SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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they owed their loyalty to King Charles II.
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all people are created equal.
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people should fight to defend their colony.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Followers of Fox, Quakers, believed that all men and women were equal in the eyes of God and should listen to their “inner light” or conscience to guide their spiritual connection with God and the Bible.
Detailed explanation-2: -Quakers believe that there is something of God in everybody and that each human being is of unique worth. This is why Quakers value all people equally, and oppose anything that may harm or threaten them. Quakers seek religious truth in inner experience, and place great reliance on conscience as the basis of morality.
Detailed explanation-3: -Belief in accepting and respecting each individual’s uniqueness. Belief in the spirituality of life. Belief in the value of simplicity. Belief in the power of silence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("the Friends") are generally united by a belief in each human’s ability to experience the light within or see “that of God in every one".
Detailed explanation-5: -This new sect called themselves the Society of Friends, or Quakers, whose faith and practices were so radical that persecution fell upon them. Ultimately, this persecution and their desire for spiritual freedom led them to flee England and establish a religious haven in Pennsylvania.