Similarities Between The Puritans Of The 1600s

In the early settlements of the New World known as America today, the Puritan Community settled in what they used to call New England. Frustrated by the Church of England, they fled to the New World because they were being prosecuted and they wanted to establish a new sect in which God’s law was held supreme. They believed that the Bible and it’s message was the law of the land and no man could oppose it. Following what the Bible said, they believed it was their salvation into having a place in heaven. Their community consisted of religious faith and strict discipline. Another belief they had was that people were either born sinful and bound to live in Hell, and that only living in purity and praying to God would save them. They believed that natural disasters would be the work of the devil and its followers. This strict lifestyle cause them to become paranoid and suspicious of each other. Their hysteria led to the Salem Witch trials in 1692, where each person would blame each other for witchcraft and be executed for working with the devil. In today’s society the similarities we have with the Puritans of the 1600’s is that we have moral codes that we follow to live in peace. If anyone violates them, then they are punished for what they have
In the Puritan times it was unfair how people were accused without solid proof. Their life must’ve been boring and dull with the restrictions they had and the harsh discipline. Living by what the bible said while being humans must’ve been hard because of temptations. It was ironic how they came from Europe to America to pursue freedom of religion but they did not allow other forms of religion to be practiced in their community. In my own opinion, it was uncivilized of them to blame disastrous events on the devil and for them to torture and burn innocent people. But today we have become more acceptable to things that are different to our