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Church of England, some Catholic, Jewish. Most colonists didn't attend church and were not that religious. We only think they were. Actually the Purtains weren't nearly as religious as we have made them out to be. There is no hard statistics on attendance, but the tax rolls compute the number of people who belonged to a church. An example is in 1649 better than half of adult males didn't belong to any local church. In Salem by 1680 only 17% of adult males belonged to a church. The truth is that Americans in the 17th century were far too busy breaking land and building homes to go to church.
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Why did the early English colonists move to the new world?
For religious freedom and for trade.
Was Protestant England's early colonial ambitions fueled by its religious rivalry with Catholic Spain?
No, the first colonists were fleeing religious persecution in England.
Where did the colonist go looking for religious freedom?
the early colonists escaped countries in Europe because they did not have religious freedom to seek religious freedom they sailed across the Atlantic ocean to the Americas.
What did most of early colonists become free of?
Many of the first Americans that arrived from England sought religious freedom.
Why did some religious people want to reform the church?
the colonists left England for religious freedom for Christianity.
What are some debate topics for fifth graders?
how about famous explorers or early colonists
Why were early colonists not a book-reading population?
Why were the early colonists not a book-reading population
What were some types bees popular with the early colonists?
There were no honey bees (Apis Mellifera) living naturally in North America or Australia so the early colonists brought bees with them to produce honey.
Did colonists take pride in being a member of an empire?
Some did and some did not. I suppose so; that was their job as colonists!! Perhaps economic opportunity or religious concern for the "unsaved" souls of natives was also a motivator...
What were some of the reasons colonists came to the southern colonists?
some people came looking for gold, some came for religious freedom, and some people came to work as indentured servants. (others who came were slaves or forced slaves.)
How did early colonists deal with wolves?
Colonists didn't really have a problem with wolves. Neither do people today.People think wolves are a threat, but they aren't really.Sadly, the colonists killed some anyway.
What were the colonists in Jamestown looking for?
religious freedom
