separatists

Not only were the puritans persecuted but the separatists also.
Here is the website: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/religion/history.html

The Separatists, however, did not recognize the established church, and some of them, at least, doubted that the Church of England was scriptual or that its administrations were valid. They held that any convenient number of believers might form a church and make or unmake their officers as they saw fit; that over the spiritual affairs of the church no bishop, council, synod, court, or sovereign had authority. Other churches of the same faith might no, unasked, even offer advice. Their pastors had no standing outside the parish. They were Separatists, Independents, or Congregationalists. The first independent church in England, however, was opened in Long in 1616 by the Rev. John Lothrop, afterwards the famous pioneer preacher of Barnstable, Mass., who had been won from Puritanism to Separatism by Robinson in Holland.

The Separatists, though few in number, were cruelly persecuted under Mary (1553-1558). In 1567-1569, under Elizabeth, a London congregation was thrown into prison. The men and women died of the horrors of their prisons. They were allowed while in prison neither clothing or food, and subsisted upon donations that came through their jailers. The few Puritans who were thrown into prison were mostly clergymen, whose prison life was comparatively mild. The Separatists, however, suffered not only from the persecutions of the established church, but encountered also, says Bradford, the sharp invective of the Puritans, who stirred up not only hostility at home, but even prejudiced the reformed clergy of other countries against the Separatist refugees. From 1660 to 1688 sixty thousand non-conformists and dissenters were cast into English prisons.

The 13th Colony

There were a few Spanish settlements along the coast, north of Florida, in the 16th and early 17th century but what is now Georgia was originally just the southern portion of the Carolina grant. Hoping to provide a second chance for adventurous members of the English under class, King George II, in 1732, granted Georgia to James Edward Oglethorpe, an English general. In addition to its lofty social goals the new Colony was also intended to provide additional protection for its northern colonial partners. Prior to Oglethorpe and his party settling the area in 1733, Fort King George was the only English occupation in the area. The Fort, which was established in 1721, was the Southern-most post in the Colonies and was situated to provide a buffer against Spanish and French intrusion from the South.
In 1738, General Oglethorpe brought a large military contingent to Georgia and the following year his troops provided a strong showing against the Spanish in King George's War ( the War of Austrian Succession in Europe). General Oglethorpe led his men into St. Augustine and although they were not able to obtain a victory there, when the Spanish sailed into Georgia seeking retaliation two years later, he and his soldiers were able to drive the Spanish back to Florida for, what turned out to be, the last time.
One of the Southern Colonies, Georgia started out as a Proprietary colony but eventually became a Royal colony in 1752.
In 1788 Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the Constitution.

http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

Stink Alley

Stink Alley is the title of a book I read in sixth grade. It is set in 17th century Holland, and the main characters are all pilgrims before they went to America on the Mayflower. What a lot of people don't know is that the pilgrims went to Holland to escape being put in jail for having their own church services instead of going to the Kings church before they went to America. Some of the pilgrims even stayed in Holland their whole lives. Anyway, the book is about this girl who is living with Master William Brewster's family because she is an orphan, and her life in Holland. It is very historical and fun too! The only downside is that the author portrays Master Brewster as very strict and mean and in real life he isn't. Anyway I thought it was interesting.

French Colonies in Quebec

While the English were building colonies in what would become America, the French were also building in what would become Canada. The major French Colonies were Quebec and Acadia. Of the two, Quebec was the main one because it was closer to the heart of the fur trade, while Acadia was on the coast of Nova Scotia (New Scotland). The French built a huge fortress on Quebec. today, it is North America's only city with the fortress walls still remaining. You can take a tour of the fortress as it stands today here:

http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dci/src/3d_e.asp?what=site&sitename=fq&theme=dc&btn_state=Texte%20seulement

It's a very good 3-D tour.

A Puritan

Puritans

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

A Puritan of 16th and 17th century England was an associate of any number of religious groups advocating for more "purity" of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group piety. Puritans felt that the English Reformation had not gone far enough, and that the Church of England was tolerant of practices which they associated with the church of Rome. The word "Puritan" was originally an alternate term for "Cathar" and was a pejorative used to characterize them as extremists similar to the Cathari of France. The Puritans sometimes cooperated with presbyterians, who put forth a number of proposals for "further reformation" in order to keep the Church of England more closely in line with the Reformed Churches on the Continent.

Magna Carta

hey i was wondering what this was so i looked it up and found a pretty cool website about it http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/ its basically like what it is and what it did to the government when it was made

tobbaco in the new world

Tobacco was one of the main raw materiels that America sent to Britan. It was very important for the economy and many men were tobacco farmers, including George Washington, before he joined the army and after he stopped being the president. The first time that Europeans were introduced to tobacco was when Christopher Columbus and his men encountered native americans "drinking" in the smoke of tobacco leaves. As we have figured out today the usasage of tobacco is bad and deadly for the person using it (recent studys have indicated that second hand smoke only increases the victems cancer rate by 1 or 2%. This doesn't mean however that you can smoke when other people are around.)