What Is The Difference Between Puritans And Quakers?

The second unit that we covered was the Colonial unit. We learned about Virginia, Plymouth, MBC, Salem, and Pennsylvania colonies. There were various groups like Puritans and Quakers. Puritanism was a broad topic. They believed in the five points of Calvinism; Original Sin, Predestination, Irresistible Grace, Limited Atonement, and Perseverance of Saints (Patterson). Puritans believed in a covenant of grace, rather than works, to be destined to heaven. Quakers were pacifists and they allowed religious freedom ("Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey."). They believed in equality and they wouldn’t bow to people who were nobles, even the King ("Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.")! Some important people that we talked about were Anne Hutchinson, William Penn and Benjamin Franklin.
Many people respected her and thought she was influential, while she looked up to John Cotton and his true Puritan ways of preaching (Anne Hutchinson P2.). William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania ("City of Brotherly Love — Philadelphia."), where Benjamin Franklin came to live, making the discovery of electricity and working towards better developing the colony ("The Ideas of Benjamin Franklin." ). The Salem Witch Trials was one of my favorite topics that we talked about. The hysteria began when girls gathered with a Caribbean slave, Tituba, to listen to her stories ("Witchcraft in Salem." ). Not long after, the girls’ strange behavior began ("Witchcraft in Salem." ). Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne were three girls named witches due to their behavior("Salem Witch Hunt Begins."). These trials were a tragic event in Salem because people were being accused with barely any proof. When I visited Plymouth Plantation, I saw how the colonists lived and their homes/lifestyle. I think this was a great way to enhance the understanding that what about the life of a