In 1492, Christopher Columbus began a historic voyage to the New World. Columbus discovered a new continent and proved his theory that the earth was not flat. His discovery of this new land sparked interest in many large European countries to discover the New World. The new super power of Europe, England, decided to sail to the new continent. The English settled along the shores of the present day United States of America. Along the mainland, they found many people of different cultures that were already residing there. The differing cultures of the Indians and later Africans, did not become intermingled with European culture. The Jamestown inhabitants, Puritans and Pilgrims established the New World without including different cultures, (Natives and Africans) agricultural techniques, modes of behavior, style of speech, dress and other …show more content…
Since the Reformation occurred in England, Pilgrims believed that the Church of England was so impure that the true believers should separate themselves completely from it. They established a colony in Plymouth, which is present day Massachusetts. The religion established by the Pilgrims was Christianity and to the present day, Christianity is the main religion of North America. Since 1620, to the present day, the Natives have continued to practice their own religion. We know that the Natives had no influence on the religion over the last hundreds of years. The pilgrims set up the first type of majority government called the Mayflower Compact. This meant that only people who owned land had a say in the government and the running of the colony. This means any Natives and Africans had no say in decision making so they could not change or establish any rules to suit their culture or identity. When the pilgrims came over to the New World they established English as the official language. To the present day, English is the language spoken in North