The Puritan literature of our first unit rebels against the greater context of world events occurring during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Puritan literature portrays that knowledge was gained through studying the Bible‚ and that the only purpose of gaining further knowledge would be to preserve the integrity of ones own soul‚ or to help others in saving theirs. The Puritans’ interests in gaining or preserving knowledge were solely religious‚ and they also believed that any knowledge
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It all depends on the region you look at. New England Colonies: Mass Bay viewed the indians as inferior and believed that because of this they were obligated to take the land. Several indian tribes over the 17th century attacked mass bay with the most infamous being King Phillips war (look it up in textbook index if you need more detail). In the Plymouth colony the pilgrims and the natives started off great (first thanksgiving remember?) an english speaking native named squanto was a big reason
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Religion in the Life of the Puritans The Puritans were a people of high moral standards and strong religious beliefs. Religion encompassed every aspect of their lives and offered a base at which they could lay the foundations of a new society. Puritans left the Church of England and many fled to America in order to maintain their English identity. Because Puritan beliefs of religious expression‚ strong work ethic‚ and education were deeply established before the arrival to America‚ the colonists
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for a variety of reasons. The promise of treasure‚ religious tolerance‚ and plentiful lands‚ lured gold-seekers‚ Puritans‚ Protestants‚ unemployed farmers‚ indentured servants‚ and younger sons (who had fallen victim to laws of primogeniture)‚ to the land mistakenly named the Indies. English migration to the Chesapeake region spread over nearly a century‚ whereas voyagers to New England arrived within a single decade. One would think that since the English settled both of these regions‚ both of their
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The New England Puritans in America In coming to the New World‚ the New England Puritans had great expectations in numerous ways. Their idealized vision of America was some sort of a Utopia‚ as an opposite to their troubled society in England. They dreamed of a land with no wars‚ much wealth and power‚ and freedom to practice whichever religion they chose‚ (although‚ quite ironically‚ they attempted to force Puritanism upon everyone). In these ways‚ the New England Puritans lived up mostly up
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women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact‚ until the mid-eighteenth century‚ most English colonists had very little‚ if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news of Indian wars and other noteworthy events‚ not from the colony itself‚ but from England. The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them seemed impossible. The colonies in New England and the Chesapeake exemplify the many
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Puritan Essay In 1676‚ Mary Rowlandson‚ an American woman‚ was captured by Native Americans and held against her will for 11 weeks. When she was returned unharmed‚ she wrote of her experience with the Wampanoags in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. In this excerpt from her narrative‚ Rowlandson clearly demonstrates her Puritan beliefs. This essay will identify elements of Puritanism found in Rowlandson’s writing‚ compare the role of God in her work to that
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The New World experienced a great many changes as the Europeans explored‚ traded‚ and exploited the native peoples and lands. The way the Old and New World influenced one another was huge‚ including everything from spread of goods/ideas/diseases‚ to taking slaves‚ to colonizing in the New World. It was all driven by European greed‚ them wanting to gain wealth‚ not really caring what they did in order to gain that wealth. Different Nations from the East took to making many voyages to and from the
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Section 1 5.1.2014 Opposition Opposites Attract Although human beings consider love the universal tie that extends and forgives over race‚ gender‚ social statuses‚ habits‚ and beliefs‚ sometimes faults prevent them from loving‚ as Mary Freeman’s “A New England Nun” illustrates. Having faithfully kept their vows of engagement‚ Louisa Ellis and Joe Dagget have reunited after fourteen years of separation. Prim and proper Louisa has cultivated a content life of quiet‚ cleanliness‚ and strict routine. As Joe
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