sound, some of the settlers may not have known how to grow food or make a house.

4.When the Pilgrims set sail for the New World, they were not motivated by money or anything else of the sort. They were motivated by religion. Unhappy with the Church of England, the pilgrims wanted to break away from the Church and establish their own religious community...unlike the mainstream puritans who wished to purify the church from within - without leaving it. The pilgrims eventually landed in Massachusetts and their settlement prospered with the help of the Indians.

5.William Penn really is remarkable because he had the guts to stand up to the English and do what he felt was right. Even after he was arrested he continued to defy them and established a colony where any religion was accepted.

6. Joint-stock - Virginia and Massachusetts bay. Charter - Connecticut and Rhode Island Proprietary - Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York

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