... for wealth, while ordinary Europeans settled because of religious concerns. Plymouth Colony was established by Pilgrims in what is now modern-day Massachusetts. The Pilgrims were a group of English Separatists who broke away from the Church of England because they felt that "it did not complete the work of the Reformation."" Considered heretics, they could anticipate no mercy ... in England. In the New World, however, religion could be practiced freely. Another group called the Puritans were also commonly harassed. Puritans wanted to "purify- the church of any remaining traces of Cathol...

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... other hand, the Plymouth colony resorted to neither indentured servants nor slavery, they did it simply to keep outsiders from contaminating their religion (Murrin, 72). The two colonies share many similarities when it comes to their economic life, governing system, and certain main characteristics. When both groups of settlers landed in the new world, they lacked the agricultural expertise necessary to survive, had ... starvation or diseases, including the governor, during its first winter. Luck was on the Pilgrim's side during the next spring when they encountered an Indian named Squa...

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When King Henry VII dissolved the Catholic Church and made the Church of England rendering the Pope powerless in all English affairs (Williams, 4), some people, non-conformists, were not happy. They were persecuted for practicing their religion, so when they found a chance to leave, they did. This first group of ... the supervision of the members" behavior, was a necessary attribute of a church, then they would not have been able to defend the remaining English churches, which they admitted lacked the power of discipline. By laying importance of faith, even though they did not even pretend th...

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