HIST 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Puritans, Indentured Servant, New England Colonies
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New colonist do not want to do the manual labor, they rather wait for supply ships from. Smith told them if they don"t work they don"t eat. 1609 gets hurt very badly and goes to england to heal. There was a terrible winter in 1609; 60 colonists survive. The english colonists do not resort to war or making allies - they don"t want to blend or interact with the natives american; they are convinced that the native americans are inferior and savage. English colonists believe that god put animals and land on earth to completely consume rather than waste, this is their excuse to sabotage them. Women are the farmers in addition to their domestic responsibilities for the native. Americans; for the english women do not farm that is a man"s job. Hunting is a leisure activity for the english; but not for the native americans.
