economic hunger. In England‚ clashes between Catholics and Protestants‚ brought upon by the establishment of the Church of England in 1531 by King Henry VIII‚ placed many in complete disarray. The Separatist‚ befittingly termed‚ were a group of puritans sought out an escape from the institutionalize corruption and rituals practiced by both faiths. They believed solely in the authority of the Bible‚ and viewed unfounded rituals and means to reach salvation as corrupt. They also believed in society
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1608‚ Puritan Separatists who wished to leave England could not legally do so. 9. In 1620‚ the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America were Christian missionaries. 10. Compared to King James I‚ King Charles I’s treatment of Puritans was more hostile. 11. The Puritan merchants who founded the Massachusetts Bay Company carried out the largest single migration in the seventeenth century. 12. The Massachusetts Bay Puritans created a colonial "theocracy". 13. The Puritan founders
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by Puritans. These people were anti-separatists‚ which means that they did not believe in the separation of church and state. Any resident living in Massachusetts‚ regardless of Religious affiliation was required to pay taxes to the puritan church. The churches only problem was not the requirement of taxes‚ but also their efforts to control other aspects of the colonist’s lives. Massachusetts had a certain kind of feel to it‚ and the Puritans wanted to assure that it stay that way. Puritans felt
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Anglican‚ but also Puritan‚ Presbyterian‚ Separatist and Catholic‚ was very different from the enforced Catholic conformity of Spain. While the English government did not accept all these groups‚ quite a few flourished within the country. When the king began persecuting the varied religious groups present in the country‚ many immigrated to America. The diversity begun in England continued in the colonies: New England was Puritan; Maryland was Catholic; Pennsylvannia was Quaker; the Southern Colonies
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banished 3. Built Baptist Church in Rhode Island; complete freedom of religion and shelter for Jews‚ Catholics‚ and Quakers 4. Henry Hudson: 1. English explorer 2. Filed a Dutch claim to what he thought was a shortcut through the continent 3. Employed
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Gender Frontier” by Kathleen Brown‚ tobacco‚ indentured servants‚ Maryland as a Catholic refuge‚ Puritanism‚ Puritan beliefs‚ Puritan society‚ John Winthrop‚ Great Migration‚ Roger Williams‚ Anne Hutchinson‚ Middle Colonies‚ the Dutch in New Netherlands (New York)‚ Quaker beliefs‚ Quaker society‚ William Penn‚ South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ James Oglethorpe Theme: Colonial America Chapter 3 Puritan women in New England‚ Families at Risk in the Chesapeake‚ The Structure of Planter Society‚ Roots of Slavery
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the Europeans the upper hand. Unlike the Powhatans and the English Settlers in the Chesapeake region‚ the relation between the Puritan Colonist and the natives started in mutual respect. The natives were first attacked by a new set of diseases causing nearly three-quarter of the population to die. Although the natives were introduced to diseases they befriended the Quakers. They formed an alliance and established the treaty
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Characteristics that describe the New England colonies can be described as religion based primarily Puritan. In the Middle colonies‚ the climate was mild and the soil was fertile producing growth of crops‚ such as corn and wheat‚ with equality in balance of power between the rich and poor. The Carolinas colonies materials of importance where rice and indigo
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Chapter 1 New World Beginnings 33‚000 B.C. - A.D. 1783 225 Million Years Ago - Pangaea started to break apart. 10 Million Years Ago - North America was shaped by nature - Canadian Shield 2 Million Years Ago - Great Ice Age 35‚000 Years Ago - The oceans were glaciers and the sea level dropped‚ leaving an isthmus connecting Asia
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The first arrivers in the northern colonies were Puritans who came to America because they didn’t agree with the Anglican Church. These early colonist yearned for a place where they could indulge in religious freedom as opposed to the extreme contrast to the strict religious persecutions they experienced in England. But the Puritans had very strict rules regarding membership into the Protestant Church and religion was viewed very strictly. The Puritans believed that they were "a city upon a hill" and
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