American Study short essays

PART 1

 

Write a short essay describing the context for, definition of, and significance/after-effect of each item, in terms of 17th-century (1600s) English-American colonial history:

the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624

the "starving time", 1609-1610

headrights vs. indentured servitude, 1618-1690s

Separatist Brethren ("Pilgrims" in Plymouth Colony, 1620+) vs. Puritans (1629+ to Massachusetts Bay Colony)

"religious freedom"

the "Mayflower Compact", Nov. 1620

Thanksgiving (1619+ in Jamestown, 1621+ in Plymouth)

Rhode Island Colony, fd. 1644

indenture (1610s-90s) vs. slavery (big after 1690s;  abolished in U.S. 1865)

anti-miscegenation law, 1691-1967

PART 2

 

ESSAY:  Compare and contrast the two types of English colonies in the Chesapeake (Jamestown/Virginia, 1607+), and New England (Plymouth, 1620+, and Massachusetts Bay, 1629+). 

PART ONE SHOULD BE SHORT ABOUT 2 PARAGRAPHS

this is a timed quiz part 1 15 mins part 2 15 mins so i need short essays that concludes all the information briefly and clear to be able to write it down!

total of 11 short essays