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What was the main purpose of the Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island colonies?

A. To convert Native Americans to catholicism
B. to make profit in the fur trade
C. to grow tobacco for sale
D. to provide a place for the free practice of religion

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Answer:The second wave of English Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, and Rhode Island. These Puritans, unlike the Separatists, hoped to serve as a "city upon a hill" that would bring about the reform of Protestantism throughout the English Empire.

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