1. Settling British North America
The colony had a decentralized church government which meant the church and the state were not separated. The town leaders were the church leaders and all the taxes were collected by the church. ... In 1641 the General Court issued a Body of Liberties, which simply stated the rights and responsibilities of the colonists residing in Massachusetts. In this law, it "required each town to establish a church and to levy a tax to support the minister" (Eric Foner 76). ... The main reason for this outbreak was that if a person witnessed another person committing a Puritan sin (bad church attendance, ...
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