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12 Απρ 2021 · The earliest colonies of New England were founded between 1620-1638 by separatists and Puritans seeking to establish religious communities in which they could worship freely. Both sects had been persecuted in England and, once they were firmly established in North America, then persecuted others.
14 Μαρ 2016 · The New England colonists—with the exception of Rhode Island—were predominantly Puritans, who, by and large, led strict religious lives. The clergy was highly educated and devoted to the study and teaching of both Scripture and the natural sciences.
9 Απρ 2021 · The New England Colonies each insisted their interpretation of Christianity was correct and others were wrong and the same was true all the way down the eastern seaboard. The Quakers who established Pennsylvania were religiously tolerant, welcoming people of all faiths, but still believed their understanding of the Bible was the only right one.
The New England Primer provides a clear example of the importance of religion to the early Puritan colonists. It also illustrates why the literacy rate in the New England colonies far exceeded that in other areas of settlement.
Colonial Religion. In British North America, the distinctive religious attachments of the thirteen independent colonies affected their colonization and development. These colonies varied in their approach, from Massachusetts’ initial establishment as a Puritan stronghold to Penn’s “holy experiment” in religious tolerance to Virginia’s ...
3 Απρ 2021 · The New England colonies organized society around the Puritan religion and family farming. In this video, Kim Kutz Elliott explores New England settlers' reasons for immigrating to North America and their farming and fishing economy.
From the perspective of the Puritan missionaries and ministers in Old England, however, the most important religious practice perfect was the public narration of their conversion. Interestingly, reported in 1674 that in Natick it was not uncommon for. wide variety of Christian practices into their normal lives without.
