Another difference was the difference between who did the work in developing the colony. The colonies differing views on religion also helped shape the way each colony developed economically. The Virginia and Massachusetts Companies both realized that they would need to have a strong economic system, but their views on religion and profit had too many differences and resulted in different systems. The Puritans did not feel the need for “excessive profits” and lived by the belief of self control. The use of company labor and overpricing caused a lot of problems with Virginians.
This mission included not only gaining land but also pushing forward the freedoms of mankind. O. Sullivan and Democrats alike supported this sentiment because their political belief was to annex land as soon as possible. Although this idea was popular among many, this popularity was not unanimous throughout the nation. For example, in a letter to one of the most influential Whigs, Henry Clay, William Channing wrote that America is a restless nation whose only goal is to boast about national growth and expansion. This is significant because it demonstrates how double-sided the issue really was, and showcases the negative aspect of Manifest Destiny, mainly restlessness and greed.
Mainly all original westward exploration was due to desires for gold and riches and in the case of the English this was no exception. After the recent victory over the Spanish ambitious English monarchs used the combination of overcrowding and overwhelming patriotism to fuel an energetic boom of westward exploration. While the northern English colonies did not find the gold and treasures that they were looking for they did find ways to create opportunities for financial growth. Virginia, the location of the first English settlement, used tobacco exportation as an effective money making operation. The Carolinas came later and was created and advertised as a location for the poor under-class to have a second chance at wealth.
Another reason for migration was the idea of primogeniture, which allowed the eldest son to inherit the wealth; leaving others desperate and in hopes of finding riches overseas. Also, many fled to America to escape peonage or prison. These social concerns in England ended up populating the colonies because people believed they would find a better life in America. The second major way that England shaped the colonies were the English politics. At some points, colonists seemingly were allowed plenty of freedom, while other times they were under strict English rule.
In the article by Williams cronon , Agricultural practices on both sides of the settler-Indian equation. Englishmen expected to be able to live in America much the same way that they lived in England, which led to what you could call " misunderstandings" between them, the Indians, and the land itself. European relation of production in the new world was much more complicated task than they thought it would be due to how Indians communities used seasonal diversity, which leads a practice of mobility, however, Englishmen come to realize the importance of understanding the habits and the ecology of other species in order for them to survive. Native Americans understood the cyclical nature of the seasons. They moved and responded to the
They would instead participate in subsistent farming, meaning they grew only what they needed to feed themselves. Beyond this, their main economic activity lied in the lumber and fishing industries due to the close proximity to bountiful resources. By using the environment to their advantage, the colonists could live prosperously in America no matter the reason why they came. Each colonist had a reason to come to America, but none was more prevalent than that of religion. Most emigrants coming to the colonies all worshipped some form of Christianity, and some came to America to freely worship their own sect.
William Penn wrote an appeal for immigrants to come to Pennsylvania. There were more open jobs for people there, and better wages. Not many people wanted to go work here, as they’d have to do hard laboring work, but would’ve got paid good. Men should’ve gone to work here, as it involved hard labor and wouldn’t have been suitable work for women. The excerpt from Clarence Ver Steeg’s The Formative Years tells why people were exported to America.
However, due to the Industrial Revolution, America began to stray from the vision the founding fathers had for the nation in the late 1700’s and 1800’s. Though social mobility was promised to immigrants and common Americans, these same people were often exploited and left in poverty. Founding fathers, such as Thomas Jefferson, valued farming above all else, but as industrialism took hold of America, farming became much necessary, and farmers more scarce. Finally, though America’s politicians promised to hear what the common people had to say, during and after the Industrial Revolution it seemed that only the very wealthy could make any sort of impact, and there was nothing to stop them from crushing the working class underfoot. The United States of America was built on the ideal that every man should be able to make his way in the world regardless of his family or class.
The Homestead Act was one such thing. This act gave every person who wanted it the opportunity to take free land. However, the government gave more plots of land to important people that they did to ordinary people. Also, land speculators snatched up big portions of land and held on to them so that they could sell them for profit at a later time. This left the ordinary people with much less land to live on and much less opportunity.
He supported his argument with the example of the Eden (when Europeans arrived in North America). Krech asked “how can America be simultaneously paradise seemingly untouched by human hands and-as archaeologists and other scholars have often proposed-inhabited by people who, prior to the arrival of Europeans, exploited lands and animals in order to live, cut down forests for fuel and arable land, and perhaps oversalinated fields and helped animals to an early demise”. He also went on to explain that aboriginal people have been working on the land as a means of survival, but because it wasn’t industrialized, Europeans were quick to make assumptions of the Natives. Krech also noted that the manner in which aboriginals used the land and animals involved a system of spirituality and