Identifier: historyofuniteds05mowr (find matches)
Title: A history of the United States for schools; including a concise account of the discovery of America, the colonization of the land, and the revolutionary war
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Mowry, William A. (William Augustus), 1829-1917 Mowry, Arthur May, 1862-1900
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Silver, Burdett and co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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utheran, and the Presbyterian being the leading denominations. The Episcopal servicewas not permitted inNew England until thetime of Andros (IT 190),and during the eigh-teenth century thischurch made few gainsamong the Puritansof Massachusetts andConnecticut. 180. The Puritans. —The early settlers ofNew England fledfrom religious perse-cution in Englandto establish Puritanchurches. At first,town and church inMassachusetts wereidentical, and for manyyears only membersof Puritan churcheswere allowed to vote.It was natural thatthere should be a verymarked religious feeling, and that religious matters should pre-dominate throughout the colony. The Puritans were very intoler-ant, not allowing any other form of worship, though this feelinggrew weaker as time went on. They were especially opposed tothe introduction of the Episcopal ritual, as they feared that Eng-land might force that church service upon them. The Puritans, orCongregationalists, formed a large majority of the population of
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Puritans going to Church. RELIGION. 105 New England, even up to the Revolution, though they were notnumerous in the other colonies. At times they obtained somepower in South Carolina and Maryland, and were quite promi-nent in New Jersey, but their stronghold was in the New Englandcolonies. 181. Roger Williams.—-Endicott had scarcely become settled atSalem (TsS) when he sent back to England two brothers by thename of Browne, because they objected to the omission of thePrayer-book from the service of the Salem church. Mrs. AnneHutchinson was driven from Massachusetts Bay because the Puri-tans deemed the doctrines which she preached dangerous (ir67).The most noted example of the persecution of a single individualwas that of Roger Williams (j 66). He went to Salem in 1631,and, after preaching a short time in the First Church, was chosenpastor at Plymouth. Returning to Salem in 1634, he soon incurredthe enmity of the leaders of the colony on account of the radicalviews which he preached

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