In Massachusetts the puritans were in a mission to purify the Church of England and were intolerant when it came to religion. Rhode Island viewed church and state as separate entities. The settlers here posed a challenge on the protestant beliefs and therefore granted religious freedom to everyone (Religion Shaping New England and Chesapeake Bay Colonies, 2011).

When comparing the settlement of these two colonies it is seen that settlement in the southern colonies took a longer as opposed to the settlement in New England. Jamestown, Virginia was the first to be settled in 1607, followed by Maryland in 1634, North and South Carolina in 1663 and the last original colony Georgia was settled in 1732.the settlement in New England took place in merely eighteen years. Plymouth was the first in 1620, Massachusetts followed in 1630, Rhode Island and Connecticut were settled in the same year 1636 and New Hampshire...
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