HISTORY 1311 – Were the English colonies founded for religious reasons
January 12th, 2018
Were the English colonies founded for religious reasons?If someone asked you why the colonies were founded, what would you say? How would you explain the differences in motivations? What are the similarities? What evidence would you draw from these materials to support your argument?If this same person then went on to ask you why, if the colonies were founded for such different reasons, how they ended up with very similar colonial governments, how would you answer? What evidence would you use?Finally, this very inquisitive person asks you why, if the colonies ended up with such similar governments that they remained so socially and culturally different, how would you answer? What evidence would you present?
