America is now known for being a country of religious freedom. When people from overseas began to come over to America, one of the reasons they came was to be able to live, religiously, the way they wanted. Settlers, who did not agree with the idea that uniformity must be present in each society, settled the northern colonies that helped form the United States. From this act the New England colonies were formed and were later known, “as plantations of religion”. Settlers fled to this land in order to be able to practice religion as they pleased, here they had the opposite to what they had in Europe. There was no one here to tell them how to or what to believe when it came to their religious beliefs. The Puritans were another religious group that came to America to practice their own religious doings, as they felt right. They “wished to reform and purify the Church of England of what they considered to be unacceptable residues of Roman Catholicism”. Puritan s

Another conflict that America has dealt with is the labor system. America is known for its wide usage of African-American slaves in various places. Before the usage of African-Americans Indentured servants were used. Most of them were English migrants that came to America in exchange to work for a family for some time. These servants were subjected to harsh conditions, the work that had to be done was that of hard work and very unpleasant. Many of these servants would try to escape the treatments, many were caught and therefore had to serve a longer time as a servant. Much of the conflict came from the treatment of these servants. They were treated with no respect and lived a very pathetic life, they were allowed freedom but not guaranteed any type of a regular life. Some would even die out before there term as an indentured servant was up. Although the times were hard they were allowed to be free after a certain amount of serving time. Because of the want to come to America many of these servants would sell themselves to a master, by doing this the servants families were usually split apart. (Out of Many 57,119).

America is the land of the free. For many centuries America was not. The things that have made up the past are what make up the history that we hear today. History conflicts arise all over and America is a place that has been full of conflict and still is. Religion was a huge part of the beginning of America. All of the diversity with in the religious system has allowed everyone to have their own beliefs and not be punished for them anymore. Slavery is no longer an issue the way it

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