USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did the puritans establish Massachusetts Bay Company?
A
To teach the Bible
B
To escape persecution
C
To build new lives
D
The establish a community based on scriptural principals
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans, a religious group in England. They founded their colony to escape religious persecution and hoped to build a model religious community in the Americas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The second wave of English Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, and Rhode Island. These Puritans, unlike the Separatists, hoped to serve as a “city upon a hill” that would bring about the reform of Protestantism throughout the English Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Massachusetts Bay Company English company chartered in 1629. Its purpose was trade and colonization of the land between the Charles and Merrimack rivers in North America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Puritans like Winthrop were persecuted. As he worried about his future, Winthrop became intrigued by a new venture, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a commercial enterprise that offered the chance for religious freedom in the New World.

Detailed explanation-5: -By 1629, a prosperous Puritan named John Winthrop received a charter through his business, the Massachusetts Bay Company, to establish a model “godly community” of Puritans in northern America-what he called the creation of a model “City upon a Hill".

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