The Struggle For Religious Freedom
The struggle for religious freedom was of course a big factor in the lives of colonists leading up to the 1700's. This issue was the most prevalent in the northern colonies because of the different strong beliefs of the religious groups that settled there. A main factor for moving to the colonies from England was to have religious freedom, but some ended up finding themselves in the same situation as before, living in a land with little or no religious tolerance because of the lack of open-mindedness and stubbornness of previous settlers. …
