Puritans Vs Planters Essay

Puritans were a group of people from Europe that came to America to live out their own religion. They were a hard working, strict when in it came to their religion , and they also believed that they were Gods chosen people. Now the Planters also came from Europe as well but they weren't leaving for religion but more for the money. They were not as hard working as the planters, you could even say that they were pampered. Puritans and planters were said to be very different groups of people but also very much alike. In my opinion they were more alike than unlike. They were both a religious group. They all loved God, almost the same amount. The Puritans were hard working, but the Planters were lazy and pampered.
The puritans were extremely religious,
they believed that they were gods chosen people. I know this about them because in the story "Of Plymouth Plantation" the puritans said that they arrived safely only because God wanted them to. Also in the story "A Narrative of the Captivity of Mary Rowlandson" Mary Rowlandson thought because she was a Puritan that God would punish the Indians for capturing her. Now the Planters were also religious but not as religious as the Puritans.They still had similarities to the Puritans when it came to religion such as the story "History of the Dividing Line" William Byrd describes how the Indians were savages, which means he thinks that he is better than them that he is one of God's chosen.
These two groups of where God loving people, they gave God credit for everything that happened to them or somebody else.
They believed that God was supreme in everything, that he knew who was going to heaven or hell. In one of the Puritan stories we read "A Narrative of Mary Rowlandson" Mary Rowlandson thanks god that she did not kill herself. She makes it seem like they were all puppets. In William Byrd's "History of the Dividing Line" they believed that God chooses who goes to heaven or hell. Which is another way of saying that God is supreme.
The Only Big difference between the Puritans And the Planters was their way of life. The puritans a hard working people the survive mostly on what they grew, made, or hunted. As I said before they were very religious. The planters came over more for the money than anything else. They had indentured servants or slave to do the hard work for them. they have a more lenient religion than the puritans. In John Smith's account "What Happened Till the First Supply" he says that the planters would rather build an expensive bar then build a church with the money left over. So you can see how strict they were. Puritans and planters were said to be different groups of people but also very much alike. they share the same type of thinking when it comes to
religion.