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 …showed first 75 words of 900 total…

…showed last 75 words of 900 total…colonies regulated under their control led the colonists to rebel. The religious oppression and political establishments, the restriction of civil liberties, the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment, and the taxation that Parliament imposed all added up and caused a great deal of tension between the colonies and their homeland of England. Furthermore, it could have been expected, with consideration of these causes, that the colonists would not accept England in authority over them for long.