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Century - 1600s
The 1600s refers to the time period of 1601 to 1700. Significant events during this time period, known as the 17th century, include the Scientific Revolution, the Thirty Years' War, and the English Civil War. It was during this century that scientists such as Isaac Newton and Galileo made their discoveries known.
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Why did people move to Connecticut in the 1600's?
becaus there was too much pee in the streets in the other colines
connecticut has lots of horses and booze
What were the largest cities in Europe in 1600's?
Istanbul, Paris, London, Venice, Milan, Naples, Amsterdam, Moscow.
What was the transport like in the 1600s?
There is very few information about the transportation in the 1600's. But all i can say is that the people used to ride around in horse carriages. You can find additional info on these carriages although the info may be very limited. Maybe searching up about the western frontier can give you additional info.
The people of Maryland in the 1600s?
Perhaps the best phrase to use would be polar opposites. When the Ark and the Dove arrived to begin the Colony there were seventeen so called Gentlemen and their wives who came ashore, a Catholic Priest and about 200 others. This ill-defined group of 'others' were mostly indentured servants, mostly male and mostly unskilled. There had to be a small contingent of female personal servants aboard if there were 17 wives for the 'gentlemen'.
Add to the mix a few qualified cooks, laundresses, seamstresses and hairdressers and the disparity between the sexes was enormous. The bad part of that equation was it only got worse as the demand for labor increased. Tens of thousand of English criminals (mostly male) were shipped to the new world.
The opposite poles included:
- Economics: The headrights on indentured servants was owned by a small number of gentlemen and their was almost no middle class structue.
- Socioloogy: There simply weren't enough women included in the population mix to allow a civilization to develop.
- Religion: Catholics were again a minority and even worse, they were in power having owned their labor for a set number of years, having denied their clergy admission to the colony, and they had been responsible for their lack of families and upward mobility to the middle class.
Revolution was bound to evolve and it did.
What kind of farming did Maryland do in the 1600's?
Tobacco, indigo, hemp and rice production all began in earnest after subsistence farming could feed the earliest colonists and adequate land had been cleared of timber and shrubs to allow for sustainable, profitable agriculture. The sea provided sustenance while orchards and vinyards were put into place, fenced and protected. Grazng areas and grain fields had to be established to insure a certain future and a stable economy because after all, what civiliation can long survive on Blue Crab and Chesapeake Bay oysters without a taste of roast beef, rich cream and a dollop of butter.
What was the economy like in Pennsylvania in the 1600's?
the economy in Pennsylvania was easy for farmers who would sell their own crops at the market
How many people lived in Pennsylvania in 1600s?
There were about 1112 Because most of the land was Farms.
What happend to witches in the 1600s?
Witchcraft is a religion. Is it not a devilish sect or a twisted cult, but rather, a pure and uncorrupted religion based on the spirituality of the self rather than the material possessions and buildings of this world. This has slowly become much clearer since the Shakespearean witchcraft beliefs of the late 1500s and the early 1600s.
However, today I will focus on these archaic beliefs of witchcraft: the ragged, filthy hags every person has unfortunately come to know as the typical witch. Many women were burned at the stake in medieval times, accused of being witches, when they were simply women who didn't fit in like the rest, or weren't as good-looking. These often innocent victims were frequently tortured to make them confess to their wicked ways. Then they were killed, usually by being burned alive, as I mentioned before, at the stake.
Christianity was the cause of this mentality, which eventually caused these killings, along with a generous amount of ignorance. Unfortunately, both of these elements still exist today, but the new mentality of the human race has, thankfully, opened our eyes to witchcraft to let us see that it is merely another belief.
Like I said, witchcraft is not an evil cult. It was, in fact, used for good. The words witch and wizard come from the Anglo-Saxon word wicca meaning wise. The reason for this is because traditionally, witches were doctors and medical advisors, linked with learning, medicine, astrology and clairvoyancy. This is why, when Christianity came along, witches were condemned, as the wisdom of witchcraft was a great threat to the profit-sucking, brainwashing ways of Christianity.
This is what gave witches a bad name. The priests told the townsfolk that the witches and wizards they were going to for advice were advocates of the devil! As a result, the public was infuriated. They felt tricked. In fact, these people would have wanted to kill them! And that's what happened. In this way, the mark of witches was forever tarnished. This was what happened in the first instance.
The people then decided that they could use this as an excuse. If there was a woman (or man) in their village that didn't quite fit in, or showed incredible strengths by challenging the ideas of the time, they were pronounced a witch or wizard, and instantly burned at the stake with no trial. It was quite a sad experience, and the "innocent before proven guilty" rule just didn't exist. People were suspected, and therefore, guilty.
