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Dr. May
History 1301
December 11, 2017
Research Project

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Year 1620: 17th Century

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The American dream was started on the hope of practicing a freedom of religion, the King of England despised Christianity, so there were a few brave settlers who had the courage to take a chance at civilizing in a new land far away.
These early settlers called puritans wanted this voyage because of their devote faith of Christianity, Hardman explained, “Moore's "pilgrims" came to the "city on a hill," not as idealists but hoping to create a New Jerusalem that England might imitate”.[1]

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There were arguments from historians that these settlers made the incredibly dangerous trip across the ocean to America to flee religious persecution, England’s weak economy, and some wanted to grow very wealthy.

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Puritans were so devoted and hardcore they even believed they were a prophecy of God himself, to travel to the new land and establish Christianity and even evangelize those in need.
Lynn stated that, “Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English Puritans saw their historical moment as typologically related to Biblical history and therefore as part of God's providential plan”. [1]

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No Freedom to practice Christianity

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Body 2: Over Population and Poor Economy  

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Body 2: Over Population and Poor Economy  

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There was also war with Spain, Germany and France; this raised a need in money, which was desperately desired. This created a gap between the religiously devoted Catholics and puritans because some only went to make quick but risky money.
Linda Peck, made a point that, “England's population increased by over a million between 1601 and 1651 sustained by new crops and methods that allowed farmers to extend land under cultivation”.[1]

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Streets of England

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Money, Power, Religion

These early settlers were not all devoted Christians but maybe they disguised themselves so they could start a new life, with the outlook on growing very wealthy.
J.J. Butt made a point, “England experienced a change from a communal relationship with the land to one of personal ownership and the individual right to manipulate and exploit the land. This led to increased wealth, a widening gap between rich and poor, ultimately to the Industrial Revolution, and through this unbalanced relationship with the land, to the destruction of the environment today through the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere”.[1]

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To conclude this essay we can take a few obvious facts away, the devoted Puritans wanted to come over to evangelize, and or practice a freedom of religion. These people also, wanted to get away from a poor economy and overpopulated Island that was full of disease and bad politics. This was their one and only opportunity for lower class and poor individuals to go and make a life for themselves or support a family. These were the tools that King Charles wanted to use in order to fulfill his debts from the war and create a cash flow into the economy by importing and exporting with taxes.

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[1] Morris, M. Michelle. "Pilgrims: New World Settlers and the Call of Home." Church History 77, no. 4 (2008): 1061+. Academic OneFile (accessed December 8, 2017). http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.wildcatter.kilgore.edu:2048/apps/doc/A192393647/AONE?u=txshracd2518&sid=AONE&xid=4e654e2b.

[1] Hinojosa, Lynne Walhout. "Religion and puritan typology in E.M. Forster's A Room with a View." Journal of Modern Literature 33, no. 4 (2010): 72+. Academic OneFile (accessed December 8, 2017). http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.wildcatter.kilgore.edu:2048/apps/doc/A237602353/AONE?u=txshracd2518&sid=AONE&xid=17e096fe.

[1] Peck, Linda Levy. "Luxury and war: reconsidering luxury consumption in seventeenth-century England *. (Presidential Address The North American Conference on British Studies)." Albion 34, no. 1 (2002): 1+. Academic OneFile (accessed December 10, 2017). http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.wildcatter.kilgore.edu:2048/apps/doc/A92283988/AONE?u=txshracd2518&sid=AONE&xid=adb56746.

[1] Butt, J.J. "Yerby, George. The English Revolution and the roots of environmental change: the changing concept of the land in early modern England." CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, September 2016, 107. Academic OneFile (accessed December 10, 2017). http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.wildcatter.kilgore.edu:2048/apps/doc/A462686342/AONE?u=txshracd2518&sid=AONE&xid=8434ec67.

Pictures:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Landing-Bacon.PNG
https://badatheist.wordpress.com/tag/religious-persecution/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726735/REVEALED-Penniless-German-immigrant-great-great-grandfather-Nigel-Farage-He-famously-no-nonsense-stance-migrants-Ukip-chief-no-idea-ancestor.html
http://brewminate.com/manifest-destiny-and-americas-westward-expansion/