The colonies advertised the middle colonies in Europe to help attract more settlers.
People that moved to the middle colonies to escape any type of religious persecutions. <span />
Religion can impact voting as if your beliefs do not go with a candidate your more likely to go for the other side. Religious beliefs can also push you to one side.
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The rights of citizens would be better protected by having both federal and state levels of government.
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The Plymouth Separatists cooperated with the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Although the Puritans had originally hoped to purify and reform the Church of England, in New England they accepted the congregational form of church government established by the Pilgrims.