Considering Politics, Social Tensions, And Debates On The English Civil War
Considering politics, social tensions, and debates over the meaning of liberty, how do the events and aftermath of the English Civil War demonstrate that the English colonies in North America were part of a larger Atlantic community?
The colonists themselves took on the perspectives of those in England. Most of the New Englanders sided with parliament and quite a few traveled back to England to join the Parliamentary army. Further, parliament actually had a direct impact on the colonists and development of the colonies. Foner explains, “It was the revolutionary Parliament that in 1644 granted Roger Williams his charter for the Rhode Island colony he had founded after being banished from Massachusetts.” Further, the same religious intolerance
The colonists themselves took on the perspectives of those in England. Most of the New Englanders sided with parliament and quite a few traveled back to England to join the Parliamentary army. Further, parliament actually had a direct impact on the colonists and development of the colonies. Foner explains, “It was the revolutionary Parliament that in 1644 granted Roger Williams his charter for the Rhode Island colony he had founded after being banished from Massachusetts.” Further, the same religious intolerance