The heart of the British North American possessions up until America’s independence was the mid-Atlantic colonies, including New York and Pennsylvania. The reasons for the preeminence of the mid-Atlantic were abundant. Unlike the New England and southern colonies, the economy was not imbalanced and depended equally on commerce, agriculture, and overseas trade. This was facilitated ...
Boston was founded in the name of “religious freedom,” so it is not surprising to that the city has a very interesting history in regards to religion and its churches. Some of that history can be experienced today by the casual traveler. First Church of Boston One of the very first things the founding puritans ...
The great English satirist Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 30, 1667 months after his father died. His mother Abigaile Erick Swift was bankrupted by the loss and Jonathan was taken by his nurse to England until he was four years old. At that time he was sent back to Ireland for ...
The period between 1781 and 1789 in American history has often been referred to as a critical period, perhaps the most critical, in the development of American democracy. The passage of the Articles of Confederation following the end of the Revolutionary War reflected the tensions between the revolutionaries-turned-politicians in the new nation. The British had ...
He was borne in Breed Street in London, 1572, In his youth wrote love poems and was successful. As an old man he wrote meditations and and sermons and was just as successful. He was raised catholic. He experienced much prejudice for his religion. Later on in life he converted to the Anglican Church. No ...
Henry VII had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn. There was just one problem: he was married to Catherine of Aragon. The solution that Henry VIII devised was to get a divorce; simple enough today, but not so much during this time. A convergence of legal and theological issues stood in the way of Henry ...
