Essay On Puritan Life

Life for Puritans in America was very Religious. Most Puritans came to America for a better life and to escape prosecutions in England. Puritans believed that over every man’s law, God’s laws and message were more important. Back then puritans believed in predestination, where people was born to spend life in Hell or to be saved. Puritans always worked hard,were self-disciplined, and did religious duties. Others who partied and committed adultery was bound to public humiliation or punishment for doing the “Devil’s work”. Every time a storm would happen, they would blame it on the devil or his followers. This caused a lot of paranoia, which start people to be incriminated of the devil’s work. At the end of the Witch Trials in 1692 nineteen men and women were dangled.

In today's time , if you were accused of doing something the accuser would’ve had to have legit evidence to prove you're guilty. The way I live is very different to how Puritans lived back then. One thing we have a like is our religious duties. As a Christian, I’m obligated to go to church and read the bible every Sunday. Another similarity is that if you commit adultery before you're married, you are committing a sin.
One difference Puritans life was to mine is that dancing and gossiping isn’t known as a sin. Dancing and listening to unholy music is committing a sin in my religion.

Puritans life back then was very standard and religious. If they were seized of doing anything not religious or holy they would be humiliated in front of everyone.Compared to my life, I have more freedom. They had a lot limitations. Even though life in the Puritans day didn’t seen that much fun, their rules life seemed to keep everyone safe if they’d obeyed