To avoid persecution from others in their native countries. Their religion may not be accepted, so they have to migrate to practice it freely.h
The Catholic Reformation is the European religious movement that caused many groups to eventually move into the new world to worship freely.
The settling of the Jamestown colony in 1607 was based on financial goals, not religious, despite whatever role religious convictions played in the colony's growth and daily life. For the Massachusetts Bay colony, religious expression was the core motivation of the colonists involved, with trade activity and resource-development, also important factors. Two religious groups from England both came to the New World. The Pilgrims came to escape religious persecution. Their soon to be neighbors, the Puritans came to practice what they believed to be the "pure" Protestant religion in England the Anglican Church.
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The first groups to bring Protestantism to the New World were the English settlers of Jamestown in 1607 and the Pilgrims in 1620. Jamestown was established as a commercial colony while the Pilgrims sought religious freedom.
the Columbian exchange
When some religious groups feel that they must purify the world for a new epoch, this is called violent eschatology. This can lead to violent intolerance and a religious war.
The new communities adopted new practices
The Puritans and the Pilgrims
The Quakers and Protestants converged to create the New World. They came from religious persecution from Europe.
The settling of the Jamestown colony in 1607 was based on financial goals, not religious, despite whatever role religious convictions played in the colony's growth and daily life. For the Massachusetts Bay colony, religious expression was the core motivation of the colonists involved, with trade activity and resource-development, also important factors. Two religious groups from England both came to the New World. The Pilgrims came to escape religious persecution. Their soon to be neighbors, the Puritans came to practice what they believed to be the "pure" Protestant religion in England the Anglican Church.
The Catholic Reformation is the European religious movement that caused many groups to eventually move into the new world to worship freely.
The Puritans and the Pilgrims
Who were the two major religious groups that lived in the New England colonies
Religious freedom................Previously the church and government had oppressed the many different groups in Europe
The Columbian Exchange
The first groups to bring Protestantism to the New World were the English settlers of Jamestown in 1607 and the Pilgrims in 1620. Jamestown was established as a commercial colony while the Pilgrims sought religious freedom.
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