SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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All men and women are created equal.
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No man should be required to worship against his will.
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Differences in society are essential for a society to improve.
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Both the government and the church ave a common purpose of promoting virtue.
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Detailed explanation-1: -With which statement could a Puritan minister in the colony of Massachusetts in 1660 have most likely agreed? “Both the government and church have a common purpose of promoting virtue."
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best summarizes the relationship of the church and government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? They made no distinction between affairs of the state and affairs of the church.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay believed in a separation of church and state, but not a separa-tion of the state from God. The Congregational Church had no for-mal authority in the government. Ministers were not permitted to hold any government office.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Mayflower Compact continued the idea of law made by the people. This idea lies at the heart of democracy. From its crude beginning in Plymouth, self-government evolved into the town meetings of New England and larger local governments in colonial America.