were common and considered virtuous throughout the colonies. Through all of this‚ the people did not trust England’s hierarchy of church ruling and believed that churches should be ran from within; starting at the bottom. Colonies were ran with a separation of church and state‚ but the state was guided by the rules of the church. Sunday was considered the Sabbath‚ all work and play‚ to include cooking was not to be done As the population of colonies increased‚ so did the number of towns. In order
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Long before the Founding Fathers‚ European countries established settlements in the wilderness of the New World. During the 1600’s‚ English settlers founded Plymouth and Jamestown along the Eastern Coast of North America. Puritans established Plymouth to escape the Catholic Church of England. Aristocrats established Jamestown in search of profits. Both settlements dealt with unavoidable contact with the natives. Although both Plymouth and Jamestown’s interactions with Native Americans included early
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A group of people called the Puritans came to the United States and settled in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The Puritan people had escaped England because they were being persecuted for wanted to believe in their own religion; in other words‚ they came here for religious freedom. Salem‚ Massachusetts was a harbor town‚ near the ocean. This place was a theocracy; a system of government that is ruled by a priest in the name of God. The Puritans believed that their religion was the right one to follow and
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century‚ there was a group of Christians‚ known as puritans‚ in Massachusetts. One item that was different about puritans was that they had very strict rules‚ especially sins. The two famous works‚ one by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ The Scarlet Letter and second by Arthur Miller‚ The Crucible‚ say a lot about puritan lives during this time period. The Scarlet Letter took place in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ and The Crucible took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Both of his works deal with sin‚ its effects on different
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that puritans in Britain were prohibited to attend the church‚ they had to move to New England and maintain their power over the continent. After establishment of their colony‚ the local authorities began to implement laws regulating human behavior in terms of drunkenness‚ swearing and gambling. This way‚ they hoped that the colony would build a new and reliable role model. In view of many scholars‚ although Puritan ambition to create the ideal model of society‚ based upon the establishment of a covenant
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Compare and contrast the motivating factors of religious freedom and economic gain in establishing successful colonies. Intro: Establishing a successful colony requires many different factors‚ two of which are religious freedom and economic gain. These are very important factors in that they both provide platforms for success‚ and are able to attract people and business to a new colony. For a group of people to leave their home country‚ and establish a new life elsewhere‚ both of these factors are
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Puritans were able to greatly influence the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660’s economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Puritans were groups that were seeking a more pure form of Protestantism apart from the Anglican Church. They came to the New world in search of religious freedom and were a prominent group in the New England colonies. Though the Puritans could be seen as a less influential group then some of the others of the period‚ that would be a mistake as they were certainly
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charter colonies in America were Jamestown and Plymouth. These colonies were very different‚ Jamestown was founded to find gold in the James River but when that idea was floundering‚ John Rolfe brought tobacco seeds to Jamestown and it eventually became the first tobacco producing colony in the English colonies. On the other hand‚ Plymouth was founded as a safe haven for puritans escaping persecution in England and was one of the few puritan colonies in New England. Even though these colonies had many
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the earliest successful colonies‚ share certain similarities‚ however‚ there are major differences‚ especially in their political‚ economic‚ religious and social configuration. Established on May 14‚ 1607‚ Jamestown‚ located on the banks of the James River‚ is the first permanent English settlement in North America. On the verge of failure‚ the production of modern day tobacco saves this settlement. Unlike Jamestown created with the aim of acquiring land‚ Plymouth Colony in 1620 was formed by a group
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Essex County‚ Massachusetts‚ 1630–1850‚ Daniel Vickers explores the lives of both farmers and fisherman‚ both very popular professions in New England during the early colonial period. By telling two separate stories of the farmers and fisherman of the region‚ specifically telling the story of Essex County‚ Massachusetts‚ Vickers is able to bridge the gap of knowledge through primary source material left behind by settlers in the region as well as government documents‚ like the Massachusetts Tax Valuation
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