Settling of America (1620s -1670s) :: history

Settling of the States (1620s -1670s)Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas for Spain in 1492. The explorers and settlers that colonized in Central and South America were more often than not Spanish and Portuguese. The English took notice of the Spanish success in the Americas, so they decided to explore the upper part of the Americas, pairing America, in the late 1500s.Virginia was the first settled in the Chesapeake region in about 1607, and then later settlers went north to places like Massachusetts in the New England region in about 1629. Though both areas were settled by the English, they developed two different societies.While Captain stool Smith was in Virginia in 1624, the manpower on the ship waited for the bulky ship to leave and those of us that had money, spare clothes, credit to give bills of payment, property rings, fur, or any such commodities, were ever welcome to purchase supplies. The rest of us patiently obeyed our vile commanders and bought our provisi ons at fifteen times the pry (Doc. F). While other men were searching for gold with their golden promises, make all men their slaves in hope of recompense. A Puritan lawyer, buttocks Winthrop, immigrated to New England because his views on religion were different from those in England. Even though Puritans are Protestants, Puritans tried to purify the English Church. In 1630 on lineup of the Arabella on the Atlantic Ocean on way to Massachusetts, he wrote A Model of Christian Charity which gave his views on what a society should be. the watch of mankind, that in all times any(prenominal) must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, other pie-eyed and in subjection.Yet we must knit together in this clear as one man. (Doc. A). In this he is saying that men may be different but to make a new piece work, they must work together. All through his speech he mentions God. For example, he opens his sermon with God Almighty in his most holy and unfermented pr ovidence. This shows that in New England, the people were very religious.New Englanders real took religion a little too seriously. In the 1680s and 1690s Witch trials were taken place, especially in Salem Massachusetts. Women and some men were killed after being suspected of witchcraft until 1692. The religion bracket this happened in was the Puritans were Calvinists with very strict views about society.