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5 pages in length. The writer discusses how European expansionism culminated in war and disease for the Native Americans. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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in England. It is curious, then, why they would become so restrictive after having found a new homeland where they were able to openly practice and worship alongside the
Native Americans. Arriving in the Massachusetts Bay, the Europeans were more than ready to set up a new life for themselves; they did so with a great deal of
enthusiasm and preparation. Yet even though they were fully able to attain their religious freedom prior to expansionism, they controlled that same right over the Native Americans who saw
no reason to have to conform to another religion (Anonymous, 1990). Like so many other groups who sought a better life, the Europeans
created a new existence in America different from what they had known in England. The year was 1620 when the Puritans, an assembly of religious Pilgrims who "were persecuted
for their beliefs" (Anonymous, 1996, p. PG), made their way to the United States in an effort to separate themselves from religious oppression. Their goal was to find a
land where they were free to practice their beliefs without the constant torment, and America was just the place for which they were searching. However, when they arrived onto
the Native American soil, they turned into the very element of persecution from which they escaped; not only did they segregated their religion, but through ravaging war and disease they
also refused to allow Native Americans to maintain the same religious freedom the Europeans had so badly sought. The Europeans blatant disregard for other religious beliefs was instrumental in urging
Minister Roger Williams and a group of his followers to leave Massachusetts to seek out their own religious freedom. Lead by a great many wealthy and powerful people, the
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