The New England Colonies: Religion Or Religion?

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There were many different religions in the colonies and they were pretty much the same. Some colonies supported the religions while others wouldn’t. The New England Colonies were all puritans except for Rhode Island. The Middle Colonies had either no religion or were Anglican while the Southern Colonies were mostly Anglican. Most colonies, like European countries of the time financially supported on religion, called “established church” and supported. However, the other colonies encouraged all religions but gave money to none. This evidence is connected to the topic sentence because religion is quite important because some wanted churches to be more high ranking and making services more simple. Also, some wanted to be able to practice their

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