hell- cannot go to heaven by good works‚ must be “elect” ) These followers of Calvin (Puritans) made up the immigrants who settled the New England colonies of Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ and NH. III. The Church of England . Also known as the Anglican church‚ founded in 1534 By King Henry VIII‚ remained similar to Catholic Church in most ways. Puritans in England against the similarities and sought to purify the Anglican church using teachings
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America was a place for dreams and new beginnings given that they were persecuted for their religious beliefs in England. Some fled to the Netherlands finding religious freedom and no work. The Pilgrims however‚ settled in America. Moreover‚ the Puritans came to America to practice their religion freely. They strictly enforced their religious regulations in result of the little tolerance they themselves obtained from different beliefs. Due to this lack of tolerance people began forming new colonies
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As the English civil wars commenced‚ the Great Migration and harsh persecution between Catholic and Puritan powers made religious concerns the primary cause of settling the British colonies; after the intensity of the British economic problems died down‚ the settling of the British colonies for economic concerns further died down; as a result‚ the statement that economic concerns had more to do with the settling of British North America than did religious concerns is somewhat invalid. As the civil
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Massachusetts Bay was founded by the Puritans for religious beliefs. The church of England didn’t accept the beliefs of the Puritans. So then‚ the puritans left as families on boats. The puritans wanted religious freedom yet they were not very tolerate any other religions. Anne Hutchinson challenged the puritans beliefs and gender roles. She was trialed and later banished from Massachusetts. William Penn was also banished for not believing the puritans beliefs. Pennsylvania was founded by William
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Intolerance When Puritans arrived in America in 1620‚ they had experienced religious intolerance in the Old world‚ yet they still supported Europe’s theory that in order to have unity within a state‚ everyone must be of the same faith. Puritans believed in predestination‚ which meant that God had already decided which of his children would receive the privilege of going to heaven and which would not‚ and one could not persuade His judgment. This belief‚ along with the strict Puritan lifestyle‚ intertwined
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success of Jamestown combined with religious tensions between Anglicans and Protestants in England‚ caused the Puritans to form the Massachusetts Company. The puritans believed that they could build a godly society as model for English reform and droves of Protestant family’s began to settle in what would become New England. Later‚ in 1681 William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania with Quaker morals in mind‚ one of which was religious freedom. Although religious tolerance introduced religious diversity
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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 Colony. They proposed to establish a settlement in the Massachusetts area‚ where Boston would become the core of Puritan society. The Puritans didn’t want to separate from the Church of England‚ but rather separate from its impurities. In Rhode Island
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William Penn and the Quaker Legacy which was a biography that told the tale of William Penn but reminded its readers that Penn was a legend and hero according to http://www.uh.edu/honors/about/faculty-staff/john-moretta.php‚ . According to Moretta‚ Penn produced a Founding Father image and to him Penn “shaped the American creed and ideal” (pg.xi). In my opinion‚ the reason John A. Moretta wrote the book was because he wanted the world to see Jr. William Penn as the Quaker Legend that he still is
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within the colonial empire. Most of the settlers in these colonies were of English origin on whom applied the different Acts of British Empire. Puritanism was predominant in New England. The mid-Atlantic colonies had a majority population of the Quakers. The population in South was oriented more to commerce and enterprise‚ than religion. When we speak of religious freedom‚ we mean the right granted legally to individuals to practice and preach religion. It also means not being persecuted for holding
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During the early part of English colonization of the Americas the main group of people that were sent to the Americas was religious and political outcasts. This included Puritans‚ Quakers many other religions‚ debtors and political dissidents. The Puritans and Quakers came to the Americas in search of political freedom. The Puritans settled in the northeast region of the United States mainly in modern day Massachusetts. During their long nearly 4 month journey across the Atlantic Ocean the boat goers
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