Thursday, September 18, 2008
thesis statement....
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The colonist’s exodus from England in the early 1600’s was ignited by the fact that many of the commoners were being treated unfairly and were unhappy with their social positions. Upon arrival, the colonists treated the natives unjustly, similarly to the way they had been treated in England.
The arrival of European explorers to the Americas was caused by a strong desire to make more money. At the time Europe was just recovering from the Plague and other natural disasters. Explorers may have seen the New World as a form of financial salvation or as a foothole to help them from the dipression they were experiencing.
The relationship between John Smith and Powhatan illustrates a parallel between Christianity and the religions of the other settlers. As John Smith eventually dominated Powhatan, Christianity quickly became the dominant religion of that era.
European explorers voyage across seas to reach the Americas for the desire of wealth and riches. The Europeans saw the New World as a breading ground for profit and sales.
From reading a history book, one would learn that the Puritans left England to escape harsh religious persectutions. By doing futher research, one might question whether their voyage was about escaping persecutions or about selfishly pursuing their "holy obligation."
Many people came to America with the idea of finding “gold” but very rarely did they actually find what they were looking for.
The term American Dream is something America has prided themselves on since the country was first discovered, but what is it that kept this dream going for so many years?
1. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to use a question
2. I couldn't decide which topic was better
In the 1600s, English people began colonizing North America in order to live in a "New World," and to escape the class system of England. Little did they know, America would become another version of England; some land would even be named "New England."
Puritan Colonists who fled England in the 17th century claimed they were forced to leave due to religious persecution but there is no proof of them ever seriously being tortured.
In the 1600s, the Puritan settlers moved over to the New World and began to work vigorously with the help of slaves. These actions vaguely foreshadow the events that occur in America much later on; Americans would not only own slaves, but the importance of hard work would become a vital theme in America for many years to come.
The Puritans feared everything about G-d; they saw him as the holy power and wanted to follow all of his rules. Every text that seemed to identify to the Puritans was taken as an order to follow, not a symbol of open-mindedness, due to the view of the lord.
The Puritans claimed to leave England to escape religious persecution but it can be argued that the Puritans simulated the oppression to fulfill the prophecy mirroring the Israelites in the Old Testament of the Bible, which the Puritans lived their life by.
The Puritans escaped religious persecution from the Church of England by fleeing to the New World. After arriving and settling, the Puritans hypocritically began to punish colonists who proposed new ideas or beliefs; they also took advantage of the inferior Native Americans already inhabitated in the area.
sorry.. that word is supposed to be inhabited
In the 1600's, the numbers of the african slaves in the South and the North did not depend on the size of the land nor the amount of agricultural life.
The idea of a New World, free of religious persecution, was exactly what the Puritans were seeking in order to escape the Church of England. However, their strong beliefs lasted for less than a century in North America, and other colonists began seeking areas with real religious freedom, away from the Puritans and their own persecution of other beliefs and new ideas.
Despite (or perhaps because of) their strong religious beliefs, the early American settlers began the cycle of racism and percieved superiority that lasted for centuries.
John Smith’s General History is a prime example of the religious and political mentality the Puritans had when they entered the New World. Their beliefs in racial superiority were there when they first arrived and would remain for hundreds of years as part of their “religious mission” from God.
When John Smith took control of Jamestown in the early 1600's,he was faced with an ongoing struggle with the local Powhatan tribe. One could argue that Smith broughtthe native's hostility and violence upon himself.
John Smith, a European explorer and Puritan came to the America's to start over and dominate over the Native Americans and any other settlers with Christianty much like the Spanish. Smith saw the other inhabitants of America as inferior and began a religious battle against anyone with another religion that continued to linger into modern society.
In the 1600s, when exploration was starting to make a mark on the world, many European citizens relied on myths to learn more about the New World and Native American. The Europeans and colonists; however, did not realize that they were the ones causing anarchy in the New World and creating the myths.
If not for the Bible, the Puritans would have nothing; no religion, no ideas on what to do with themselves, and most likely no conflict with the church during the Enlightenment period. Yet, the Puritans did have the Bible, and in many ways, instead of raising them up to what they hoped to be, it became a weight that slowly turned the pursued Puritans into cold blooded killers.
What most people think about Puritans from reading a history book is that they left England for America because they were persecuted for their religion. If further research is done, there is no attestation that they were harshly persecuted.
