SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Settled largely by waves of Puritan families in the 1630s, New England had a religious orientation from the start.
Detailed explanation-2: -Puritans went chiefly to New England, but small numbers went to other English colonies up and down the Atlantic. Puritans played the leading roles in establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, the Saybrook Colony in 1635, the Connecticut Colony in 1636, and the New Haven Colony in 1638.
Detailed explanation-3: -The New England colonies were established by the Puritans in 1621. The Puritans were a strict religious group that was being persecuted as a result of political change in England. John Winthrop established the Massachusetts Bay Colony because the colonists were facing religious persecution in England.