American Colonies :: American America History

the Statesn ColoniesWhen settlers from England came to America, they envisioned a Utopia, where they would have a say in what the government can and cannot do. forrader they could live in such a society they would have to deal out many small steps to break the hold England had on them. The settlers of America had to end a monarchy and start their throw, unique, form of government. They also had to find a way that they would have some kind of decision making power. The intimately important change that the colonies in America had to make was to become a society quite different from that in England. By 1763 although some colonies nevertheless maintained established church servicees, other colonies had accomplished a virtual transition for phantasmal toleration and separation of church and state. During the mid-1600s England was a Christian dominate nation the colonies, however, were mainly Puritans. When Sir Edmond Andros took over a Puritan church in Boston for Anglican worshi p, the Puritans believed this was done to break their power and authority. The Puritan church in New England was almost entirely separated from the state, except that they taxed the residents for the churchs support. The churches in New England had no temporal power, unlike the church of England. Many haven towns like Marble head and Gloucester, became more religious as eon pasted. This show of religious freedom was a way in which the colonies had religious toleration and differed from the Christian church in England. Unlike the well-defined societal classes of England, the colonies had a streamline class structure, which gave individuals the chance to rise on the social latter. New settlers living on the coast could become rich by fishing and selling what they caught. If fishing was not a settlers strong point, and then they could try their hand at farming. Getting the land to farm on was the easy part. The head right system gave each male 50 state, and 50 acres to each indent ured servant he might bring over. England could not do this because England so defined the social classes and they did not have generous land that they could give to every male and his indentured servant. In a similar economic revolution, the colonies out grew their mercantile relationship with England and developed their own expanding capitalist system. The idea of a set amount of wealth in the world and that if one were to become wealthy, he or she had to take from mortal who is already wealthy, is basically what mercantilism means.