COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Rhode Island
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Pennsylvania
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Pennsylvania, religious tolerance was the law. Penn welcomed settlers from all faiths to Pennsylvania. Each of the other American colonies had established an official church, but Penn did not. He sought out religious groups suffering in Europe, and invited them to his colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1682, as a safe place for Quakers to live and practice their faith.
Detailed explanation-4: -They settled the colony of Jamestown. Yet, Britain soon had populated permanent settlements in the new world for a different reason. The settlement of these colonies was motivated by religion. In 1620, a group of settlers left Plymouth, England, to join the settlers in Jamestown.