SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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believed only in Catholicism.
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were open and tolerant to different religions.
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were closed and intolerant to different religions.
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were mostly polytheists.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The middle colonies saw a mixture of religions, including Quakers (who founded Pennsylvania), Catholics, Lutherans, a few Jews, and others. The southern colonists were a mixture as well, including Baptists and Anglicans.
Detailed explanation-2: -That is, they honored the right to worship without interference. This laid the foundation for the well-known religious tolerance of the Middle Colonies. In contrast to New England, where the English Puritans dominated reli-gious life, many different religious groups settled in the Middle Colonies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many of the early colonies were founded because people were seeking religious freedom-Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Maryland all had those roots.