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  • Essay / Compare and Contrast the English Colonies - 868

    Systematic government, modeled on direct democracy, created a sense of order. However, only members of the Church were allowed to participate in political affairs. Once proven devoted to the Church, one could be fully accepted into the community, another integral part of the colony. Over the next few years, their colony's interests became more prosperous as they developed profitable trading markets in logging, fishing, and shipbuilding. Believing that everyone had a place and a purpose, the driving force behind these products was the Pilgrim family. Non-separatist Puritans who had chosen to remain in England began to notice Plymouth's success. Believing that the purification of the Anglican Church was a futile cause, they acted on the Salem land grant provided by the New England Company in 1628. Led by John Winthrop, who later became the first governor, the Puritans started the Great Migration. This continued influx of people meant an ever-increasing workforce and replenishment of their stocks.