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¶ … North American Colony
The Puritans who settled in Massachusetts Bay in 1630 represent a model North American colony; in fact, the colony formed the basis of New England colonies for generations. The colony began in England as a trading venture, and grew into a group of Puritans anxious for religious freedom. New settlements fanned out from the colony (which became Boston), and included Lexington, Cambridge, Charlestown, and Watertown, among others. All were based on the same religious principles and ideals. For example, in order to share in the profits of the colony, one had to be a "freeman," or member of the Church.
The Massachusetts Bay colony was a model for a number of other reasons, too. The people stayed, and were successful in creating other successful colonies. It took the best of British custom and culture and blended it with the New World to create a new way of thinking. It was in Boston that the roots of the Revolution took hold and spread, and Boston was the core of the colony. It is interesting to note that even extremely early in the nation's history, there were color lines and lifestyle lines drawn between North and South. North was a stronghold of strict religious and moral belief, controlling the population and their actions, while the South was more open, plantation based, and already importing slaves. The color lines were already drawn, leading to an inevitable conclusion in 1860.
In contrast, the strict morals of the Puritan colonies in the North were very different from the settlements in the South. There, wealthy landowners commandeered much of the available land and created vast estates, already importing slaves to work in the rice fields in the 1600s. The southern planters and new arrivals looked forward to wine and beer making along with other profitable ventures, and many of them came from poor roots, while the Puritans were more prosperous from the start. Thus, the northern colonies served as a foundation for the country's government, commerce, and religious beliefs, and so, they were models for the rest of the country.
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