The New World was first established because many people in England did not agree with their religious and political ways of life. Most people in the northern colonies had run from England due to having no religious freedom. The Puritans, Quakers, and various leaders created outbursts of reform to achieve freedom in New England. Each group had their own philosophy on how life should be lived.

The Puritans were a group of English men who disagreed with how the Church of England was ran. The damned were allowed to sit with the saints, and the Puritans did not like this. The extreme Puritans were known as Separatists in England. Finally, these extreme Puritans left for the New World in 1620. The Puritans set up a way of government. It said, " the whole purpose of government was to enforce God's laws." Only the Puritans, the only one's eligible for church membership, could be freemen. The believers and nonbelievers had to pay taxes on the government-supported church, and ha

d to follow God's law. After many generations, religion was not at the top of the Puritans list. In the middle of the seventeenth century a new type of sermon began to generate. It was called the jeremiad. The Puritan pulpits took it from the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah. The Puritans opened the church doors to anyone and everyone. This included converted and non-converted New Englander's. Women had now became the majority of the church-going population. The Puritans were unhappy about the new church policy, but it would change soon.

The Quakers were a group of people who refused to support the established Church of England with taxes. They were offensive to the religious and political authorities. The Quaker were persecuted for doubting the authority of the Puritan clergymen, but still had religious freedom. The Quakers believed that structured sermons were not necessary. Chaotic services were how the Quaker sermons went. They built meeting houses rather than churches and the Puritans burned them down. The Quakers would just build their meeting house right back up to prove

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