In the 3 colonies, Religion, the role of women in society, and Native American relationships were all affected by the different characters of the immigrants.
The colonies of New England and Pennsylvania were motivated by religion, but Chesapeake Bay was an economically driven colony. The puritans that arrived in New England came to the New World in order to build a religious utopia. Puritans did not separate church and state and forced people to follow their religion. Puritans also stressed literacy and education in order to pass the bible and their religion on form generation to generation. Quakers also immigrated to the New World for religious purposes. Quakers were seen as a threat the England so they were given a grant of land to leave England. The Quakers were a pacifist group and created a colony of religious freedom. Quakers lived together in groups of their families and beliefs. The pacifist belief of the Quakers created a peaceful society that attracted and......
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