There were many themes in the early colonial time period. One was religion. The colonists left England so they could have religious freedom and when they got to the New World, people like John Winthrop took that away from them. He wanted the people to practice religion just like he did. If they didn't, he kicked them out just like Anne Hutchinson.
Exploitation was another prominent theme. The English settlers exploited the Indians. They gave them alcohol to leave them helpless while they took their land. Also they brought them to trial and killed a lot of them unfairly.
Conflict came up a lot as well. Whenever it was, the natives were almost always fighting with the English. They had wars, fought over land, fought over crime, and many other things too. Also, the English had conflict between themselves. They fought about religion and land and power.
I think that these were the three most important themes. Some others include money, greed, perfection, power,equality, and inequality.
I also think that the activity on Twitter was very useful to our classroom discussion. If we were just to talk in class i don't think everyone would have said what was on their mind to everyone else. I definitely know that I felt more comfortable talking through Twitter than I would've in the classroom. We should do more discussions like this throughout the year.
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ReplyDeleteI think there could be two possible themes in the reading. One is fear. The colonists feared that they would be taken hostage from the Native Americans. The Indians feared the same. They thought they might be taken in captivity and some of them were. The other theme was warfare. Both the colonists and the natives thought they were going to go to war which they did in some cases. The wars started because they were taking each other in captivity.
Instead of adding a comment, you can just edit your blog post and add to it. Good work.
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