Prompt: According to Taylor, how did the Puritan worldview both precipitate their departure for New England, and help them adjust when they arrived. Taylor explains that the relationship that the Puritans had with the church and state in England as a result of the religious beliefs precipitated their emigration from England. With the king as the […]
Bradford’s Description of the Indians: A Changing Perspective?
Though the section we read from Bradford does not focus very much on his encounter with the native populations, we do see a marked difference in how he describes them in more hypothetical terms before their departure and how he describes his interaction with them. Walk us through this shift in opinion. How would you […]
Smart Buisness Moves by the the Dutch
The link provided was a book describing the narratives surrounding the New Netherlands and featured parts of the actual narratives. This was not a relation like the Cabeza de Vaca book we read earlier in class but a collection of bits and pieces of narratives written in succession from 1609-1665. What I have concluded below […]
The English in America
Though unfortunately John Hawkins may be most remembered for his role in the slave trade, he also completed one of the first formal English expeditions to the Americas. John Hawkins departed from English in 1564 accompanied by his cousin Francis Drake, and a crew of 700. Hawkins’s journey to America provided the English with their […]
The Quaker’s Oats: William Penn’s Narrative of Pennsylvania
William Penn’s narrative from 1683 of the Pennsylvania colony explains the potential for success of the colony. His narration is careful to promote the colony as a trade partner for the committee to which he sends this letter. Considering his background as a wealthy Quaker and his goals for the colony the letter is a good […]
A Relation of Maryland-The Best Colony Ever
The Maryland colony was a formed in 1632, in response to the second colonizing of Virginia. A Relation of Maryland was written by Jerome Hawley and John Lewger upon their return to England in 1635 (Maryland’s Roots). Located in the Chesapeake Bay area, this 12 million acre colony was given to Lord Baltimore, Cecilius Calvert (Taylor 136). […]
The New Netherlands: The one Narrative that has never been printed before!
In discussing the New Netherland, there is an abundance of information and many narratives discussing the town. When collecting narratives it was imperative not only to find good sources but also to find good translations as most of the narratives were written in Dutch. After reading the Preface I decided to focus on one specific […]
Yeardley’s Pleas for Carolina
Frances Yeardley is, at the time this piece was written a humble minister in the Virginia area. Written in 1654, the narrative is an account of ventures made into the Carolina region by some of his acquaintances and neighbors. He is from a family who is historically prominent in Virginian affairs; this narrative, however, outlines […]
Exploring Early Colonialization of Virginia
Alan Taylor begins his notation on Virginia’s colonization by mentioning the ambitious hopes for expansion within the Spanish, French, and especially, English empire. After giving a brief bit of background on the explorations of Spain and France, Taylor shifts the attention to England and explains how England gained courage through their conquering of Ireland to […]
Hardship and Hunger in Jamestown
For my early exploration narrative I choose the Generall Historie of Virginia By Captain John Smith, 1624; The Fourth Booke from the collection of narratives of early Virginia. Written by the English captain John Smith, this collection “takes up the history of the Virginia colony from the departure for England of Captain Smith about October […]
