During the early colonization of the East coast of North America‚ many groups of people of Europe came to the New World such as the Puritans and Quakers. Both the Puritans‚ led by John Winthrop‚ and the Quakers‚ led by William Penn‚ were escaping persecution from England but each they had their own views and goals in religion‚ politics‚ and ethnic relations. Being on the native land of the local Indians‚ both Penn and Winthrop had to face issues and negotiations with the Indians. Penn and Winthrop
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Puritanism‚ Presbyterianism and the Dutch Reform Church. The English Puritans were members of the radical Protestant sect that followed the teachings of John Calvin. They wanted their own Congregational churches‚ and they wanted to elect their own ministers. The Church of England refused their requests. The Church of England began to persecute the Puritans. They were no longer allowed admittance to the Universities in England. The Puritans wanted to “purify” the Church of England and have them revert back
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New England was settled by English Puritans‚ mostly Congregationalists‚ in the 1620s. It was held together by its common religion‚ which gave the region stability in its early years. Contrastingly‚ the mid-Atlantic colonies were made up of a variety of different religious groups‚ including Lutherans‚ Catholics‚ Jews‚ Congregationalists‚ and Quakers in Pennsylvania. During the Great Awakening of the 1730s‚ the influence of older forms of Protestantism‚ especially Calvinism‚ increased dramatically
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and later into Georgia from 1568 to 1684. The fist catholic mass was held in the United States in 1526 by catholic missionaries. They were mostly found in the colony of Maryland which was there save haven from the other colonies which‚ all but the Quakers‚ had a hatred of the roman catholic religion. Settlers from England called Jesuits‚ or the Society of Jesus founded Maryland in 1634. Maryland was actually a very religiously tolerant colony‚ though almost every other religious sect disliked the Catholics;
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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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you do affects all of us.” The puritans highly prioritized work ethic and were not afraid to publicly shun their members if the puritans disapproved of their actions. They believed their religion should be involved in all aspects of their life. The puritans strongly opposed the Quakers who‚ by the 1700’s‚ had settled into the Middle colonies. Quakers‚ also called the Religious Society of Friends‚ greatly differed to New England’s religious beliefs. The Quakers were a diverse group of people of
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factors within Puritan Massachusetts and Quaker Pennsylvania‚ which resulted in two completely different colonies. The Massachusetts bay colony was established by Puritans seeking religious freedom‚ something they didn’t have in England. They established the Puritan church throughout the colony‚ and it became the center of life. Church attendance was mandatory and attendance would be taken. Additionally‚ everyone‚ including non-believers‚ had to pay state taxes for the Church. The Puritan faith is notorious
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The Middle Colonies were mostly Quakers with a mixture of Catholics and Jews. The Southern Colonies were similar to the Middle Colonies‚ but they were mostly Catholics. However‚ the New England colonies were mostly Puritans which led to strict laws when it came to religion. The majority of the colonies did indeed have religious freedom to a pretty large extent with the exception of the New England Colonies. The New England Colonies were primarily composed of Puritans. This particular group of people
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there were colonies such as Pennsylvania and Rhode Island that had a certain degree of tolerance for other religions. With Virginia being Anglican with its laws‚ Massachusetts having puritans and separatists‚ Rhode Island having Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson‚ and Pennsylvania having William Penn along with Quakers‚ it was inevitable for religious tolerance to be expressed in different directions. Religious freedom in the Virginia Colony was at a very small or zero amount because of the Anglican
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religious groups‚ thus groups such as the Puritans and Roman Catholics came to America seeking refuge from persecution. They were seeking a place where they would have the opportunity to share and practice their religious beliefs. This common ground of religious refuge was a crucial catalyst in the American Revolution. However‚ because there was no monarchy forcing the citizenry to conform to one religion‚ division was created among colonists. Puritans wishing to cleanse the Church of England
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