What Role Did Religion Play In Shaping American Culture In The 1600's

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History Essay


In the 1500’s people were punished for their religious beliefs. Well, that’s sort of why a group of separatists known as the pilgrims broke away from Great Britain and settled in a part of Massachusetts they called “Plymouth”. Even though all of the colonies played a major role in forming America as it is today, Massachusetts Plymouth was the most important because there was religious freedom, the settlers befriended the natives, and they had their own government system.
To start, even though the pilgrims went through many hardships making forming the Massachusetts Plymouth colony, they had religious freedom. This was a big thing back in the 1500’s because people had to succumb to an “official religion”. The pilgrims originally

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