Listening to the tail end of a Teri (sp) Gross - Fresh Air interview a
few weeks back, some new book @ New Amsterdam..
Author Says that the single thing that really made what would
eventtually be NY work was the Dutch decision to make the colony
religion neutral.....

Ruth Barton wrote:

>Donald,  It is my understanding that the Pilgrims came to MA first, they
>started the Plymouth colony and they separated from the Anglican church.
>The Puritans came later started the Mass Bay Colony and they wanted to
>reform the Anglican church not separate from it.  Ruth
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