<span>In the early seventeenth century the Puritans
had a strong belief that the Church of England has been corrupted, and is no longer the true representative of Lord. They wanted the Church
to leave many of the rituals and features which Catholics used to observe. Puritans strongly
suggested that instead of observing the Catholic rituals they should emphasize
on a personal relation with God.</span>
Answer: The persection of Christians made Christianity weaker. The reason of that is that the destruction of Christian institutions and scriptures was mandated, as well as the ban on gathering for religious purposes and the loss of legal protections for Christians who refused to recant.
The native cultures of North America could not be preserved as they were originally, first by the wars that the colonists and then the Americans, held against them; then, when their lands were bought, and the tribes moved to Indian reservations, their native land and their ancestral forms of life were changed or finished; then, being unable to live on the hunt, and losing the lands that were before them, they had to have modern jobs, to leave some traditions, to change their way of life; and in addition to this, some have adopted customs, ideas, or the religion of the Americans.
Because of racial oppression.
