Religions played a big factor in motivating Europeans to settle in the Americas. New England Puritans played a vital role in shaping the American values. They are strongly disapproval, they set a high value of marital. The Puritans did not set up a church-run state and they also forbade ministers from holding public office. They held election annually to extend the right of vote for all freemen. Churches were formed by voluntary agreement and the members elect their own ministers. European arrival had led to the drastically decrease in Native American. Some Indians converted to Christianity for military protect, while other resisted violently. In 1700s, New England Puritans began their mission in converting the Indian to Christianity.
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Many European migrated to the Americas and thought they would be rich. Their dream was soon crushed when they got to the New World. They were wrong, the hoped for land of opportunity had turned out to be a land of daunting challenges. Food was a crucial problem, they were more interesting in finding gold and silver than farming. With the help of the Indians, who brought settlers for food. These settlers started to trade with the Indians for food. European settlement groups were different in marketing their economies. The Dutch, French, Swedish settlements mainly on trade in fish and fur, while English settlement was spread out. They were organized in small family farm and in urban areas, settlers relied on fishing, handicraft and Atlantic commerce. In Maryland and Virginia, the economy was structured in more isolated farm and plantations raising tobacco. Indentured servants were their main source of labor, however by 1800, the economy depended heavily on black