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    Bay colony was more into religion than as a land where people settle. It all started around the year 1620‚ a time when a large group of people as we call Pilgrims settled in Plymouth (Tindall & Shi‚ 43). These pilgrims were known as separatists‚ which were the more radical group of Puritans (Tindall & Shi‚ 42). Plymouth was the name that the Pilgrims used as it remind them of England with the fact that they chose a settlement closer to the cold Atlantic (Tindal & Shi‚ 43). Founding

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    leave England? Some Puritans were motivated by Calvin to break off from England and the rest of their religious group to start brand new lives. Explain the factors that contributed to the success of the Plymouth colony. The strong Puritan faith created a close religious community along with the available resources such as fur‚ fish‚ and lumber that helped the economy. Leaders such as William Bradford also kept the colony in order. Why did the Puritans come to America? The Puritans no longer felt they

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    The Pilgrims Journey to America? In 1534 England was ruled by King Henry VIII. “He ruled for 36 years during this time he married six different wives all to gain more political power.”[1] Two of his marriages ended in annulment‚ two from natural deaths‚ and the others from beheadings. What upset a lot of people from the Church of England is the fact that he wanted to annul his first marriage without receiving approval from the pope. Protestant reformers saw this as a chance to convey genuine

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    harvest. Pilgrims and Puritans who began emigrating from England in the 1620s and 1630s carried the tradition of Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving with them to New England. Several days of Thanksgiving were held in early New England history that have been identified as the "First Thanksgiving"‚ including Pilgrim holidays in Plymouth in 1621 and 1623‚ and a Puritan holiday in Boston in 1631. According to historian Jeremy Bangs‚ director of the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum‚ the Pilgrims may have

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    Bradford’s history dispels many myths and misinformation about Plymouth Plantation‚ its relationships to the Native Americans and the Virginia Colony‚ and the events surrounding the Pilgrims’ first years in America. When the Pilgrims first arrived‚ the Native Americans would try to approach them but they would just run away. But in March‚ a certain Indian came boldly and spoke to them in broken English. This became a start of a mutual relationship and then

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    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

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    Clash of Cultures: Pilgrims and Native Americans in Massachusetts Karina Yanez HIS/110 October 23‚ 2013 Sarah Farenick Pilgrims and Native Americans in Massachusetts \In September of 1620 some 100 people ‚mostly seeking religious freedom from the church of England set sail seeking the colony of Virginia. They traveled over on a ship known as the Mayflower where they were blown off their course. After a long voyage of 65 days‚ the refugees landed in cape- cod‚ present day Massachusetts

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    little solace or content in respect of any outward objects.” As the pilgrims struggled to survive on the New land‚ the pilgrims grouped together with the Puritans. The Puritans believe that if they lived by God’s rules and ways of living‚ that things and life would happen gracefully. They established a government system and it helped things run smoothly. “found his guiding principles in the scriptures and in the teachings of puritans‚ yet the puritan’s principles of hard work‚ independence‚ moral strength

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    Spanish explorers referred ironically to their early discoveries as The New World. The America’s‚ however‚ were inhabited by people with an extensive history‚ a wealth of customs‚ and culture. The New World would eventually become a blending of European and American cultures. Christopher Columbus describes himself only as a person observing from the outside‚ and details the geography he encounters. The entries‚ therefore‚ are not considered literature of witness. Alvar Nunez de Vaca‚ however‚ becomes

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    The Puritan form of religion that motivated the foundation of the New World was also referred to as Non-Separatism because there was an even more extreme group of New World founders referred to as the Separatists who completely opposed anything to do with the Anglican Church‚ period. The Puritans or Non-Separatists held on to a very basic‚ bare-bones structure derived from the Anglican Church‚ but

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