SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Puritan settlers came to find gold
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Spanish explorers came to find gold
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Puritan settlers came so that they could raise tobacco
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Spanish explorers came for religious freedom
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Unlike the Pilgrims who had left 10 years earlier, the Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it. Seeking comfort and reassurance in the Bible, they imagined themselves re-enacting the story of the Exodus.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans were members of a religious movement in the 1500s through early 1700s that sought to extricate Anglicanism from the influences of Catholicism. Many Puritans moved to America, especially the Massachusetts Bay Colony, to have the chance to establish their own societies away from Catholic influences.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the arrival of the original Separatist “pilgrims” in 1620, a second, larger group of English Puritans emigrated to New England. The second wave of English Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, and Rhode Island.