Unit 2: Period 2: 1607-1754

"When we first went to Virginia, I well remember we did hang an awning (which is an old sail) to three or four trees to shadow us from the sun.... Those first settlers were so unfit for such an action that they would rather starve and rot with idlene

"We whose names are underwritten... having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly

"All servants imported and brought into the Country... who were not Christians in their native Country... shall be accounted and be slaves. All Negro, mulatto and Indian slaves within this dominion... shall be held to be real estate. If any slave res

"Gov. Winthrop: Mrs. Hutchinson, you are called here as one of those that have troubled the peace of the commonwealth and the churches here.... You have spoken diverse things... very prejudicial to the honour of the churches and ministers thereof. Mr

"My father was the first to give in to the English, and they were as a little child then, and my father fed them, and they grew to be a great people.... But I have seen them grow from a little child to a man, and now they have got the mastery in ever