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Many English settlers came to the New World seeking freedom—economic freedom in Virginia and religious freedom in Massachusetts and in Pennsylvania—yet slavery quickly became a fixture in all thirteen colonies. How did slavery shape colonial society and its economy? What impact did slavery have on the coming of the American Revolution and on the events that transpired during that conflict? What role did it play in the drafting and ratification of the Constitution? How can it be argued that slavery was the sole cause of the Civil War? Support your answer with specific historical examples drawn from course lectures and from assigned readings. B. English Puritans came to America in the 17th century solemnly planning to establish a "City on a Hill"—a shining example to the world—a plan and a hope continued even today by evangelical American Protestants. There can be little doubt that Protestantism and Catholicism played a role in the history of the American nation through 1865 and beyond. Explain the role played by religion in the early colonial experience, the coming of the American Revolution, in the cultural and political development of the early Republic, and in the causes of the Civil War. Support your answer with specific historical examples drawn from course lectures and from assigned readings..

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Because slavery played a vital role in the modernization of united states,there were several stages were involved in that process however,colonial period has played a vital role and this revolution has decreased a poverty,but slavery has been widespread.

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