American History

The British North America colonialism started in 1606 when James I supported the establishment of colonies along the coast of America. A charter for the southern section is given to a land for Englandcompany of London merchants (called the London Company, until its successful colony causes it be known as the Virginia Company). ( Historyworld.Net , n.d.) The Virginia Companies compete to get a land for England, trade and return a profit. In 1607, There were more than 100 English men who attempted to live in Jamestown. However, the local Indians attack them thats why the number of British men were downsized. As a result,  the British government sent seven appointees to serve the colonys council. John Smith became the leader of the community. In 1609, famine killed a lot of people and when John Smith was injured, they needed to go back to England and not until 1610 when reinforcements came and persuade colonization amidst of the hardships that they encountered. British successful colonization of North America proves that Ethnocentrism can help you gain your motivation in proving to other culturescountries that you are superior to anyone else.

According to the History of the British Empire in History World that In 1629 a Puritan group secures from the king a charter to trade with America, as the Massachusetts Bay Company. On board to the vessel was the royal charter of the company. Winthrop, the leader of the expedition declared Boston as the capital of the colony after two years since it was selected as the site of the first settlement. Massachusetts system proved to have an efficient way of settling new territory since it produced successful enterprises. Harvard was founded in 1636 and that was the basis on how high the education and literacy there were at the time that in 1640 almost 20,000 settlements arrived. As the population grows, colonization extended. In 1662 Connecticut emerges as well and after the first attempt failed in colonizing Carolina, it was settled on 1670 as New Hampshire in 1679.

In the 18th century, James Oglethorpe established the Georgia Colony as a solution to then problem caused by the tension between Spain and Great Britain. The first colonists arrived in 1733.
In 1776, there were three forms of colonial government which were provincial, proprietary, and charter. They were under the feudal system of Great Britain and were subordinates to the monarch. (Donaldson. 1881). This relates to ethnocentrism that the Britain had once again exercised its power over its colonies to influence the political system that they have.

After the French-Indian War that lasted from 1754-1763, France surrendered its vast North American empire to Britain. Before the war, Britain held the thirteen American colonies, most of present-day Nova-Scotia and most of the Hudson Bay watershed. Following the war, Britain gained all French territory east of the Mississippi River, including Quebec, the Great Lakes, and the Ohio valley. (Marston, 2002).The war largely removed the colonists need of colonial protection however, when they won, they celebrated and their loyalty to the mother country was stronger than ever before.
In A Midwifes Tale The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, it showed that women in the late 18th century also worked hard just like men to provide the need of their family. She had weaving and midwifery as her businesses. Her diary somehow relates to the  feminist ethnocentrism  the belief in superiority of the feminist movement in that they speak for all women, which in reality, proves to be very different. However, since the diary was published, justification regarding  how women lived in the late 18th century was exposed.

According to the book called A History of Jonathan Alder His Captivity and Life with the Indians, Jonathan Alder was affected by ethnocentrism for when he adapted the native American culture and their patterns of thought, he did not want to go back to his white family and hence decided to stay and soon married an Indian woman. However, tables have turned when he had forsaken the Indian culture in 1811 when the life of the Indians became increasingly difficult for the Indians in Ohio. It just showed that he was an ethnocentric person when he revoke his loyalty to the native Americans because white Americans were superior at that time.

The New England residents were small farmers and almost all of them were farmers. Their livelihood is based in farming. There were a lot of slaves at the time and most of them were African slaves who worked on the indigo, tobacco and rice fields. Slaves in America was very oppressive and it was passed from generation to generation. The rapid expansion of slavery began after 1800 and that fuels in starting the civil war.  In the book Ohio Slave Narratives, Ben Brown, one of an ex-slaves described  Yes suh I wuz a slave in Vaginyah, Alvamaul (Albermarle) county an I didnt have any good life, Im tellin you dat It wuz a tough life. (Work Projects Administration,2004) Julia King, another ex-slave said, The slaves left the plantation because they were sold and their children were sold. Sometimes, their masters were mean and cranky. (Work Projects Administration,2004) Meaning, the lives of the slaves were not very well aside from the fact that they were called slaves. On the other hand, there were other slaves who had been treated good by their owner just like Charles H. Anderson who described his owner to be an exceedingly good owner not cruel to anyone.
Despite of being colonized, by the time that Spains Reconquista gave its colonization efforts to America characteristics of centralized governmental control, military conquest and religious missionary efforts. In contrast, northwest Europes experience with early capitalism and much less government control. (Notestein.1954). Americas history regarding its economic stability can be traced when we were still under British Colony.

British North American Colonization gave America a chance to have a massive population and also attracted immigrants that helped us boost our economy. The Reform Movement which aims a gradual change in certain aspects of society took place in America during the British Colonialism  such as the American labor movement that campaigned against successive hours of working  in the 1800s Frederick Jackson Turner said that the prescence of  the frontier  is the spirit and success of the United States is directly tied to the countrys westward expansion. This produced a new type of citizen - one with the power to tame the wild and one upon whom the wild had conferred strength and individuality.