SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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To make money from tobacco
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To provide a safe place for Separatists to practice their religion freely
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To convert natives to Christianity
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An English explorer found tons of gold in the area
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the citizens of Plymouth were fleeing religious persecution and searching for a place to worship as they saw fit, while wanting the groups around them to adhere to their beliefs, rather than being entrepreneurs like many of the settlers of Jamestown in Virginia.
Detailed explanation-2: -They thought the new Church of England was beyond reform. Called “Separatists, ” they demanded the formation of new, separate church congregations. This opinion was very dangerous; in England in the 1600s, it was illegal to be part of any church other than the Church of England.
Detailed explanation-3: -The pilgrims were fleeing religious persecution from the Anglican church and left to establish a settlement where they could worship freely in the New World.
Detailed explanation-4: -Overview. Puritans were English Protestants who were committed to “purifying” the Church of England by eliminating all aspects of Catholicism from religious practices. English Puritans founded the colony of Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference.
Detailed explanation-5: -No church taxes, no prohibited beliefs or practices. Other Protestants, Williams pointed out, wanted “their own souls only to be free.” And that was true in Plymouth Colony, which like the Bay Colony established a single religious option in each town.