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    Religious freedom is being allowed to believe in anything you like‚ and not be victimized by the people around you. Prior to 1700‚ the British North American colonies had conflicting outlooks on the extent of religious freedom in the new world based on the different acts of the British Empire and by the English origin of most of the settlers. New England was mostly comprised of Puritans‚ the Middle Colonies consisted of Quakers‚ and the South was more concerned about using the land to make money

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    Many of the British American colonies that eventually formed a part of the USA were populated by European settlers‚ who were persecuted for their religious beliefs back home‚ but they held on passionately to their beliefs. They supported their leaders who dreamed of ‘city on hill’ and had a great faith in the ‘religious experiment’ that could be successfully realized in the wilderness of America. The settlers had a missionary vision of their church even in colonies like Virginia‚ planned as commercial

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    established because a group of people in England did not agree with the religious and political ways of life advocated. Different religious groups left England to pursue more religious freedom in America. As they moved to the New World‚ the three different regions of the North American colonies greatly impacted not only their lifestyles but also the extent of religious freedom allowed prior to 1700. The first arrivers in the northern colonies were Puritans who came to America because they didn’t agree with

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    extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700. Religion‚ one of the main reasons America is what it is now. Ever since the beginning of Jamestown‚ Europeans came to the Americas for a common reason; they sought religious freedom. 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

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    The extent of religious freedom in the British American colonies was at a moderate amount. Although colonies such as Virginia and Massachusetts had little to no religious freedom‚ 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

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    Religious Freedom in the American Colonies Prior to the 1700s The first amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees citizens their right to practice any religion they wish without persecution today‚ but many years ago when this country was made up of only 13 colonies on the east coast‚ that was often times not the case. It’s surprising how many were not tolerant of religions different from their own because the main reason why people fled to America was to escape religious persecution

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    Enlightenment and Religious Revival As colonies grew and developed in the Americas‚ so too did the needs and wants of the people who lived within them. With all the mounting turmoil that was stirring‚ people’s moral compasses spun about wildly‚ contrasting sharply‚ chalk full of uncertainty. Access to knowledge was available to a vast array of people from all walks of life. This was the perfect recipe for a religious reformation‚ or The Great Awakening. Conflicting views and new knowledge from the

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    Class 7 Why you should settle in the Middle Colonies? From Delaware to New Jersey‚ New York to Pennsylvania‚ there is this wonderfully diverse colony. This is the place you will want to get married‚ have children‚ and basically grow old in. This is the bread basket colony . This is the Middle colonies. This is the Quaker land‚ where you can randomly give complete strangers a ride. The Middle Colonies have rich soil‚ thus letting the region

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    Religious Freedom in the British American Colonies Although the original thirteen colonies of America had to face the same issue of religious toleration in early settlement‚ three major regions‚ such as the colonies in New England‚ middle region‚ and south responded in different ways. Prior to the year 1700‚ the original thirteen colonies displayed great contrast of religious toleration in the three major regions; the reluctantly tolerant New England colonies‚ the far more lenient middle colonies

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    Response Question Religious freedom was always a struggle for the early inhabitants of the New world‚ they even moved an entire world away just to achieve it. When Martin Luther decided to nail those ninety-five theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg‚ little did he know he would make such an impact on the rest of the world for years to come. That was the beginning of the protestant reformation as well as puritanism. An adding catalyst in wanting to acquire religious liberty was when

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