During the period of settlement from 1607 to 1763, the American colonies began to branch out farther than past British practices and ideals. They were beginning to form their own sense of identity and liberty, separate from the mother country. Differences in religion, economics, and social structures show the process of Americanization of the colonists.
Some tax-supported churches still remained in some of the colonies, but others began to allow more religious toleration, especially after separating organized religion with the nation state. The mother country supported the establishment of the Anglican Church, or the Church of England, as it served as a major prop of kingly authority. Its members, the Anglicans, practiced their faith officially in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and a part of New York. Having developed from the Puritan Church, the Congregational Church started to spread in New England colonies, except for independent-minded Rhode Island. In other colonies, such as Maryland, religious toleration started to normalize and its laws were becoming less strict due to the passing of the Act of Toleration and the fact that there were less Catholics present. Around the late 1600s, many immigrants such as the Jews fled to …show more content…
England social system consisted of only a upper and lower class. Social mobility was difficult to achieve, as the lower class had no chance of gaining a large amount of wealth or status. The American colonies, on the other hand, consisted of an upper, a lower, and a middle class due to the economic revolution creating more job opportunities like fur-trapping or shipbuilding. Compared to the mother colony, it was easier for the colonists to move around the social
Some tax-supported churches still remained in some of the colonies, but others began to allow more religious toleration, especially after separating organized religion with the nation state. The mother country supported the establishment of the Anglican Church, or the Church of England, as it served as a major prop of kingly authority. Its members, the Anglicans, practiced their faith officially in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and a part of New York. Having developed from the Puritan Church, the Congregational Church started to spread in New England colonies, except for independent-minded Rhode Island. In other colonies, such as Maryland, religious toleration started to normalize and its laws were becoming less strict due to the passing of the Act of Toleration and the fact that there were less Catholics present. Around the late 1600s, many immigrants such as the Jews fled to …show more content…
England social system consisted of only a upper and lower class. Social mobility was difficult to achieve, as the lower class had no chance of gaining a large amount of wealth or status. The American colonies, on the other hand, consisted of an upper, a lower, and a middle class due to the economic revolution creating more job opportunities like fur-trapping or shipbuilding. Compared to the mother colony, it was easier for the colonists to move around the social