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. Statement of position: Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.


B. Detail of support: Standish killed Witawumat with his own knife after being insulted by him


C. Detail of Support: Standish invades an Indian wigwam to kill Corbin


D. Detail of Support: Standish threatens Thomas Morton


E. Significance of position: Standish played a vital role in the formation of the colony using violence.





III. Second Major Point





A. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.


B. Detail of support : Church took over an Indian wigwam with just three people.


C. Detail of Support: Church held off 300 Indians with just 20 men.


D. Detail of Support: Church thought of a plan to kill King Phillup


E. Significance of position: This is important because, without Church's violent leadership the colony wouldn't have flourished like it did.





IV. Third Major Point





A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.


B. Detail of support: They believed that England was not free enough religously so they came to the "New World".


C. Detail of Support: The Pilgrams only wanted religous freedom for themselves, no other relogons except Protestant.


D. Detail of Support: They established a public education system and stressed the importance of education.


E. Significance of position: The idealism lead to many of their violent acts.


V. Conclusion





A. The early English colonies combined idealism and violence in the formation of the country.



B. Miles Standish used violence to help protect the early colonies.


C. Benjamin Church helped lead and protect the colonies during King Philip's War.


D. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.


E. This essay is important to anyone who wants to learn about the early American heros before George Washington's time and how they used idealism and violence to establish the colonies.





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. When Witawumat came up to to Standish sharpening his knife saying how small and powerless he was, Standish used violence by inviting him to dinner and then killing him with his own knife because he felt that he was trying to taking the pilgrams. Another thing standish did was invade an Indian wigwam to kill Corbin because he thought that he was trying to take over the pilgrams. One last thing that Sandish did was threaten Thomas Morton because he partied with the Indians alot and the Pilgrams did not like that. Standish played a vital role in the formation of the colony using violence.



Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. One thing Benjamin Church did was sneek into an Indian wigwam behind two other people then once he was in, he jumped to the weapons so the Indians couldn't get to tham, held Annawon's son hostage and took over the wigwam. Another thing that Church did that showed leadership was hold off 300 Indiand with 20 men. He did this by hiding behind a rock wall and sending two men at a time down a river to excape and he was the last one to go. The last thing that Church did as a leader was, think up a plan to capture king phillup. He did this by, knowing that Phillup always ran, so he sourounded him so he couldn't then killed him. This is important because, without Church's violent leadership the colony wouldn't have flourished like it did.



Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. The pilgrams believed that England was not free enough religously so they came to the "New World" to believe what they wanted to believe. The Pilgrams however, only wanted religous freedom for themselves and wanted no other religons except Protestant. They established a public education system and stressed the importance of education. The idealism lead to many of their violent acts.

The early English colonies combined idealism and violence in the formation of the country. Miles Standish used violence to help protect the early colonies. Benjamin Church helped lead and protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. This essay is important to anyone who wants to learn about the early American heros before George Washington's time and how they used idealism and violence to establish the colonies. The idealism could have lead to many of the violence because they wanted it so bad.