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Massachusetts Bay Colony was a theocracy.
Jamestown was settled to make a profit. Massachusetts was founded to ensure religious freedom for Puritans... and only puritans.
In the 1600s
After the English Restoration, where the Puritans were eventually hated by the citizens, the Puritans went to the Massachusetts, one of the 13 colonies. The Puritans went there because they wanted to escape a religious persecution in Europe. Also, Massachusetts was a free land that the Puritans weren't going to be judged or have a religious persecution.
The Puritans organized public education in the state of Massachusetts.
They didn't. They only established Mass.
in 1628, a group of puritans formed the new england company.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans formed the New England company and received a royal charter to establish the Massachusetts Bay Company.
They wanted to complete their reform of the Church of England and demonstrate the success of their theocracy.
A theocracy is a form of government where religious leaders have direct authority over the state's laws and politics. In a theocracy, the government is typically guided by religious principles and officials are often religious leaders who enforce laws based on their interpretations of religious texts.
Theocracy, they were a government that the religious leaders claimed divine guidance and other sects were denied religious freedom
Avihu Zakai has written: 'Theocracy in Massachusetts' -- subject(s): Church history, Eschatology, History, History of doctrines, Puritans
Puritans formed the New England company and received a royal charter to establish the Massachusetts Bay Company.
Massachusetts Bay Colony was a theocracy.
The Puritans left the country of England to found three colonies in the New England of North America: Plymouth in 1620 and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, both located in Massachusetts, and the Connecticut Colony in 1636.
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