What role did religion play in the establishment of English colonies in North America?

Religion played as a significant role in establishing English colonies in North America. Among these significance were Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.
The Pilgrims longed to find a haven where they could live and die under their own rules. The Pilgrims did not initially land in Plymouth, but decided to stay. Pilgrims could not establish a government because the area that was chosen was the domain of the Virginia Company. This lead to the Mayflower Compact, which simply stated that the Pilgrims could make settlements but under their regulation until they were strong enough to run a self-government colony. The Pilgrims felt as if the Company was unfair and feared that the Englishmen would corrupt their godly experiment in the colony. This disagreement led the Pilgrims to settle north of Plymouth which was closer to Massachusetts Bay where people were much interested in god as much as them.
Maryland was another colony that was establish for religion reasons. Lord Baltimore, the founder of Maryland wanted to reap financial profits and partly to create a haven for his fellow Catholics. Protestant England was discriminating strongly toward Catholics that they would not let marriage happen by a Catholic priest in the colony. The Protestants and Catholics rebelled and Baltimore lost his proprietary rights but soon gain them back under the Act of Toleration. The act was passed and Maryland's new religion status guaranteed toleration to all Christians and Catholics and there was no more threats from the Protestants or in England.
In Massachusetts Bay Colony, Puritans were known as the " visible saints" and were eligible for church membership only or could be freemen. Puritans had religious freedom here. They strongly believed the whole purpose of government was to enforce God's Laws which applied to non believers and believers. Everyone paid taxes for government-supported Church. Under this government, there were religious rules to follow. To follow through with the rules, John Cotton would preach for six hours a day. The laws were pass to aim at making sure pleasure stayed simple but making sure laws were still followed.
This contrast with Rhode Island colony because even though this was founded for religious reasons, this was a self-governing colony. Rodger Williams made this colony have complete freedom of religion for everyone, no oaths regarding religious beliefs and no taxes to support a state church. From this, Rhode Island became strongly individualistic and stubbornly independent.
In Pennsylvania, William Penn, a Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania decided that it was finally time to have a tolerated religious freedom colony. William Penn was referred as the " First American Advertising Man" because he sent out countless pamphlets printed in many languages to attract all kinds of people who where forward looking spirits. His land was attracting heavy follow of immigrants. There was no restrictions placed on immigrants, no tax-supported state-church and freedom of worship was guaranteed to all residents. Pennsylvania was the opposite of all colonies that were found in American History.