SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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The settlers demanded to be taken back to England so ships from England took most of the settlers back to England
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The settlers demanded larger tracts of land and all of the settlers received 100 more acres of land
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The settlers demanded a larger role in the government and the General Court became an elected assembly
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The settlers demanded that their leaders allow people of all faiths to worship freely and the leaders made a law that met their demands
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Detailed explanation-1: -In October 1629, he was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he led a group of colonists to the New World in April 1630, founding a number of communities on the shores of Massachusetts Bay and the Charles River.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main reason the Puritans started the Massachusetts Bay Colony was to live according to their religious beliefs. 3. The major issue that caused King Philip’s War was that the colonists and Native Americans disagreed about ownership of the land.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Winthrop (1588–1649) was an early Puritan leader whose vision for a godly commonwealth created the basis for an established religion that remained in place in Massachusetts until well after adoption of the First Amendment.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Winthrop delivered the following sermon before he and his fellow settlers reached New England . The sermon is famous largely for its use of the phrase “a city on a hill, ” used to describe the expectation that the Massachusetts Bay colony would shine like an example to the world .