COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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They were tired of being persecuted for their religion
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They were tired of being persecuted for their race
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They were tired of being persecuted for their gender
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They were tired
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some colonists came to America for religious freedom. In Europe, the government punished people for practicing certain religions. In America, there was more freedom of religion. Some colonists came to America for political liberty.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many colonists came to America from England to escape religious persecution during the reign of King James I (r. 1603–1625) and of Charles I (r. 1625–1649), James’s son and successor, both of whom were hostile to the Puritans.
Detailed explanation-3: -The motivations were the desire for riches, the hope of freedom of religion or freedom from imprisonment, debt or slavery. All of these people and these reasons contributed to the Americas early settlement.
Detailed explanation-4: -Religion was the key to the founding of a number of the colonies. Many were founded on the principal of religious liberty. The New England colonies were founded to provide a place for the Puritans to practice their religious beliefs. The Puritans did not give freedom of religion to others, especially non-believers.
Detailed explanation-5: -Eight of the thirteen British colonies had official, or “established, ” churches, and in those colonies dissenters who sought to practice or proselytize a different version of Christianity or a non-Christian faith were sometimes persecuted.