people of varied backgrounds, habits and theological ideas. Immigrants came in

from England, France, Spain, as well as other places and started to form their

own settlements with each settlement having its own culture. Despite their

biggest cultural difference, religion, the time came for them to come together and

they did it without any major distress. The Puritans of New England, the Friends

of Pennsylvania , the Roman Catholics of Maryland and the Churchmen of

Virginia, though often narrow in their theological views, manifested a common

love of liberty, and acted upon the common rule that the majority should govern.

Many of those who came to America did so to remove themselves from

persecution in their homeland. For example, The Puritans came to Amer

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