Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Goetz, Robert
URN	etd-09082012-040118
Title	The failure of early Bermuda, 1612-1630
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	History
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Thorp, Daniel B. Committee Chair Wallenstein, Peter R. Committee Member Williamson, Gustavus G. Committee Member
Keywords	Bermuda Islands
Date of Defense	1989-04-05
Availability	restricted
Abstract Bermuda, settled in l6l2, was the second successful English colony founded in the New World. The islands appeared to provide investors in England with an excellent opportunity to make a profit, but the colony failed to generate the anticipatcd profits because the investors failed to allow sufficient incentive for the colonists to produce high quality cash crops. Little research has been conducted on the early history of Bermuda, and the little that has been done has focused on political events within the colony and colonizing company. This work uses letters, petitions, contemporary accounts, and other colonial and company documents to examinc the interaction between the colonists in Bermuda and the investors in England and to determine the impact of this interaction on the failure of the colony.
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