USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What group of people founded the Massachusetts Bay colony for religious reasons?
A
Puritans
B
Quakers
C
Catholics
D
Virginians
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: -Massachusetts’ Early Colonial History While they may not have been the first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts, the Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Puritans left England in 1630 to reform the Anglican church, establishing their colony in the city of Boston to serve as a model for Protestantism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony north of the Plymouth Colony that had been established by the Pilgrims ten years earlier. The Puritans wanted their colony to be based on the laws of God. They believed that God would protect them if they obeyed religious laws.

Detailed explanation-5: -These separatists established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, the first English colony in New England which not only survived but flourished. The Plymouth Colony was not a cohesive group of Puritan separatists, however, as half their number were so-called Strangers (people not of their faith), who were Anglican.

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