Which descriptions of the English colonies in North America are correct? Choose all answers that are correct. A. Captain John Smith became the leader of Jamestown and set up guidelines and rules for the settlers to follow. B. William Bradford and William Brewster saw North America as a land where they could practice their religion freely. C. The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay were committed to the idea of religious toleration. D. The king granted the Massachusetts Bay Company a self-government charter because Enlightenment thinkers had convinced him that it was a natural right.

B. William Bradford and William Brewster saw North America as a land where they could practice their religion freely.
C. The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay were committed to the idea of religious toleration.

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The correct answers are:

B. William Bradford and William Brewster saw North America as a land where they could practice their religion freely.

William Brewster was the leader of the Puritan separatist movement. He was banned from England because of religious persecution. William Bradford was a leading figure of the same movement. Both of them traveled on the Mayflower to establish a colony in Plymouth, where they could practice their religion freely.

C. The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay were committed to the idea of religious toleration.

Because of the history of religious persecution, they faced in England, the Puritans that founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony wanted to create a model religious community. They did not believe in religious freedom, they believed that the state was obliged to protect society from heresy, this means to tolerate other religions.