American History Homework One Answers - Student 33

1. Spanish, English, French

Good.

2. That he tried and tried for 10 years to achieve his goal of finding a better way to reach the Far East.

Excellent.

3. I think that several early settlements in America failed because of any of the following reasons: the natives might have killed the settlers, the settlers may have died from diseases, there were harsh winters with no food, the settlers were not used to farming or hunting to obtain their food.

Superb.

4. For religious freedom. The Pilgrims or Separatists wanted to remove themselves from the Church of England. The Puritans wanted to purify the Church of England.

Right.

5. Because he formed his own colony where people could practice any religion they chose.

Good, but incomplete. (Minus 1).

6. The four types of colonies were:

   Royal colony - Virginia

   Proprietary colony- New York

   Charter colony - Connecticut

   Joint-stock colony - Massachusetts Bay

Correct.

7. I believe the Puritans were right to be strict and to expel people of other religions because they owned that area of land and could do whatever they wanted. I believe that this problem relates to a problem we have in America today. Spanish immigrants come into this country and expect everything to be in Spanish. This country's language is (unofficially) English. Therefore, the immigrants should have to learn English (and not the other way around). I believe that if a person does not learn English within a specific time frame, they could be asked to leave.

Good analogy and analysis of the question.

H1. Problems that a colony based on religious ideals might encounter are: 1. People of other religions might try to convert them. 2. Some of these people who have broken off could cause internal issues. No, I do not think it can survive. I think a good example would be the country of Iraq with all the various Muslim sects. Even the Puritan colonies in this country had to give in eventually and let people of other religions move in.

Superb answer and analogy to today.

H2. The Massachusetts Bay Company was a joint-stock company established by a royal charter in 1629. It was intended to advance trade and colonization. It was financed by investors. Puritan investors eventually aquired all of the stocks and elected John Winthrop as the leader of the company. The company's emphasis then became purification of the Church of England. The Massachusetts Bay Colony became one and the same. Eventually the colony became part of the Dominion of New England.

Good.

H4. Mercantilism is an economic system which limits imports from other countries and maximizes exports to other countries. This would guarantee that more money would would come in than would go out. Another aspect of Mercantilism is to use colonies to supply raw materials at a very low cost to the Mother Country who, in turn could use the materials to produce products to sell to the world. In theory, Mercantilism is a good idea. However, obvious problems occur. Sometimes items from other countries are cheaper. Also, the colonies might want more of the money being made by the Mother Country.

Excellent.

Superb start! 99/100 score. Outstanding!--Aschlafly 17:47, 12 September 2008 (EDT)

--MarkDeJ 17:13, 10 September 2008 (EDT)