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Some of the earliest settlers in America, Puritans under the leadership of John Winthrop, came to New England in hopes of inspiring their fellow countrymen in England and furthermore saving the nation. "The City on the Hill" was an unsuccessful set of reformed churches conspicuous to the sinful mother country. The attempt failed merely because the mother country paid no mind the settlement. England paid little attention to all of the colonies. Charles S. Miller and Natalie Joy War write in History of America, Vol. 1, "The English government wrongfully assumed that once the colonies were establish, often without any help other a written charter they could be ignored much of the time. Most people in England had little interest in the colonies" (Miller and War 94). This period of "salutary neglect" officially was instituted under George I reign. Charles Sellers, Henry May, and Neil R. McMillen write in A Synopsis of American History, Vol. 1, "Sir Robert Walpole, who became the king's......

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