In 1666, there was a puritan colony in Massachusetts where The Scarlet Letter took place; this was a time of new English settlement. ... In the movie, women in the colonies gossiped about Hester. ... Religion had a strong influence on the social and political life of the colonist. ... The colonies set aside Sunday as a day of worship. ... The capturing of Hester Prynne's husband was also inaccurate because the Native Americans that took over colonies would just go to fight and kill the English, not capture them and then release them. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

From this act the New England colonies were formed and were later known, "as plantations of religion". ... Here in America is where they were allowed to practice religion as they felt they should. ... Most of them were English migrants that came to America in exchange to work for a family for some time. ... The Chesapeake colonies were the first to come about using African-Americans as slaves in 1619. ... Religion was a huge part of the beginning of America. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Most went to the West Indies or Latin American colonies. About five percent went to the colonies in America. ... The Africans remaining on board were sold to the colonies. ... The slave now needed a religion in which he could participate vigorously. ... Gullah blended English with African languages such as Yoruba and Ibo. ...

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Spaniards were constantly in America spreading religion or seeking gold and glory. ... Here the Natives would learn of the catholic religion, the Spanish laws and lifestyles. ... The catholic priests set up various missions to convert the Indians to the catholic religion. ... If the Spanish armada might have beaten the English fleet, they might have been able to better fund the exploring of the Americas. The Spanish played a significant part to destroying the native populations and arousing ill will from the Indians toward all Europeans therefore complicating things for settlers willing to ...

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From Christianity to Black Religion 4. ... Then, it will discover how Christianity became the basis of black religion. ... It will also examine how the views of race affected society and the ideas of religion to this day. ... "# Degler's analysis of Negro discrimination continued with an explanation saying, "Thus, legal slavery in the English colonies reinforced and helped to perpetuate the discrimination against the Negro which prevailed almost from the beginning of settlement... Although, their meanings of race varied from place to place and "it was the English in North America...

• Word Count: 3801
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• Grade Level: High School

Another text which explores this theme is the work of Coguano (1787), that describes, in English, the horrific conditions aboard the slave ships. ... The first one uses many documents, reports and testimonies produced by the English tribunals in eighteenth century, without consideration to the slaves point of view, or African American literature. ...

• Word Count: 4160
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• Grade Level: High School