The colonization of New England in the 1600's began, partly due to religious persecution from the church in England and therefore led the way for a Puritan settlement of the New England colonies to escape from the religious turmoil. The Puritan dream of perfection or, "a city set upon a hill" began in prosperity but soon backfired. The undermining of the vision of a Puritan Utopia that the colonists strived for was significantly linked to the religious dissent and demographic change in the newly established 17th century colony.
Although the Puritans escaped the religious persecution in England, they caused dissent in New England by persecuting those within their own communities and proselytizers from outside of their boarders. Historian James Truslow Adams agreed that they denied religious tolerance and political free speech such as the cases of Ann Hutchinson and Roger Williams. Hutchinson and Williams were the first dissenters in the Puritan communities. Hutchinson, who......

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Title: Puritan Paradise
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