Religious freedom
As schoolchildren, most Americans are taught that the New England colonies
such as Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay were founded for spiritual reasons
in the 1620s and 1630s by persecuted Puritans seeking religious freedom for
themselves and their families. How do Mark Kurlansky’s Cod, Eric Jay Dolin’s
Leviathan, and Nancy Shoemaker’s "Oil and Bone" complicate this popular portrait
of New England’s beginnings? In other words, how do their books and article
provide a different understanding of New England’s origin and development?
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Most American schools teach their children that the New England colonies such as Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth were founded for spiritual reasons in the 1620s and 1630s by persecuted Puritans seeking religious freedom for themselves and their families. The puritans elected their leaders who governed the New England colonies……………………
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