CHAPTER 3: SETTLING THE NORHTERN COLONIES‚ 1619-1700 I. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism In 1517‚ Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. Luther had several explosive ideas including… The Bible alone was the source of God’s word (not the Bible and the Church or pope). People are saved simply by faith in Christ alone (not by faith and good works). His actions ignited the Protestant Reformation. John Calvin preached Calvinism which stressed
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colonies‚ and the southern colonies that practiced limited religious freedom. The colonies of New England allowed the least religious tolerance as the only religion accepted was Puritan. Due to this harsh discrimination‚ the Quakers were banished‚ faced with fines‚ as well other punishments. Similarly‚ other Puritans were faced with immediate banishment if they argued with these laws. A great example of a man of such justice is Roger Williams who disputed the right of civil government in order
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“Plymouth Plantation.” There these new settlers tried to replicate the villages and communities of England. Without assistance from the local Native Americans‚ the Pilgrims would not have survived in the New World. “The Great Migration” The Puritans‚ a much larger and wealthier group of religious reformers‚ wanting to escape the tyranny of King Charles I‚ established the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Under the leadership of John Winthrop‚ they sailed for the New World to create a better society
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resources included fish and waterways. Lumber was also abundant‚ as well as furs‚ seeing as the settlers were able to participate in Canadian fur trade. The New England population started with 102 puritans on Plymouth Rock‚ which then turned into 42 after the first winter. The second group of settlers was the puritans who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. There were 1000 of them. Other types of
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purely selfish‚ but the way society had made it for them made their only way to actually have some political power was to make an accusation. “No wonder that they [women who experienced hardship] used their temporary power and prestige to attack…the Puritan establishment which taught its members to accept unquestionably their fate handed down to them by god.” These women were essentially oppressed into a specific role and those that went against it were either the ones doing well that were accused and
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Religion has affected the human in many ways; rules‚ traditions‚ culture patterns‚ morality‚ etc. The most powerful and important role that religion plays is that how it controls the human. I believe that religion has created conflicts between people including whole countries. Religion has the societal effect of dividing people into "us" and "them". This unfortunately has the same characteristics as any other form of discrimination‚ such a as racialism. Then‚ it would come very easy to consider "us"
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The Northern and Southern colonies had many similarities between the years of 1607 to 1763‚ but the idea that they were more similar than different is vastly incorrect. The economy in the Southern colonies was based off of planting and slave labor‚ which was very common‚ while land in the Northern colonies‚ for the most part‚ was not fertile enough to support planting. Another difference between the North and South was that government and the church had very close ties in the North‚ compared to a
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around their natural harbors. Cities such as Philadelphia‚ New York‚ Charleston‚ and Baltimore prospered as seaports and commercial centers. Puritans founded New England‚ and many northern colonists practiced the Puritan religion. The middle colonies were in large part Quakers. The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a retreat for the Quakers. Religion in the southern colonies was not practiced with the enthusiasm of the northern and middle colonies. Most colonists in the south
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and found the colonies‚ but it also allowed the colonies to flourish and grow. For example‚ many colonies considered themselves a safe place for people of their main religion. William Penn‚ a Quaker‚ founded Pennsylvania‚ a safe area of religious tolerance. People in Pennsylvania were Lutherans‚ Jews‚ Quakers‚ and more. Due to the vast acceptance‚ the colony grew quickly both in population and socioeconomic development. This contributed to the colony’s success and wealth. Another example is Rhode
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tolerance. Incidentally‚ Penn had included a bill that addresses human rights in the framework of the Pennsylvania government‚ but shockingly‚ the bill failed to address the issue of slavery. Due to the shortage of labor in the New World‚ the English Quakers‚ including Penn himself‚ who had settled in Pennsylvania decided to purchase slaves that were brought from Africa‚ to help cultivate and the develop the colony. And for about four years‚ slavery thrived in the Pennsylvanian
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