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Throughout the course of history, humans have always strived to ascertain certain freedoms in order to better their lives. Humans in North America are no exception, and one of many freedoms they sought to attain was religious tolerance. Throughout the history of the British North American colonies prior to 1700, the extent of religious freedom allowed generally increased as you moved south and was rarely extended to any non-Christian.
The New England colonies were founded mainly by religious groups who sought freedom from the Church of England. The Separatist Pilgrims in Plymouth were the first group to seek freedom, and their leader, William Bradford, said his greatest fear was non-Puritan settlers. The non-Separatist Puritans, who merged with the Plymouth Colony to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, believed the purpose of the government was to enforce God's laws. Only Puritans could be freemen and believer or nonbeliever, and everyone had to support the church through......

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