Foundations of Freedom

Why did the Colonists come to America?

 From A.D. 1558 to 1567, England‘s newest churches asserted their covenants with each other, opposing the inverted federalism of the state Church of England. By 1607 A. D., they were meeting in rural homes and becoming spiritually quickened. Persecuted by their mother country, they soon began making their way to other lands, where their conduct testified to the authenticity of their witness. Their new neighbors found them to be men and women of peace, good character and strong work ethic, and their dedication to religious freedom grew famous.  ―The Right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty…‘the Rights of the colonialists as Christians‘…may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutes of the Great Lawgiver…which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament.‖ Samuel Adams. Rights of the Colonialists, 1772  ―A tendency to monarchy begins to develop in what was at first a simple republic. The principle of equality and fraternity begins to be superseded by the spirit of authority and subordination.‖ Leonard Bacon, 1874 Other nations colonized lands… America colonized ideas.