factors that played a role in English colonization. These factors ranged from economical to religious ideas. The importance of religion showed drastically by showing how it brought people, with similar religions, together. This in return caused colonies to form along the east coast of what now would be the United State. It also gave incentives to people who lived in England to immigrate to America for more religious freedom and in a way to also have a fresh start. The middle part of the east coast colonies
Religious Freedom V.S Economic Opportunity During start of the 17th century, England started its colonization in America so called the “English colonization”. They started out by settling three main colonies; Virginia, settled by the second sons of wealthy men seeking for gold was located in the south, Pennsylvania settled by the Quakers a religious minority that valued religious freedom in the middle colony and Massachusetts established by the Puritans; the religious minority of England
queens of these monarchies had to be powerful, and many of these monarchs were. This can be seen with King Henry the VIII, and his religious persecutions, forcing many to immigrate to the New World. Though after many people landed in the New World, many of the colonies established were established under royal charters. These charters would impose political, religious, and social influences on the colonies from England. Soon the English would establish thirteen major colonies. These colonies
held religious freedom to be among their most prized rights. While it is true, that some did make the transatlantic journey to escape religious persecution, the reality of the matter is that once here, the societies that they set up were predominantly Protestant. They required tax-payers to support the state church, and in many towns, attend services with regularity. In fact, prior to the American Revolution, there was a good deal of discrimination against Quakers and Catholics in colonial society
well over two million. The population increase came from two sources: a natural birth increase and immigration. a third of the growth was from natural increase but the remaining amount was from immigration. The new immigrant, colonists differed in religious values, cultures, and races; making the thirteen colonies more diverse when it came to ethnics. This shifted a racial and cultural imbalance , diminishing the whitewashed society they had first started from. In New England, immigration wasn't
England of its Catholic ways. Because of their beliefs, thousands left for New England in the 1630s to seek out religious freedom. Puritans came from all ranks of English society and were mostly merchants and tradespeople in the middle class and even founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. The Puritans emphasized Bible reading, believing that the Bible was the only religious authority. They believed in prayer, hard work, and proper behavior, and believed that all children should learn to