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    The Puritan Family Number of male and female inhabitants were unequal which caused fatherly authoritative figures to only take place in Chesapeake at the end of the 17th century Puritans wanted male authority; common law tradition that restricted women’s rights Women were only equal in relation to spirit and religion; could become official church members; divorce was legal; marriage = two-sided love; Man = God in church & governor secularly; magistrates (law enforcers) supported male superiority

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    How to balance Penn Foster studies with family demands Many people have struggled trying to balance their studies and their family demands. Now that I have learned how to balance between the two‚ things in my life are a little bit easier. I am a stay at home mother of six children‚ all under the age of 13. My children have many demands and I must find the time to meet their needs as well as meet the requirements to complete my schooling. The reason that I have decided to go with online classes is

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    1. According to your text‚ the Spanish vision of the Americas embodied "the central paradox of New World history." This was the conflict between Answer ||desiring to Christianize the Native Americans yet hoping to conquer them and steal their wealth.| ||seeing the Americas as a land of opportunity and freedom yet fearing they might become a land of slavery.| ||worshiping the purity and promise of the New World yet desiring to exploit its innocence. | ||protecting the freedom of the individual

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    change; they can improve or worsen‚ but they will never be completely over and gone. We can take Puritan punishments as an example. Throughout the years there has been laws passed to stop cruel punishments‚ but other types of punishments have been introduced such as "[wearing] a large sing publicizing [the] crime...[and wearing] tap shoes in public" (Willing). Public punishments that were popular in Puritan times are continuing today. In the article "From "Scarlet Letter" to 1995‚ Americans want criminals

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    The Puritan and Transcendentalist movements emerged far apart in history‚ and both philosophies clash on various levels. However‚ the fundamentally important for the American literature history writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson lived during the same period of time‚ which was 19th Century American‚ and each of them presented their fundamental nature of thoughts and ideas through these conflicting philosophies. Emerson‚ in addition to Henry David Thoreau discussed realities through

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    When the Puritans first settled in New England‚ they sought religious freedom from England‚ but by no means did their no civilization separate church and state. Their church and government interwove and they used religion to keep people in line. For instance‚ the Puritans required everyone to attend church every Sunday and the government could punish parents who did not teach their children about Puritanism (Dolan‚ 1995). In addition‚ anyone who dissented from the Puritans‚ such as the Quakers

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    How Important Are Friends and Family? Do you know what really matters in life? It is a question that many have asked‚ and many have answered. The answers offered to this question have been varied and variegated‚ but there are a few that consistently bubble to the surface. Two of those are “friends” and “family.” With so many people offering those two answers time and again‚ it would be unwise to discount them outright. However‚ what most people mean when they say “friends” or “family” may not be

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    (Morgan‚ Edmund‚ THE PURITANS AND SEX.) At an early age Americans are taught that settlers from the past viewed intercourse as a an act only meant for married couples who wished to gain offspring‚ yet religious groups like the Puritans viewed it quite differently. The puritans are depicted as pure‚ unable to take on the dance of copulation because it was a sinful earthly temptation. This was not the case‚ Puritans loved sex. It has been discovered through writings that Puritan ministers encouraged

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    However‚ the main theme of the poem is you are better off by yourself and your opinion of yourself is all that matters.“How happy is the stone that rambles in the road alone and doesn’t care about careers and exigencies never fears”‚ this quote alone showcases the theme of the poem. Without reservation‚ the message to be received is the person that walks in life by himself

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    The Puritans .VS. The Transcendentalists In a perfect world‚ some people dream of structure‚ of simplicity‚ of love‚ of life‚ of hope‚ and of determination. Unfortunately‚ some people don’t hold these dreams or views of life. The Puritans and Transcendentalists held different life views and many different beliefs that still have a strong impact on our modern society. Puritans were reserved‚ and seemed to be uptight and believed man to be evil. They worshiped a god‚ a god who ruled over

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