During the 17th and early 18th centuries, the English colonies had commonalities and differing influences when it came towards unity, such as, safety, welfare, governing, and religion. Most colonies’ influence will be safety and welfare. Other colonist’s influence will be the political system and religion played a role in some colonies.
A common influence that caused colonies to strive for unity in the 17th and 18th centuries would be safety and welfare. The pilgrims when arriving at a harbor saw the lack of unity and agreed that all individuals must unite for the general good for the colony (Doc 1). The New England colonies agreed that all colonist must have a firm relationship with each other because it will ensure their mutual safety and welfare (Doc 3) . William Penn agree that meetings and debates must be held for a better understanding of public safety (Doc 4). Other colonist such as Ben Franklin even made a cartoon to convince colonists to…
Christianity played an influential role in each of the British colonies.Colonist argue that all must unite because God wanted wanted them to unite because they are christian. Puritans were strict when it came to religion and they used it to unite puritans together. While quakers were more accepting towards other religion and it caused individuals to unite.During the voyage, the pilgrims realizes that God would want al colonist to unite for the general good for the colony (Doc 1). Document 1 shows the audience that the colonist has come a long journey together and the document is used to let the audience know that God wants us to unite and still continue the journey together. They wanted to unite because it will offer a better ordering and preservation that god would want. In the fundamental order connecticut, colonist wanted colonist to gather and unite because for require that. It would help make a orderly and decent government like God wanted in connecticut (Doc…
