CMD 175 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Thomas Mayhew, Camp Meeting
19 Feb 2016
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Everyone here spoke sign language by nora groce. At the time europeans were settling in america, there was already a community of. There was less hostility between these natives and the settlers of the vineyard as was typical. 1641: martha"s vineyard, nantucket, and the elizabeth island were bought from the. 1644: settlers left the massachusetts bay colony to settle on the island. Not very accessible to mainland only a handful of families would come each year. 1710: immigration, for the most part, stopped. Population kept growing high birth rates and low death rates. Later residents moved to tisbury and chilmark. Growing population put a strain on the island"s natural resources. Farmland became overused farmers could no longer plant crops. Martha"s vineyard had to be declared a neutral zone during the revolution. Washington could offer them little protection because they were so isolated. Islanders still backed him they harassed british ships.
