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2nd Hour

Josie Borgen

In the early 1600s America was now what most immigrants saw as their dreamland, hopefully fulfilling their hopes of having better political, economic, and social lives. People came to America and foresaw themselves in a newly developed Christian based society where they could have religious and political freedom. With these ideas at hand the New England settlers had no idea they possessed the ideas in the 1630-1660s that would slowly develop a new profound nation completely built around the people and their beliefs.

This nation would become a fast growing and developing nation in almost a blink of an eye. But because the people of this new nation were such a close group of settlers they had the ability to know and understand each other and make the necessary adjustments to see that the nation would develop correctly the way they wished it too. In an excerpt from “ A Modell of Christian Charity” written by John Winthrop in 1630 states “Wee must delight in eache other; make other’s conditions our owne; rejoice together, mourne together, labour and suffer together.” This statement makes it clear that without unity, the nation will become corrupt and not function that way it was originally intended too.

People also had the idea that the economic structure would be better across seas and into American soil. With this idea in mind, mercantilism was developed. People had to supply and ship materials to England at a low price and then England sent the finished products back to the colonies at a high price. And due to the poor geographical makeup of the New England colonies, with poor soil for farming New England colonists were forced to pursue hunting, fishing, or become lumberjacks. Along with economic structure the New England colonists decided it was only right to not only build their houses and churches but build a place of education thus Harvard was established. This was stated in a “Statement about education” in New England...