USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The people of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were mainly ____
A
Puritan
B
Pequot
C
Powhatan
D
Pennsylvanian
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In 1630 a group of people called Puritans left England for North America. The settlement they started in America was called the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Puritans were a group of Protestant Christians with strict religious beliefs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Puritans were traveling to escape persecution in their home country. In 1630, a group of Puritans left England in search of a place to practice their religion freely. They had a charter from the Massachusetts Bay Company to settle land in New England.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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