<span>Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel all border the Mediterranean Sea. Because of this, maybe it isn't fair to call it a "European sea."</span>
They wanted to refine the church of England and make it more pure, so instead of leaveing like the pilgrams they formed the New England Colony, the King of England gave them land around the Massachusetts bay, so they formed their own colony called the Massachusetts Bay colony to live they way their religion was based around.
During the Civil War, the North had the advantage of having many officers with training and experience.