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    Religious freedom is the notion that people of religion can freely partake in the practices of their religion without opposition”. To me religious freedom is being able to have our opinions and speak our mind about our beliefs. Religion in general means a clear set of beliefs about a life that surpasses our current human experience. We also have religious freedom; it plays a very important part in our lives. Religious freedom is actually deeper‚ broader‚ and more important than most people realize

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    The Importance of Religious Freedom The price of religion to a human in one of the most important factors in one’s life‚ as well is their own being. People practice religion for several reasons‚ throughout the world it is practiced as it being part of their heritage. However many people seek religion for the feeling of security. There are hundreds of different cultures throughout the world‚ some who believe in everything including their health is left up to the Gods to heal‚ while others believe

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    Andromeda is the name of my country and it is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean‚ far from anywhere else. The citizens have been fighting for what religion should be predominant in the country. I have chosen that they have religious freedom. Everyone can be free and not fight over a religion anymore. No one will be unhappy with a religion forced onto them‚ and there are so many religions to follow. People won’t have to fight‚ because some people might want to follow Judaism‚ and y usually

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    started for many reasons. Some of those reasons are for religious freedom‚ overpopulation in places like England‚ and for people hopeful to find gold and become wealthy. Religious freedom existed in the New England colonies prior to 1750. The New World was thought to be a religious haven but not all colonies allowed certain religious freedom. Some colonies had complete religious freedom such as Pennsylvania. Others had limited religious freedom such as Massachusetts. In 1682‚ William Penn founded

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    republicanism and radical Whiggery that Britain’s American colonists had adopted by the eighteenth century. [ 2 ]. Describe the theory and practice of mercantilism‚ and explain why Americans resented it. [ 3 ]. Explain why Britain adopted policies of tighter political control and higher taxation of Americans after 1763 and how these policies sparked fierce colonial resentment. [ 4 ]. Describe the first major new British taxes on the colonies and how colonial resistance forced repeal of all taxes

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    The development of the American colonies had six different factors contributing to it. They were the Enlightenment‚ European population explosion‚ Glorious Revolution‚ Great Awakening‚ mercantilism‚ and Religious tolerance. The Enlightenment was a cultural movement that challenged the authority of the church in science and philosophy while elevating the power of human reason. One of the most influential Enlightenment writers was John Locke. He argued with the church that people were not

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    the New World and to escape religious persecution. The first permanent English colony was Jamestown and was founded with profit in mind. The colony was initially controlled by a joint stock company. This one was more similar to Spain in that most colonists were men looking for an opportunity in the New World. Other colonies were founded by religious groups who were fleeing persecution. One of the most famous and well known are the Pilgrims who founded the colony of Plymouth. Unlike the Spanish

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    and everything familiar to brave sickness‚ hunger and the threat of death on the long voyage to America‚ in the hopes of creating a better life. They formed settlements‚ some of which gradually grew into towns and cities. Over time‚ the southern colonies developed into a distinctly separate region from the northern colonies. There were countless factors involved‚ including climate‚ relations with Indians‚ economics‚ politics‚ and slavery but in the end there was one core reason for the distinction;

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    1st Pd. Settlements of British North America Although there was economic and religious concerns during the colonial period it is believed and can be proved that economic concerns had more to do with the settling in British North American than religious concerns. Economic concerns that drove the settlements included‚ over population‚ standard of living‚ as well as high unemployment. Throughout history‚ people from around the world from different cultures have to American seeking for a new life an

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    1492 and 1763 the colonies were growing and improving their conditions from before when they had lived in Britain. Although the colonist all came for a similar reason of escaping religious persecution and had the same idea when it came to organizing their colony‚ they did however have a difference in class organization and how they were to go about in their trading and farming economy. The south and the north may have been comparable but they were also two totally diverse colonies at the same time

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