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    thirteen colonies. These colonies were divided into sections. New England which was: Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire‚ and Connecticut. The Middle Colonies which were: Pennsylvania‚ Maryland‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ and Delaware. Last but not least‚ Southern Colonies consisted of: Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia. Out of these thirteen colonies‚ I’d want to live in the Massachusetts‚ a colony in the New England section. Massachusetts was a great colony to live in. After

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    colonies occurred in Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ Pennsylvania and Maryland. In England‚ due to Henry VIII ’s action upon breaking his ties with the Roman Catholic Church and making himself head of the Church of England‚ it stimulated religious reformers into carry out purification of English Christianity. These religious reformers‚ known as Puritans wanted to reform the Church of England from within. Therefore‚ in 1629‚ Puritans secured a royal charter to form the Massachusetts Bay

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    Europeans came over‚ they were not very open to any other religions. New England and the Chesapeake are two main regions that had colony religion help shape their development. Though they differed in the amount of importance of other religions and how much it came to effect their own government and how they handled it‚ each region had the same goal‚ to leave Europe to worship God in the way they believed to be correct. New England was north of the Chesapeake and was settled by Puritans‚ a group of

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    The puritan story was a story of many things; from the landing of the first group of puritans in New England‚ to the formation and trouble of the bay colony bible commonwealth‚ to the puritans versus Indians‚ ending with the New England family. This story wouldn’t be anything without the help of the one and only King Henry VIII. It was King’s‚ tie breaking with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530’s that launch the reformation of the protestant church. The reformation of the church led to a group

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    Calvin started his teachings in Geneva‚ Switzerland yet his ideals spread across Western Europe and ultimately into America. When: 1530’s and beyond Historical Importance: Much of Calvin’s ideals formed the foundations of Puritan society in the New England colonies of the early to mid 17th century (1600’s). Predestination: Who or What: Is the doctrine that all events have been willed by god‚ Calvin stated predestination to mean that god willed eternal damnation and salvation for people Where:

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    harvest but in thanks for surviving the long journey from England through the perils of storms and icebergs. On his third and final voyage to the far north‚ Frobisher held a formal ceremony in Frobisher Bay in Baffin Island to give thanks to God and in a service ministered by the preacher Robert Wolfall they celebrated

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    The New England Colonies had various type of religions. Massachusetts had a strong population of Puritans. Rhode Island provided many types of religion for the people settling there. Many people in Connecticut were mainly Puritan. The Middle colonies New York and Pennsylvania provided various religions. Some of the religion found in Middle colonies were Quakers‚ Catholics‚ Lutherans‚ and Jews and a few others. The southern colonies‚ Maryland and Georgia had no majority religion‚ so they had various

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    2 Essays In what ways did the New England economy and government differ from those in the Chesapeake colonies? Pages 62-64‚ 82‚ 83 How did the tobacco economy draw the Chesapeake colonies into the greater Atlantic world? Pages 66‚ 67 Explain how the Puritans used their concept of moral liberty to justify their actions against others in the New World. Then discuss why some puritans‚ other English settlers in the New World‚ and those remaining in England might see these justifications as

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    God‚ where she describes not only the cruel and animalistic nature of the Native Americans by whom she is held captive for eleven long weeks‚ but also her revelation of the Lord’s almighty power and the diminishing influence he is having over the New England societies. The narrative begins when Mary’s town of Lancaster is raided by Native Americans‚ and she is one of few that are taken captive along with her three children. As she is forced to bear witness to the death of her youngest child‚ starved

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    Chapter Study Outline I. England and the New World A. Reasons for England’s late entry 1. Protracted religious strife catholics persecuted by edward‚ mary becomes queen-executes protestants‚ mary’s rule makes reconciliation with rome impossible 2. Continuing struggle to subdue Ireland absorbed money and energy directed towards new world B. England and North America 3. Early ventures a. Humphrey Gilbert’s failed Newfoundland colony

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