In the early 17th century, a small group of religious radicals ... people to establish a colony that would eventually trigger an influx of colonists throughout New England.

The New England colonies included Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Life here revolved around community, religion and hard work. Dubbed the "breadbasket colonies" for ...

Indeed, the two colonies originally most opposed to religious liberty for anyone who did not share their views, Connecticut and Massachusetts, eventually became bastions of it. By focusing on law, ...

Arriving in New England, the Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in a town they named ... Over time this religious fervor diminished. Scholars disagree about when and why this ...