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    John Winthrop’s Influence and Shaping of Puritan Society In the early 17th century, a group of Puritans came to the Americas from England to charter the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the leadership of Governor John Winthrop. Puritans brought--to what some in today’s modern standards may consider--intense ideology that dictated everyday life. John Winthrop praised those principles that rooted from English Calvinist beliefs in order to form a better community and inspired the idea of a “city on…

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    Unlike the other colonies such as Virginia, consisting of those who had come on their own such a second sons, the Massachusetts Bay colony was established, not as a money maker, but instead as a place where the Puritans could worship the way they chose. The environment of the northwest was not suited for large farms, so the colonists made their money fishing in Cape Cod,…

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    Anchored off the inhospitable coast of Massachusetts, a meager band of 88 Pilgrims, weak and weary from their lengthy voyage, stared at two terrible behemoths: in front of them was a vast, hostile land and behind them was the powerful, immense Atlantic Ocean which cut them off from the rest of the world. After they set foot on the rocky shores and watched the Mayflower sail past the edge of the endless horizon, one can only imagine the settlers’ unbearable sense of being all alone, separated…

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    William Bradford. They were often referred to as Pilgrims or Separatists, and they arrived on The Mayflower Compact. The Separatists maintained ties with Great Britain till eventually they broke away from the English ways. With the arrival of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Puritanism was later on founded. Notable leader of Puritans was John Winthrop. He arrived with the…

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    tolerated, and at other times they were severely persecuted. Charles I of England made efforts to purge all Puritan influences from England, which resulted in the “Great Migration” to Europe and the American Colonies. The Pilgrims who formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony were separatist Puritans who had been forced out of England and Holland. Non separatist Puritans who remained in England responded to this persecution with the English Civil War (1641-51), which led to the execution of Charles I,…

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    The people who came to the New England and Chesapeake colonies shared England as their birthplace, but not much else. The colonies developed into two distinct societies because of the social, economic, political and religious differences among the immigrants. Religion was valued greatly by New Englanders, and not nearly as much by Chesapeake settlers. Physical climate and economic motivations had an impact on why the colonies were formed. Demography was also a key factor in forming the different…

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    The first two colonies established in the new world were The Chesapeake bay colonies, and The Massachusetts bay colonies. They were very similar but also different in their own individual ways. A similarity between the colonies was the hopeful realization intrinsic to them. One of the primary similarities between the English founding of colonies in both the Chesapeake and those at Massachusetts Bay represents a belief that happiness lies outside of one's established home. Both settlements…

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    of the blasphemous practices of the Church of England. The colony of Massachusetts Bay was built to restore proper moral and religious practices for the sake of keeping the community holy and, in turn, in God’s favor. Anne Hutchinson devoted her life to being an extraordinary member of the Puritan church, even if it meant stepping on the toes of leaders to express her ideas. This behavior was unacceptable in the Massachusetts Bay colony and Anne was put on trial in front of the General Court,…

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    Early Jamestown Colonies

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    Maryland was due to the need of seeking a safe haven for the English Catholics who were the subject of unending persecution back home in England. St. Mary’s which would become the first settlement was planted by Lord Baltimore in 1634 in Chesapeake Bay (Roark 63). This charter gave Lord Baltimore great authority which enabled him to make laws, develop and create his own courts, hold people captive and grant huge feudal manors. In the beginning the estates were owned purely by catho.ics who had…

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    Between the 1630s and 1660s, waves of immigrant and religiously oppressed Puritans upon the Winthrop fleet traveled from England to New England, and settled in the region known as the Massachusetts Bay. In opposition to existent New England inhabitants, Puritans established a colony in resistance to the throne, altering the religious, political, and social advancement of forthcoming New England colonies. As a result of the Puritan 's mind set on work ethic and commonwealth ideals, the economic…

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