Neda Tanya Tourgoly Professor Linda Graham History 1301- 908 17 October 2016 Midterm Essay: Influence of religion with respect to the original 13 colonies Christopher Columbus is the founder of the New World. The New World consisted of thirteen original colonies known as; Jamestown, Maryland, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Georgia. The first group colonists were passionate, brave, cold hearted, and at times violent. They were willing to risk their lives for the chance of enhancing them. The new world was viewed as the land of opportunity, those who were jobless and landless in England made their way to the new world in hopes of bettering their lives. However, what they came upon instead was illness, prolonged shortage of water supply, famine, conflict, and demise. The first successful attempt to a permanent colonized …show more content…
In Connecticut they assembled a self-governing colony where Hooker urged the separation of religion and politics. In 1639, Connecticut passed the first written constitution called the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, a sequence of laws that presented a Christian Commonwealth. The Connecticut Constitution stated that the colonies official religion would be the Congressional Churches. To the north of Massachusetts are the states of New Hampshire and Maine. The founder of New Hampshire was Captain John Mason (took southern territory) and the founder of Maine was Sir Ferdinando Georges (took northern territory). The main religion was Puritanism; the Congregational church out grew the Puritan church and established the Colonial New Hampshire. This is a combination of Puritan belief, Protestant, Quaker, and Baptist domination. However, Massachusetts continued control over Maine until a new charter included Maine into
Although all colonies had religion play some sort of role in their daily lives, the importance of religion differed greatly among the regions. Since Puritans helped establish many of the New England colonies, it is no surprise that the majority of the New England colonists were Puritan. Religion was a major part of daily life, with many attending church and having their children baptized. Religion varied greatly in the Middle colonies. For example, in New Jersey, many different religions from many different European nations were able to coexist, while the Quakers dominated Pennsylvania, both in culture and in government. In the Southern colonies, religion did not seem to be of high importance to the colonists, as farming was of utmost importance to the Southern colonists. However, many were Catholic. In fact, Maryland was founded in order to provide a refuge for persecuted
The Puritans’ beliefs were a leading role for New England, which evolved into the Settlers having many differences from Chesapeake. John Winthrop dreamed of creating a “city on a hill” so the Church of England would think highly of the colony. The Puritans put in place congregational rule later evolving into town meetings which gave the New England more political control. Additionally, they established
While the Chesapeake and New England colonies were similarly the earliest successful English colonies in North America, the colonies developed quite independently of each other. When looking at the differences and similarities in the development of these colonies, it seems as though the differences far outweigh the similarities. These colonies varied in regards to their religious beliefs, their societal organization, culture, economy, and relationships with local American Indians. The differences and similarities between the colonies can be further understood by analyzing the individual colonies’ geography, economy, religious beliefs, and cultural practices.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was influenced by Puritan belief and religion(Docs 1,2). John Winthrop gives an idea on Puritan beliefs such that they wanted to, “be knit together in this work as one man.” He explains further that no matter what the differences between those who live in colonies, they are one group that God is watching create an influential establishment. Winthrop’s beliefs are similar to the Articles of Agreement. Their plan was to establish a colony in which everyone, no matter their economic background lived under God’s grace to share the plantation. These Puritans wanted a diverse but unified colony. This was reflected further as the Chesapeake Bay Colonies were falling behind in integration with the other groups that lived in the
In the 16th century into the early 17th centuries, there was a rapid spread of various European nations who occupied the new American lands. Before they set out on ships to occupy, kings would send people to explore the treasuries and worth of North America’s coast. Before settling, there were already two different colonies who existed which were the New England and Chesapeake colonies. Although the New England and the Chesapeake colonies are massively different from each other, there are also many similarities that readers can compare such as their economy, geography, and religious characteristics.
