by Wolfang » Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:10 pm
Shortly afterwards, in December 1620, a permanent settlement was established near present-day Plymouth by the Pilgrims, English religious separatists arriving via Holland, after they famously disembarked at Plymouth Rock (THIS IS PROBABLY THE FAMOUS ART OF SALEM WITH THE GUYS WITH CROSSES). The Massachusetts Bay Colony, which would come to dominate the area, was established in 1628 with its major city of Boston established in 1630. (ALSO MAKES SENCE)
Banished from Massachusetts for heresy, Roger Williams led a group south, and founded Providence, Rhode Island in 1636 (THIS FITS IN WITH THE WHOLE WITCHCRAFT THING). On March 3 of the same year, Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts and the Connecticut Colony was granted a charter, establishing its own government in Hartford. At this time, Vermont was yet unsettled, and the territories of New Hampshire and Maine were governed by Massachusetts.
Even during the early stages of English colonization, relations with the indigenous peoples of New England began to sour. Preliminary trade with Europeans had already significantly reduced and weakened native populations via disease and epidemic. The fur supply was soon exhausted, forcing hunters to travel farther into the territories of neighboring tribes, such as the Mohawk and the Haudenosaunee (known to European settlers as the Iroquois) of Eastern New York. As demand for local goods, like beaver pelts, by English companies rose, so did tensions between existing indigenous communities. Permanent English settlement, through which colonists seized or claimed land and began to apply Puritan laws to native peoples, only exacerbated the situation.
Just trying to increase my knowledge as to what to expect =D
sabinati wrote:But Wolfang, it's the mods who are trolls, remember. please have some mercy on this innocent victim of merciless trolling by the moderation team before you make any more ad hominem remarks about him.
