Differences Between 17th Century And Early 18th Century

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During the 17th century and early 18th century there were many colonies being formed in the New World. During the colonization there was a different colonies being formed : Middle , Southern , and New England colonies. The colonies were living in different lifestyles. The Great Awakening resulted in unifying the colonies together. The similarities in the influence toward unity in the English colonies were due to political , religion , although the differences were social. …show more content…

The Great Awakening gave many people religious revival in the colonies and was occurring during the 1700’s and in the Salem Witch trials, there was people being accused of witchcraft . Great awakening caused religion to become diverse throughout all the colonies and was the first movement that actually unites all the colonies as a whole. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts made changes in our court system due to realizing the case of one person having too much power. It also created the separation of church , and can also be seen today in unifying the country with a due process agreement throughout the country. In the 1700’s the Halfway Covenant was seen as a religion devotion decline and the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 where it guaranteed toleration to all Christians. The Maryland Act of 1649 was basically a baby step upon the religious freedom for the future which means no one will be denied the right to their beliefs. This can be seen as a way That colonies unite as a whole for the better living for themselves on their beliefs when it comes to the future. The Halfway Covenant was due for the New England churches to gain membership based off of children who were not converted. The Halfway Covenant importance was allowing the rise of free will rather than predestination. The both evidence prove that due to similarities in religion the colonies it made it