The majority of children being born will be nonwhite (APEX Class ;)
Puritans did not agree with the Anglican church so the wanted to change it. They could do that in Massachusetts. Church leaders led the local government and everyone in the colony had to pay to support the Puritan church. - www.manythings.org.
George Washington was the first one
Economic - several writers have noted the role of monastics as entrepreneurs.
Social - any good text about medieval monasticism can give you plenty of specific examples of this.
Missionary - some orders were more active in this regard than others.
Cultural - this is perhaps the best known of the work of medieval religious orders and included the creation of the great illuminated manuscripts of the age.
