Plymouth Essay

I. Introduction
A. Thesis statement: The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Preview first major point: Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
C. Preview second major point: Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Preview third major point: Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. Significance of Thesis: It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.

II. First Major Point
A. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
B. An Indian was talking down to Standish, trying to intimidate him. Standish then invites him over for a pig and he then takes the Indians knife that hung around his neck and stabbed him multiple times until he was dead.
C. Standish went into a wigwam and scared all of the Indians, they went crazy and tried running through the walls.
D. Cut guys head off and put it on a stake in the town and let it stay there and rot.
E. If Standish wasn't there then the pilgrims might have been attacked more frequently by the Indians, because he was intimidating, so that provided protection.

III. Second Major Point
A. Benjamin Church led the colonies protection during King Philip's War.
B. Church led his men across the river when they were being attacked by the Indians.
C. He snuck into an Indians wigwam and got 60 Indians to surrender on his own/
D. The reason he killed King Phillip was because he was afraid that Philip might have hurt the English colonies.
E. These three points all show how Benjamin Church was a leader in keeping the colonies safe.

IV. Third Major Point
A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism
B. The pilgrims found the new world because they thought that England was going to go to Hell, and they also wanted religious freedom so they left England and went to Amsterdam.
C. They believed that all people should become puritans, and not believe in anything else.
D. Pilgrims believed that everyone should go to school to read the bible and learn all of their religious ways.
E. The reason why the Indians and the English fought was because of the new idea of puritanism.

V. Conclusion
A. The founding of English colonies combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Standish wanted to protect the English colonies, but instead of trying to reason with the Indians, his way was to be violent.
C. Benjamin Church was also a protector of the English colonies but he protected through leadership.
D.The pilgrims came to the new world because they wanted freedom of religion, though all they did was cause violence with the Indians.
E. With all of these key points, you can see that there was a lot of violence caused by difference in religion, and different perspectives on the religion.


The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.

Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. An Indian was talking down to Standish, trying to intimidate him. Standish then invites him over for a pig and he then takes the Indians knife that hung around his neck and stabbed him multiple times until he was dead. Standish went into a wigwam and scared all of the Indians, they went crazy and tried running through the walls. Cut guys head off and put it on a stake in the town and let it stay there and rot. If Standish wasn't there then the pilgrims might have been attacked more frequently by the Indians, because he was intimidating, so that provided protection.

Benjamin Church led the colonies protection during King Philip's War. Church led his men across the river when they were being attacked by the Indians. He snuck into an Indians wigwam and got 60 Indians to surrender on his own. The reason he killed King Phillip was because he was afraid that Philip might have hurt the English colonies. These three points all show how Benjamin Church was a leader in keeping the colonies safe.

Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. The pilgrims found the new world because they thought that England was going to go to Hell, and they also wanted religious freedom so they left England and went to Amsterdam. They believed that all people should become puritans, and not believe in anything else. Pilgrims believed that everyone should go to school to read the bible and learn all of their religious ways. The reason why the Indians and the English fought was because of the new idea of puritanism.

The founding of English colonies combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Standish wanted to protect the English colonies, but instead of trying to reason with the Indians, his way was to be violent. Benjamin Church was also a protector of the English colonies but he protected through leadership. The pilgrims came to the new world because they wanted freedom of religion, though all they did was cause violence with the Indians. With all of these key points, you can see that there was a lot of violence caused by difference in religion, and different perspectives on the religion.