The French had a lack of able men to go set up the colonies due to wars in Europe, and so their colonies proved to be much less vast than the Spanish. ... The French government decided that Catholicism would be the official religion of the colonies and so they banned Protestants from the settlement. ... Unlike the other two nations, the English fought with the Native Americans openly in several bloody wars. ... The Spanish, French, and English had different ideas as to how the New World should be explored and controlled. ... The colonies met with different levels of success and encountered di...

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It was founded by Roger Williams, this haven for the religiously persecuted offered complete freedom of religion, even for Jews and Catholics in a region dominated by Protestants. ... The middle colonies thrived from a fertile farming region, it became known as the "bread colonies- for exports of grain; the colony also grew a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. ... Generally, the middle colonies were less aristocratic than New England and the Southern Colonies. ... A well advertised place, Pennsylvania distributed pamphlets in English, Dutch, French and German, causing many people to migrat...

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Through detailed analyses of changes in demographics, the economy, politics, and religion, Butler explains the origins of American culture. ... The first English colonists "homogeneous as they were "still had to learn to coexist with the Indians in the feral American wilderness. ... During the period of 1680-1770, tens of thousands of Scots, Scots-Irish and Welsh came to the colonies. Though they emigrated for different reasons (pursuit of wealth or religious freedom) and were of different specific faiths, these three groups shared enough in common with the English colonists (Prot...

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The Literature of Colonial America 1620-1776 The Religious Background The early religion of the colonies was one based primarily on Puritan dogma. The Puritans were a fundamentalist group who felt that the church had become corrupt and that it was the scriptures not the trappings that were important to the religion. ... Instead it depicts the hard life that came from living in the underdeveloped American Colonies. ... Within the colonies there was not complete peace though. ... Smuggling was the response of many to taxes levied by the British and many English goods were boycotted or d...

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Spaniards were constantly in America spreading religion or seeking gold and glory. ... Here the Natives would learn of the catholic religion, the Spanish laws and lifestyles. ... The catholic priests set up various missions to convert the Indians to the catholic religion. ... If the Spanish armada might have beaten the English fleet, they might have been able to better fund the exploring of the Americas. The Spanish played a significant part to destroying the native populations and arousing ill will from the Indians toward all Europeans therefore complicating things for settlers willing to ...

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But for whatever reasons these Europeans immigrated to America, they each contributed to the social development of each of the colonies that they settled in. ... For example when the English began to settle in Jamestown, Virginia area. ... While many came for the riches that lay in this new and undiscovered territory, there were also many who wished to practice their religion with freedom. ...

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Before the English arrived in the New world and began creating colonies, the American Indians lived in harmony and peace with natures. ... The fourth form, religion genocide, where church and school were set up to teach and convert Indians to Christianity and missionary comes to Indians with superior attitude and in the name of God to force Indians to practice Christianity. Also, Indians prisoner cannot keep their hair long because of their religion belief (Lowy: 11/8). ... The children were severely punished if they did not speak English or follow the strict rules. ... A final form...

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