New England, which included Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island were established to seek religious freedom and practice puritan strictly.. In England, the church was separated from Catholicism and protestant began to flourish. In order to have complete separation to practice as they wished they set up the New England colony. After they got off the mayflower, the mayflower compact was written. It was a written document that everyone had to agree to the idea to live and work together to create a civil community. This was important because no one was allowed to get off the boat before they signed the document to pledge that they will live in unison.
Puritans in England didn't like the English Church and wanted to practice their own religion, so they moved to Holland. It wasn’t what the Puritans were looking for, so 102 of them boarded the Mayflower in 1620, and landed at Plymouth under the lead of William Bradford. On the ship, the people on board wrote the governing document that would be put into place after they landed. Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to farm and survive in the new world, which lead to the first Thanksgiving. 10 years later, a second group of Puritans followed the Pilgrims, under John Winthrop. Massachusetts was self-governing with some influence from the Bible.
Although the Chesapeake and New England colonies were the earliest English colonies to flourish in the New World, they were both extremely different in the ways that they developed. Similarities between the colonies can be found, but the colonies were mostly different. The colonies differed most in religion, society, culture, economy, and their relationships with the American Indians of the region. The reasons for such differences can be understood by realizing that the colonies were settled by incredibly different people who possessed different cultures, religious beliefs, and motivations for settling in their respective colonies in the first place. The Chesapeake and New England colonies had similarities and differences in their development, including how each colony affected nearby American Indians. Their differences and similarities can be understood by analyzing each colony’s geography, economy, religions, and cultures.
The two groups that started out there were the pilgrims and puritans. They both disagreed with the Church of England and aimed to practice religion how they chose. This worked for the pilgrims, but the puritans were very strict and if a person disapproved how they taught, then they were kicked out. A few people who got kicked out formed New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. As you may imagine, that makes religion a very important part of the New England colonies. This region wasn’t very diverse and consisted of mostly English people with puritan roots. Because the region was the most northern one out of the three, the climate was cold and made for a short growing season which made for basically no farming industry, but did kill disease. Puritans and Pilgrims founded the New England Colonies on religious
Religion played an immense part in the development of the colonies in America. Due to the restricting rules and regulations of the Roman Catholic Church in Europe, several individuals sought to have freedom of religion. When the opportunity arose to go to the New World and begin a new way of living, many left Europe so that they might develop their own opinions of the world and experience freedom away from the Roman Catholic Church . This essay discusses how religion was involved in the founding of the colonies through the following topics: The Roman Catholic Church and how it caused many rulers to break away from its doctrines and start their own beliefs, how different doctrines and practices occurred in the colonies, and how important
The New England colonies were founded by English Puritans. While most Puritans sought to purify the Church of England from within, and not to break away from it, a small group of Separatiststhe Pilgrimsfounded the first small, pious Plymouth Colony in New England. More important was the larger group of nonseparating Puritans, led by John Winthrop, who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony as part of the great migration of Puritans fleeing persecution in England in the 1630s.
All of the colonies started out as royal colonies, but New England colonies began to form charter government. The government in the colonies was based off of religion. In the New England colonies, they had more religious freedom. Excluding the Quakers, most forms of Christianity were accepted.
The Pennsylvania and Maryland colonies were established for religious reasons. First there was Pennsylvania. It was founded by William Penn. He stated “All men have a natural and indefeasible
In a time when numerous countries were beginning to explore the new and exciting land of North America during the Age of Exploration, and groups of people from England and Spain were fleeing their home countries either for religious freedom or wealth, vast and civilized colonies began to form all throughout the New World. It is in this context that the colonies founded by the English and the Spanish began to develop and grow. There was a significant difference between the Spanish and New England colonies between 1492 and 1700 in terms of the treatment of indigenous people, and there were some immense similarities between the two colonies in terms of the role of religion in their society and the
For the people of Europe the Americas was a place to prosper, worship in there own way, and expand there kingdoms. The only problem is that they attempted to settle in their own way and all failed dismally. The New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern Colonies grew differently in various ways, but each with the same state of mind, “do it our way”. Examining the three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different in religion, government, and ways of expansion.