early 1600s, with the founding of Jamestown in 1607, settlers began to move to North America, part of the giant New World discovered a couple centuries before. What induced these people to leave the established civilization in the Old World for a wilderness, brimming with unknown and known threats, must have been a strong reason indeed. In fact, there are three primary reasons. Settlers boarded ships bound for North America in order to obtain freedom, whether it be the freedom to own land, freedom to
few changes and after his death Protestantism remained in doubt. Pgs 25-26 21 - English Reformation A series of events in the colonial period that led to the Church of England to break away from the Catholic Church and also the Pope. Many things contributed to this such as the rise of nationalism and Calvinism which made anxieties within it’s followers to lead a better life. The relevance of the English reformation is that led to more freedom of religion even though it was not ideal at the time