The catholic church had europe in its iron grip. Colonist came to america in order to avoid persecution and to create their own common wealth where they could essentially make the rules. In a sense, the colonist were like rebellious teenagers moving out of their parents house because they got sick of the “my house, my rules” rule. Education and religion were very strong in New England. They came into existence to teach the priest literacy education. The dominant religion in the New england region were the puritans. The puritans were a group of reformist who wanted to purify the church. Eventually some people from other religion tried to settle in New England but they were met with nothing other than hostility, discrimination and violence.
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They “renamed it New York, and encouraged the creation of a Quaker colony led by William Penn (Roark 79).” The quakers were also protestant who wanted away from the catholic church. They believed in a church with no hierarchy; In their faith, neither preachers or priest were necessary in order to worship God. The Quakers were more open-minded and forgiving people than the puritans. As result, settlers whom were neither puritans nor quakers such as baptist were more likely to settle in the mid-atlantic colonies. It is written that After William Penn founded Pennsylvania he declared that every settler would “enjoy the free possession of his or her faith and exercise of worship towards God” (Roark 82).”
Education was also a big part of the northern colonies. In fact, education was in some sense a way for the northern settles to indoctrinate and teach religion. The puritans who were in charge of the government “passed laws that required each settlement to construct schools, so that each resident would be able to read the Bible.” Therefore in essence, schools were really only created to further advance the puritans …show more content…
Since most New Englanders were puritans, the sought governance from other puritans. In fact, in order to be a member of the General court you had to be a male church member. Politics in the middle colonies, were not that much different. In order for a man to have the right to vote or hold public office, being christian was a requirement . The influence of religion wasn’t as great in the south. Southern colonies were ruled by legislative bodies. Virginia, for example, was ruled by a house of representative called the “House of Burgesses.” The house was founded by the virginia company, which was a joint stock company “chartered by [king] James
They “renamed it New York, and encouraged the creation of a Quaker colony led by William Penn (Roark 79).” The quakers were also protestant who wanted away from the catholic church. They believed in a church with no hierarchy; In their faith, neither preachers or priest were necessary in order to worship God. The Quakers were more open-minded and forgiving people than the puritans. As result, settlers whom were neither puritans nor quakers such as baptist were more likely to settle in the mid-atlantic colonies. It is written that After William Penn founded Pennsylvania he declared that every settler would “enjoy the free possession of his or her faith and exercise of worship towards God” (Roark 82).”
Education was also a big part of the northern colonies. In fact, education was in some sense a way for the northern settles to indoctrinate and teach religion. The puritans who were in charge of the government “passed laws that required each settlement to construct schools, so that each resident would be able to read the Bible.” Therefore in essence, schools were really only created to further advance the puritans …show more content…
Since most New Englanders were puritans, the sought governance from other puritans. In fact, in order to be a member of the General court you had to be a male church member. Politics in the middle colonies, were not that much different. In order for a man to have the right to vote or hold public office, being christian was a requirement . The influence of religion wasn’t as great in the south. Southern colonies were ruled by legislative bodies. Virginia, for example, was ruled by a house of representative called the “House of Burgesses.” The house was founded by the virginia company, which was a joint stock company “chartered by [king] James