Essays on American Colonies

In the year 1492 holds the most important date in history, the discovery of America by Columbus. Then the finding of the New World and colonization came along. Christopher Columbus was the one who discovered that there was an indigenous colony was already there. The...

Spain had arrived and discovered the New World but England benefited more. England was very involved in the New World, they defeated people for their land and explored more than others.              English victory win was over Spain’s leader, King...

The British Parliament enacted Stamp Act in 1765 to aid in replenishing finances following the increase of massive debts associated with the Seven Years’ War with France (History.com Editors (b)). Some of the revenue arising from the Stamp Act helped to finance the British regiments...

The Philippines was once colonized by the Spaniards and Americans. Before we became an independent country, the Philippines have a complicated and painful past. We Filipinos have one past, but many histories. What does it mean? Also, we have four primary sources and these are...

The American colonists objected to the collection of taxes by the British Parliament, a body in which they had no direct representation. Until the 1760s, the British-American colonies had a high degree of autonomy in their internal affairs, which were regulated by the colonial legislative...

The settlement of Jamestown was established in the spring of 1607. The London company had launched a colonizing expedition to Virginia, after failed attempts before. Out of 144 men, only 104 had survived and they settled their colony on a peninsula that extended from the...

The American beliefs that many United States citizens have in current day are not too far off to the ideologies that both Smith and Bradford had back in the early 1600s. The ideologies Smith had were more towards determination for any task at hand, while...

New adventures awaited as many left England, to sail across the Atlantic, in search of land and wealth, like Spain had done before them. Two groups settled in the new world, one in the south, the other in the north. Although, they were both of...

American Women are known to be strong and resilient because of the endurance and perseverance that the first colonial women modeled in Jamestown. The women of Jamestown were raped, made to stifle their ambitions , and forced to endure intensive manual labor. Researchers have discovered...

In 1607, the first English settlers arrived in Jamestown, Virginia intending to escape religious persecution and also the intention to mine gold and silver but to their dismay, they found sickness, starvation, harassment from the Indians and death. But even with the many limitations facing...