Puritans based their coming to the New World on biblical excerpts from which they derived prophecies that they needed to fulfill.
The new English settlers displayed ignorance to a group of people, who could have potentially been hugely influential on English prosperity, as they set a precedent for racism in the United States.
The desire for gold, expansion of territory, and spreading Christianity caused the Europeans to come over to the Americas and explore more land. Despite, that many of the Europeans were dissatisfied, they still continued to come because America became more of a fantasy than a reality; it was a way to escape their unhappy life in England.
The Bible guided Puritans to believe that the holy book will predict each and every event; this led to the belief that the New World will be sacred land for Christians. After John Smith sheds truth on the ideas of Europeans, they must decide if their faith is strong enough to prove their hopes true.
In the 1600s, the Great Migration occurred when countless Puritans immigrated to the New World. Many Puritans preached that this movement took place because of religious persecution and the will of God for them to locate a new place of worship. This is far from the truth. By using these clever explanations, the Puritans concealed their actual motive for the voyage: prosperity, power, and religious supremacy.
The rough journey that the Puritans endured in during their travels to America was expected to result in a fountain of youth and a river of gold;this image of America that was perceived by the Puritans was all part of the deception created by the companies in England to attract settlers.
Although the Puritans considered themselves more educated than the rest of the world, most of them were ignorant pawns controlled by their religious leaders. Puritan religious leaders openly expressed their beliefs and justifications for their actions in the Americas, but called any difference in opinion evil an intolerable.
Since the next generations of Puritans were born in America, they did not have to work as hard to follow their beliefs, thus giving them more leisure time. Having more leisure time caused the Puritan religion to die out. With more leisure time and less work, they could think more about different things and stray away from their religion.
The Puritans claim that they were persecuted in England and it is the reason they voyaged to the New World. This is ironic because they persecuted the Native Americans once they arrived to the New World; however, unlike the Puritans, the Natives had nowhere to run to.
Psalm two is parallel to the story of the Puritans. The enraging story of a hierarchy forcing a less nobel one to conform to standards enlightened the Puritans to flee from England.
My post above was published by accident, please ignore it. This is my official blog post, sorry for the confusion.
The Bible guided Puritans to believe that the holy book will predict each and every event; this led to the belief that the New World will be a sacred land for Christians. After John Smith sheds truth on the ideas of the Europeans, they must decide if their faith is strong enough to prove their hopes true.
The Puritans created a religion where one of the major points was in an experience known as grace. Whithin this experience the Puritans acknowledged that,"people cannot simply decide to convert their feelings; no amount of prayer, churchgoing, or Bible reading can make people love what they do not love." This statement reflects the idiocy within the Puritan religion. If they truly believed this statemnent their religion could not grow, however, if they did not believe it than they are hypocrites, which is a conclusion that can be easily made after reading the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards.
In the 1600’s, Puritans based their lives off of the Bible and implied everything it said to their lives which made them appear to be “holy” people. However, stories like the murder of Indians prove that the Puritans unjustly used the Bible as an excuse to perform acts that are considered hypocritical according to many aspects and ideas the Bible enforces.
Prejudice in America has its origins in the discovery and exploration of the new world as seen in the perception of John Smith and other white settlers who felt that work should be done by those who they deemed inferior: Native Americans and Africans. These opinions of settlers are expressed vividly in letters from white indentured servants in America and John Smith’s "The General History".
The Puritans left England and fled to America where they would no longer be persecuted for their new and "radical" beliefs. However once they came to America they did not grant others the same liberty of religious freedom that they had struggled so hard for themselves.
John Smith is mostly known for his dramatic leadership in Jamestown and his skill as a warrior in Hungary against the Turks; however, he was not as respected during his time among his superiors which ended in his reward of the poor Smith's Isles.
European monarchs emphasized legends such as the Fountain of Youth and an Earthly Paradise existing in the New World to entice explorers and settlers into their colonies.
The Puritans left the New World not so much as a result of persecution, but rather to expand their influence and dominate on a clean slate, one in which the could rule.
^^^^ mr farley im sorry i realized that my thesis didnt post on friday when i tried it. i guess i closed out too early or something. my bad
The Puritans fled England because of the lack of religious tolerance and acceptance of Puritan beliefs. They were persecuted for their ideas in England, but began persecuting others for not joining God's chosen religion upon reaching the New World.
Mr Farley i apologize for this being late
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