Well i had something else but here this is my essay due tues. look and tell me what you think!
Throughout the history of the world, religion has shaped countries, societies and empires. In colonial America, religion played a considerable part in the fabrication of its society. Since the beginning of the colonization of America, religion in both the Chesapeake and New England formed their society in completely opposite ways. These two close,yet distant regions of colonial America create their own divergent paths towards greatly different societies.
New England colonies, from the beginning, were impacted by religion. As soon as the Pilgrims landed, they added their artistic touch to the sculpting of colonial New England and eventually, America. The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact, which established the first democratic like government in America. The Mayflower Compact, to some, is considered to be the first “constitution”, which set the groundwork for the modern day Constitution. The Pilgrims, today, are mostly known for their Thanksgiving feast, but it is what is people do not know that is truly important. Another religious group, the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, had the greater impact on New England. The Puritans strict ways provided that its followers lived their lives the best they could and not have the greed for gold and wealth, which in turn created strong families and a social society. The strict religious ties in Massachusetts Bay Colony caused the banishment of Rodger Williams for his position of separation of the church from the state. This sparked Williams to establish a religiously free colony, Rhode Island. As the colonies progresses in history, religion definitely displays its addition to the sculpting of New England.
In contrast to New England's large families, strict religion, and model communities, the Chesapeake region was formed by completely different ways. Unlike New England, the Chesapeake colonies were settled by joint-stock companies, aspiring for gold and wealth. The Anglican church was interested in church attendance for the enforced tithes rather than the spiritual experience. In addition, the wealthy of the Chesapeake colonies primarily established a government in order to levy taxes in order for the rich to stay rich. These greedy rat bastards are one of the main reasons why the Chesapeake colonies were slow to socialization. Even though Chesapeake was mainly Anglican things were about to change. In 1649, Lord Baltimore approved Act for Religious Toleration which creates more freedom for Christian worshipers. This act gave more power to Protestants and took some from wealthy Catholics. Gaining more power, Maryland Protestants outlawed voting for Catholics. Since this act only freed Christian rights, it contradicted its title, but it was a step towards complete tolerance. The Chesapeake colonies were stared by joint-stock companies that had a lust and greed for gold and wealth, which absolutely contrasts the more benevolent New England colonies.
Although the New England and the Chesapeake colonies were not too far apart, they ended up in two completely opposite directions. These colonies may have two different outcomes, but their outcomes collectively contribute to the overall product that is called America.
* i dont really know how to end it!
haha nice s/n thing, I have no idea where you live hehe... anyways, there are a few grammatical errors so read through it to check those..read it out loud so that you hear them. I'm sure the teacher will love the comment about "those greedy rat bastards"...hough i guess it's not to far from the truth.
For the first paragraph you have almost as much about the pilgrims as you do about the puritans, it kind of takes away from it, the essay isn't about the pilgrims, but strictly about how religion sculpted life in the New England colonies. You have good ideas, but give some more examples, especially for the New England colonies.