Even though there were some Dutch and French, the majority was English and that gave them something in common. ... So groups of the same religion would settle in one area and develop it in their own way, such as Massachusetts Bay, which was Puritan. ... The trade in the colonies was still dependent of England. ... Being a colonist alone was very different than being English. ... In this meeting, the colonies discussed England's unfair taxes. ...

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Parliament chose to use this transition as an opportunity to write up the English Bill of Rights, which would later become an important aspect of the American colonies. Similar to the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights set clear boundaries on what a ruler could and could not do. ... Like the English Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence began with a statement of purpose and basic human rights. The difference between this document and the other two documents was that the Declaration of Independence stated specific complaints against King George III and wher...

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From the beginning in the colonies there was a quest for freedom of religion, a desire for economic opportunities, and a release from England. ... The King saw that the colonies were prospering and wanted some of the profits. So they passed Navigation Laws that restricted the colonies to trade only with them. ... Soon following the French and Indian War the colonies came into revolts and protests against the British due to the taxation. ... This stated that they would not import English goods until the tax was lifted. ...

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The British goal was to raise about 100,000 dollars in the colonies. ... All the colonies, except Georgia, agreed to resist all tax laws. ... The last factor of the revolution was the legacy of colonial religions and political ideas. Tufto 4 Without the legacy of religions and political ideas in the colonies, the spirit of revolution would never have had the potential to exist in America. ... John Locke, an English Enlightenment philosopher, argued that humans had "natural rights" to life, liberty, and property. ...

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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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