Puritans
British colonists that ventured out to settle in the “new world” away from England in 1607 all expected change from their monarch-ruling homeland. Though they intended on remaining loyal to their mother England, they still had say in what they wanted for the foundations of their nation. Everything that the colonists did, England was supervising and added in what the felt was necessary to keep the colonies always under their rule. England was constantly editing all that the colonists did and in turn this made the colonists rebel in 1775. Colonial religious and political ideas were one factor of which added to rebellion against the British. Many colonists had left England not only for the new money that the colonies pursued, but also for reasons dealing with spiritual oppression. Queen Elizabeth made the official Church of England the Anglican Church, which upset mainly the Protestant and the Puritans. Both Protestants and Puritans thought that the Anglican Church was still too much like the Catholic Church that it had replaced and decided that they would practice their own beliefs in private. The colonies opened the door to religious toleration in which Puritans as well as others flocked to. The colonies did not adhere to roy
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Approximate Word count = 896
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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