Many hardships had to be conquered to settle a New World; from uncultivated land to angry natives, from diseases, to slow economic processes, these people were besieged by problems. ... Rhode Island even declared complete toleration of all religions on its charter of 1663. ... They argued that government officials no longer had the power to establish laws which dictated people's choice of religion. ... Another benefit in coming to America was that no matter what the immigrant's original nationality, this new country allowed them to keep a piece of themselves; immigrants were not forc...

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Realizing that the company was not going to feed them, and the manual labor being beneath them, they often forced the Native Americans to provide food and clothing (Ayers et al, page 48). After all, the Native Americans were seen as savages with a heathen religion (Ayers et al, page 48). Not being on the same level as the English settlers, the English were able to justify their horrific treatment of the Native Americans. ... Despite previous dealings with previous Europeans that had not gone well, the Native Americans helped the settlers at Plymouth (Ayers et al, page 58). ... The Puritans...

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When the Spaniards invaded their land, they infiltrated these communities and brought diseases, weapons, and religion to the shores of Latin America, destroying these ancient communities, tearing down their cities, writing and calendar systems, religious and socio-political organizations and replacing it with their own (Cal 2004, 5). ... European colonists had identified the areas in which resources could be exploited to achieve its full value, and Native Americans adjusted their economic activities to accommodate them. ... Across the continent, Native American tribes operated self sufficientl...

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Under such conditions, it is only natural for historians to find similarities, both qualitative and quantitative, between the two early American Colonies. ... On the other hand, the Plymouth colony resorted to neither indentured servants nor slavery, they did it simply to keep outsiders from contaminating their religion (Murrin, 72). ... When both groups of settlers landed in the new world, they lacked the agricultural expertise necessary to survive, had a very difficult time during their initial stage of settlement and had to resort to the assistance local Native American. ... Squant...

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Those who practiced minority religions moved to Rhode Island so that they wouldn't be punished by the Massachusetts church and government. ... For example he directly questioned the Puritans and their separation from the Church of England as well as questioned the right to forcefully claim Native American land. ... Roger Williams on the other hand after being exiled went on to create an entire colony in which he had a relationship with the Natives whom he had purchased the land from. ...

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Although religious faith and economic success was an important factor throughout all of England and it's American colonies, Chesapeake and New England prioritized one over the other. ... While both had fled England to pursue a religious lifestyle of their own, the Pilgrims had settled quite peacefully with the natives, and kept to themselves. ... Despite the eventual diversity, the New England colonies' strived for a pious society based on their spiritual beliefs, free from all sin, to be a role model for their corrupt, sinful native land of England. ... Unlike the Church of England...

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