American History - Mid Term Essay This essay will explore how the differences in religion affected the founding of New England, and why religion was such a major part of colonial life. The differences in religion affected the founding of New England in a variety of ways. One of the reasons the colonists came to America, was because they were unable to worship freely in the European countries; especially in England. The government in England had significant control over their people in many areas, one of these areas being religion. The major religion in England during that time period was Roman Catholic. The Catholics and Protestants often times would try to ban each other’s religion. The people of the Protestant faith in order to get away from the Roman Catholic Church, migrated to America; since one of the drawing factors was the chance to practice their religious beliefs freely. The colonists when they arrived to New England found some of the Christian religious groups wanted the government in some of the colonies to enforce strict laws on worship, which meant the colonists would not be able to have the religious freedom they had sought. Some of the laws these groups wanted included mandatory church attendance and paying taxes to support the clergy. The …show more content…
The government that was created from this, at times created conflict. The colonies that were solely developed on religion were Maryland, Massachusetts and Plymouth. The religious groups that established these colonies were the Catholic, Pilgrims and Puritans. Maryland was established by the Catholics to practice Catholicism. Plymouth was established by the Pilgrims, who were very conservative. Massachusetts was established by the Puritans who did not want to separate from the church, but rather reform the church. The Puritans also wanted religious freedom for themselves and no one