Actually, the Mayflower sailed so that the Brownists could impose their religion on their neighbors. They had spent several years in Amsterdam, where things were entirely too tolerant for their liking. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a theocracy, complete with forced conversions of the Native Americans.
Actually, the Mayflower sailed so that the Brownists could impose their religion on their neighbors. They had spent several years in Amsterdam, where things were entirely too tolerant for their liking. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a theocracy, complete with forced conversions of the Native Americans.
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