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The correct answer to this open question is the following. As a result of their Puritan beliefs, the center of life for colonists in New England was religion through the local church. In the 16th century in England, Puritans started a Reformation movement that was not accepted by the Church of England. Puritans were persecuted and had to travel to North America to find a better place to practice their religious beliefs.
He was a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He became very rich off of the railroad business.
