Both of those states were shaped by Puritans. The Puritans, while not in fact kicked out of England, were absolutely exceptionally disagreeable on the grounds that they had been firmly tied up in the English Civil War instantly before that. I don't have the foggiest idea about that you could state they were being "subdued" or "abused", yet they didn't care for the way England was run religiously by the Anglican church or politically by the ruler and parliament.
They weren't tolerant by any extend of the creative ability, yet they absolutely helped establish the framework for religious flexibility by announcing that they were going to establish a place where they could love as they wished. Moreover, they had a tendency to have a more equitable church association and a kind of unrefined legal framework which additionally affected American administrative improvement.