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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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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