The New-World

The New-World

Many people might say what makes this a new WORLD, what is the New World for some of us? Well to me a new world is a world of opportunities, a world in which gives many people a new start. A start for something good in life, a chance to be somebody, a chance to start all over. Not making the same mistakes the one has made in the past. Until the late 1400's, Europeans did not know the existence of the two American continents ( North and South America ). To the European explorers, exploring the other side of the Atlantic was like exploring an entire different world, hence the name- the New World. In 1492, Christopher Columbus unknowingly discovered the new continent. His original motives for exploring was to find an easier route to Asia but instead, he discovered the New World. Thus; Spain, France and England began sending out conquistadors and explorers to the uncharted terrains of the new continent. Motives for the Spanish, French, and English explorers varied greatly, however, they were similar in some ways.

The English colonies in America were established for a variety of reasons including economic and religious factors. Other reasons for colonization include the desire to expand the British Empire, establishing order, protecting colonies and to rehabilitate debtors. Religious factors that contributed to the establishment of the English colonies occurred in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maryland. In England, due to Henry VIII 's action upon breaking his ties with the Roman Catholic Church and making himself head of the Church of England, it stimulated religious reformers into carring out purification of English Christianity. These religious reformers, known as Puritans wanted to reform the Church of England from within, they wanted religious freedom, to seek refuge, and new economic opportunities.

In my own opinion to the Puritans religion is their identity, their heritage that is passed down from generation to...

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