SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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The colonists were looking for religious freedom
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The land was great for farming
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There were better jobs in the colonies
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It’s where the explorers landed, so that’s where they built the colony
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Detailed explanation-1: -It has long been understood that the prime motive for the founding of the New England colonies was religious freedom. Certainly what those early colonists wanted was the freedom to worship God as they deemed proper, but they did not extend that freedom to everyone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many colonists came to America from England to escape religious persecution during the reign of King James I (r. 1603–1625) and of Charles I (r. 1625–1649), James’s son and successor, both of whom were hostile to the Puritans.
Detailed explanation-3: -Religion was the key to the founding of a number of the colonies. Many were founded on the principal of religious liberty. The New England colonies were founded to provide a place for the Puritans to practice their religious beliefs. The Puritans did not give freedom of religion to others, especially non-believers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rhode Island became the first colony with no established church and the first to grant religious freedom to everyone, including Quakers and Jews.
Detailed explanation-5: -To those suffering from harassment or maltreatment in the Old World, the New World offered space to create new societies in which they could worship without interference-like the Pilgrims and Puritans who founded New England.