USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The settlement of these colonies was motivated by religion. In 1620, a group of settlers left Plymouth, England, to join the settlers in Jamestown. Among them were the separatists, a group of people who believed the Church of England to be corrupt and thus sought to break from it.

Detailed explanation-2: -The New England colonies were founded to escape religious persecution in England. The Middle colonies, like Delaware, New York, and New Jersey, were founded as trade centers, while Pennsylvania was founded as a safe haven for Quakers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The New England colonists-with the exception of Rhode Island-were predominantly Puritans, who, by and large, led strict religious lives.

Detailed explanation-4: -It has long been understood that the prime motive for the founding of the New England colonies was religious freedom. Certainly what those early colonists wanted was the freedom to worship God as they deemed proper, but they did not extend that freedom to everyone.

Detailed explanation-5: -What role did religious freedom play in American settlement? Religious freedom attracted settlers to America. English Protestants sought to structure their society so that every part of life experienced the renewal of the Reformation. Quakers, Roman Catholics, and others came to America to escape persecution.