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Introduction to Chapter 4
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THE NORTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
1601–1700 [[LP PHOTO: P04.01 MOTHER AND CHILD/
> How did religious dissidents from England come to establish colonies in northern North America? Chapter 4 explores the development of the northern colonies in the seventeenth century, examining the factors that gave each colony its unique character. It pays particular attention to the importance of religion in the evolution of New England and to England’s attempts to control colonial trade.
Detail of New England Mother and Child. Seventeenth-century painting of Elizabeth Freake and her baby Mary.
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA/Bridgeman Images.
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