Puritans
British colonists that ventured out to settle in the "new world" away from England in 1607 all expected change from their monarch-ruling homeland. Though they intended on remaining loyal to their mother England, they still had say in what they wanted for the foundations of their nation. Everything that the colonists did, England was supervising and added in what the felt was necessary to keep the colonies always under their rule. England was constantly editing all that the colonists did and in turn this made the colonists rebel in 1775. Colonial religious and political ideas were one factor of which added to rebellion against the British. Many colonists had left England not only for the new money that the colonies pursued, but also for reasons dealing with spiritual oppression. Queen Elizabeth made the official Church of England the Anglican Church, which upset mainly the Protestant and the Puritans. Both Protestants and Puritans thought that the Anglican Church was still too much like the Catholic Church that it had replaced and decided that they would practice their own beliefs in private. The colonies opened the door to religious toleration in which Puritans as well as others flocked to. The colonies did not adhere to roy
One of these attempted systems was the formation of the "Dominion of New England" which basically was just trying to unify New York, New Jersey and all of New England. It began with the taxation of goods such as sugar, coffee, wines, and other things that were to be imported into America. England benefited from the colonial trade because of the tight monitoring of imports and exports. Britain caused the "unfavorable" balance of trade for the colonies, which is an example of England's carelessness for the colonial benefit and the concern only of bringing profit to England. The colonists resented the idea and went in the opposite direction of some separation. The Stamp Act put an excise tax on all paper goods, which included; newspapers, legal documents, licenses, and playing cards. At times, Britain did not tend to all of the colonies needs. During the Great Awakening, the term "American" came about. These ideas were not accepted as openly in England as they were in the colonies. It rejected Calvinism and Arminianism and brewing up a new faith known as deism, which was a faith that honored God for the marvels of his universe instead of for his power over mankind. The king chose governors to represent the colonies. After all of the taxation put on by Parliament, the Americans felt great tension towards the British and created more of an idea to fully rebel against England. The colonists resented the Stamp Act just as any other and went out against it by rioting and burning paper goods instead of purchasing them. England allowed the colonies to manage the local affairs but reserved the right to veto anything they thought would go against them.
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