Question

"Objection 5: But what warrant have we to take that land,

which is and has been of long time possessed of others, the

sons of Adam?

"Answer:That which is common to all is proper to none. This

savage people rule over many lands without title or property;

for they enclose no ground, neither have they cattle to

maintain it, but remove their dwellings as they have occasion,

or as they can prevail against their neighbors. And why may

not Christians have liberty to go and dwell amongst them in

their waste lands and woods .... Secondly, there is more

than enough for them and us. Thirdly, God has consumed the

natives with a miraculous plague, whereby the greater part

of the country is left void of inhabitants."

John Winthrop, General Considerations for the Plantation in

New England, 1629

The North American colonial settlements referenced in the

excerpt above tended to

Answer 1

Using the excerpt, answer (a), (b), and (c).

Briefly identify ONE historical situation in which the excerpt was produced.

Briefly describe ONE argument made in the excerpt.

Briefly identify ONE historical effect of the development described in the excerpt.

Step-by-step explanation:

A) I would say the starving time because they are saying that they can't seem to be good at planting things or keeping things alive. "neither have they cattle to maintain it. . . . And why may not Christians have liberty to go and dwell amongst them in their waste[d] lands and woods (leaving them such places as they have [fertilized] for their corn)..."

B) "The first right was natural when men held the earth in common, every man sowing and feeding where he pleased." This argument goes for the fact the people should have to ask permission to raise cattle or farm crops. They are mad because are so many rules to how they are living that they are on the point of starvation.

C) " ...no ground, neither have they cattle to maintain it. . . . And why may not Christians have liberty to go and dwell amongst them in their waste[d] lands and woods (leaving them such places as they have [fertilized] for their corn)..." Since this is closely related to the starving time, many people died, the populations in the colonies dwindled, and people started to become cannibals. One man decided to kill and eat his wife. ( He was executed for that) Other people decided to dig up a dead Indian and eat him. (They were not punished for that.

Answer 2

The North American colonial settlements referred to in the above section tended to be very similar, composed of members who had the same ideas and thoughts, thus forming a homogeneous society.

Step-by-step explanation:

The American colonial settlements were established on the same thought, which is the thought shown in the text presented in the question above. These settlements were composed of people who believed that God gave the land so that all men could own it, as an inheritance left by Adam to humanity. The men, in turn, delimit and take possession of their territories, but the American natives did not make this "delimitation" and did not establish themselves in a single place. This means that the land was not theirs, but that of all men and therefore the English had the right to own that land as well.