Growing Pains: Impact of Quaker Presence in the Middle Colonies, The
For Quaker families, the religious freedom the colony offers is reason enough to come. Quaker women often travel as "public friends" or missionaries, a practice that is frowned upon by Puritans. Quaker settlers do not be..
Growing Pains: Integration of Colonies within British System
As the first century of English settlement in America comes to an end and colonists celebrate their victories over arbitrary British rule, they are in fact become more a part of the imperial system in terms of communicat..
Growing Pains: Middle Colonies--A Diverse Melting Pot, The
Perhaps the most lasting legacy of the Quakers is religious toleration, not a common notion in the 17th century. The practical benefit of encouraging religious toleration is that it makes it very easy to populate your co..
Growing Pains: Migration to the Middle Colonies
At the end of the 17th century, with many of the "best" lands in New England and Virginia already taken, new colonists show an interest in the Middle Colonies. A number of colonists like Gabriel Thomas send reports home..
Growing Pains: Patterns of English Colonization in North America
By the end of the 1630s, English settlers have established six significant colonies in the New World. In a series of events that shock Europe, the English king is beheaded, the House of Lords is dissolved, and England fi..
Growing Pains: Proprietary Charters Issued by Charles II
Historian John Murrin calls the 17th century the "age of remarkable experimentation in terms of how you organize a colony." The four new colonies Charles II initiates are all proprietary ventures styled after the Marylan..
Growing Pains: Settlement of the Southern Coast: Carolinas, Georgia, Florida
The lure of land is so strong that some adventuresome settlers move away from the coastal areas to territory explored and occupied by the French. They are also tempted by the less densely populated regions of the south. ..
Hard Times: Causes of the Depression
Signs that the economy is not as healthy as it seems surface in the late 1920s. The agricultural economy is depressed during most of the decade. The automobile economy is dropping because the market is saturated. The fev..
Hard Times: Coming of the Great Depression, The
Stock prices soar in 1928. Speculation is intense and consumers are caught in its lure, even borrowing in order to invest in the stock market. The alarming declines in stock market prices begin in October 1929 followed b..
Hard Times: Depression and American Culture, The
The Depression shakes the nation's confidence, although the reactions of individuals vary. A new awareness of poverty seems to emerge even though it is nothing new. Movies, an important cultural force, are caught up in t..