They didn't use as much force with taxes and weapons were allowed
It increased because of the industrial era<span />
B, European settlers were immune to such diseases like smallpox because it came from their region, when knowledge that the native Americans were not immune and the disease was lethal to them, they started distributing blankets and clothing items that were infected with the viruses and caused a major impact on native population
The Puritans were protestants that were trying to reform the Protestant religion in England. They were trying to kick out the Catholic influence from the England. So they practically had their own new movement, Puritanism, that was know for it's intensity for the religious experience that it fostered. So all in all, the Puritans were Anglicans.