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    established because a group of people in England did not agree with the religious and political ways of life advocated. Different religious groups left England to pursue more religious freedom in America. As they moved to the New World‚ the three different regions of the North American colonies greatly impacted not only their lifestyles but also the extent of religious freedom allowed prior to 1700. The first arrivers in the northern colonies were Puritans who came to America because they didn’t agree with

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    Religious freedom is being allowed to believe in anything you like‚ and not be victimized by the people around you. Prior to 1700‚ the British North American colonies had conflicting outlooks on the extent of religious freedom in the new world based on the different acts of the British Empire and by the English origin of most of the settlers. New England was mostly comprised of Puritans‚ the Middle Colonies consisted of Quakers‚ and the South was more concerned about using the land to make money

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    The British North American colonies or the 13 original colonies‚ had freedom but not like you would think. The extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700’s‚ was different from region to region. The colonies in New England‚ Middle‚ and south region treated freedoms differently. In the New England colonies extent to religious freedoms was not great‚ Middle Colonies had good toleration to religion‚ and The Southern Colonies had a bit of tolerance to

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    Religious Freedom in the British American Colonies Although the original thirteen colonies of America had to face the same issue of religious toleration in early settlement‚ three major regions‚ such as the colonies in New England‚ middle region‚ and south responded in different ways. Prior to the year 1700‚ the original thirteen colonies displayed great contrast of religious toleration in the three major regions; the reluctantly tolerant New England colonies‚ the far more lenient middle colonies

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    The extent of religious freedom in the British American colonies was at a moderate amount. Although colonies such as Virginia and Massachusetts had little to no religious freedom‚ there were colonies such as Pennsylvania and Rhode Island that had a certain degree of tolerance for other religions. With Virginia being Anglican with its laws‚ Massachusetts having puritans and separatists‚ Rhode Island having Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson‚ and Pennsylvania having William Penn along with Quakers

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    Many of the British American colonies that eventually formed a part of the USA were populated by European settlers‚ who were persecuted for their religious beliefs back home‚ but they held on passionately to their beliefs. They supported their leaders who dreamed of ‘city on hill’ and had a great faith in the ‘religious experiment’ that could be successfully realized in the wilderness of America. The settlers had a missionary vision of their church even in colonies like Virginia‚ planned as commercial

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    Religious Freedom in the American Colonies Prior to the 1700s The first amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees citizens their right to practice any religion they wish without persecution today‚ but many years ago when this country was made up of only 13 colonies on the east coast‚ that was often times not the case. It’s surprising how many were not tolerant of religions different from their own because the main reason why people fled to America was to escape religious persecution

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    Analyze the extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700. Religion‚ one of the main reasons America is what it is now. Ever since the beginning of Jamestown‚ Europeans came to the Americas for a common reason; they sought religious freedom. The Middle Colonies were mostly Quakers with a mixture of Catholics and Jews. The Southern Colonies were similar to the Middle Colonies‚ but they were mostly Catholics. However‚ the New England colonies were mostly

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    Slavery was a very important institution in the British North American Colonies within the years 1607 and 1750. It wormed it way into every aspect of the British North American Colonies‚ into the social structure‚ into the economy‚ it even found its way into the politics of the time. Slavery was like a disease to the colonies‚ infecting every single cell in the body of the culture. The social structure of the thirteen colonies was altered by an addition to the existing divide between the rich landowners

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    Early British North American colonies Jamestown‚ Virginia was founded in 1609 by the Plymouth group. Their goals were to create a town that had livestock‚ crops‚ homes & land for the settlers. At first there was death from the diseases‚ then when their immune systems built up there become order‚ governed by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. They organized workers‚ disciplined and sentenced offenders‚ and gave incentives to workers like ownership of land in trade for work for the company

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