A prime example of this is the story of Joan of Arc. You may recall that she was a young, powerful woman of the 15th century, who demonstrated incredible leadership skills in a time where women had no power. She was inspired by her own religious illumination. A higher being inspired her to organize French resistance to the English, saving thousands of lives. She had Charles VII crowned king. The community of the time had never seen such a display of heroinism, and therefore, judged her to be a witch, out of the community's own fear and lack of awareness. The powerful leaders of the time were dismayed by her strength and feared the loss of their governing authority. She was tried for heresy, and ironically, after the society she saved labelled her a witch, she was betrayed by the king that she had crowned and was murdered. On May 16, 1920, Pope Benedict XV of the Catholic Church canonized her, whereby she became known as Saint Joan of Arc.
An estimated fifty thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand people were murdered in criminal ways. Among the forms of torture: people's limbs were torn off, skin ripped from their bodies, covered in boiling pitch (the equivalent of napalm), nails ripped off, appendages ripped off and crushed, including genitals, or in the case of girls, jagged irons and other sharp objects shoved up their genitals, or raped to death by teams of Inquisitors and/or horses.
It's horribly paradoxical. The truly good witch doctors, guides, astrologers, numerologists, advisors, and experts in alternative remedy; the ones truly involved in making a difference in society, helping people, trying to vanquish closed-mindedness and ignorance, were the ones who were proclaimed evil. And the torturers, paedophiles and priests, interested only in instilling fear in people out of their own fear and hunger of power and worldly possessions, were considered to be good, in their desire to eliminate all wisdom and respect of the self. Society was really becoming twisted, though on the surface, it was not readily seen... except for by the witches.
Was God really about love? Was his love really unconditional? No. His love was conditional. If his commandments were not followed, you would be sent to hell. You call that good? You call that loving and true? The witches and wizards were the good ones. The ones that didn't fit in, did they do anything to eliminate those they didn't like in society? No. They were the pure of heart, interested in the good of humankind, interested in channelling great forces that the townsfolk and priests had not even knew of or considered.
It was all about one thing: fear. Fear drove the priests to damn the wise witches, because the priests knew that the witches would advise people to seek truth and wisdom within themselves, rather than look to a higher being, thus deterring villagers from becoming Christian. Fear of the unknown drove the villagers to exclaim when somebody was different. The sad thing is that traditionally, the witches were accepted. But Christianity took that all way, and destroyed the loving force of light which everybody had come to accept, and proclaimed it evil! Herein lays the paradox: even today, most natural remedies proven to work by the wiser natural healers (once known as "witches") are not endorsed by the fearful, wider community.
But it is certain that this is far off the topic: witchcraft. It must be said that witches have generally had bad publicity. If you ask the next person you meet if witches are evil, you can be sure that they will say yes, even though the fact remains that they are not. I call to you to open your mind, and become more accepting of others. They are not witches: they are just different. The gist of my speech today is simple. Witches and wizards were good, and whoever murdered them was horribly evil. And it's a great triumph that people who are discovering this today are sprouting like flowers from a field of tanbark. I thank you all for listening to my speech. Good morning/afternoon, class.
What were some supplies from the 1600s?
bubble gum, semtex, tomahawk, ak47, and a parch rage and a pair tree
What was life like in France in the 1600's?
The life was very hard. The ground was different than now, and it was muddy. Their shoes were hard to handle. They had tiny farms and only rich people can afford chocolate. There was no electricity and all people worked for 16 hours, (beside the rich people). Even kids worked! Everyone besides the rich, owned a very small house. We should be very thankful not to have a king that takes up almost all of our land.
Slavery in Delaware in the 1600s?
Yes there was slavery in the 1600's in Delaware. Yes there was slavery in the 1600's in Delaware.
What sort of people went to the globe theatre in the 1600's?
poor and rich people went to the Globe theatre.
What events happened in the 1600s?
1600 Giordano Bruno was a philosopher who had been convicted by the Vatican to be burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome for heresy.
1600 Huaynaputina explodes resulting in the most violent eruption recorded in South America.
1601 Earl of Essex leads revolt against Queen Elizabeth in london.
1602 Cape Cod was discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold
1604 Shakespeare's "Othello" was first presented.
1610 Henri IV of France was assassinated and Louis XIII took his place.
1618 Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded for allegedly conspiring against King James of England
1619 Dutch brought first black slaves to Jamestown
1620 Pilgrams make it to Plymouth, MA
Plenty more happened and I'm sure more can expand on this.
What was the education of the Jamestown colony in the 1600's?
please tell i reall need to know for a project
What were the most common disease's in the 1600s?
The two most common were malaria (that was transferred by mosquitoes) and scurvy (that sailors contracted from low vitamin C levels)
