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    freedom of worship‚ he went with them to Holland‚ where he became an apprentice to a silk manufacturer. Bradford sailed on the Mayflower in 1620‚ and after his arrival in America he helped found Plymouth Colony. In April 1621 he succeeded Governor John Carver as chief executive of Plymouth Colony. Except for five years‚ Bradford served as governor almost continuously from 1621 through 1656‚ having been reelected 30 times. In 1621 he negotiated a treaty with Massasoit‚ the chief

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    England region developed. By organizing their society based on their desire to have a government of theocracy‚ the Puritans made sure their values and ideas had a major influence on the economic‚ social‚ and political development of the New England colonies. The Puritans believed that they were favored by God to succeed in life. The Puritans worked very hard to develop a stable economy in New England. However‚ economy was second to that of religious concerns. Most of the Puritans that settled in New

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    system developed by the early Puritans became the building block for colonies throughout New England. Socially‚ a closely-knit‚ church based society became the norm for many other communities. The Puritans were some of the most politically‚ socially‚ and economically influential groups in the early 1600s “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop” was more a political tool than a simple religious saying. The founders of Puritan colonies knew that free time lead way to free thinking. As with all leaders

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    Puritans are often portrayed as stiff and rigorous in their religious pursuits and are often described as fanatics‚ punishing those showing any bit of jubilation that would detract from their worship of the Almighty. Observing Puritanical behavior and ethics more closely‚ however‚ would suggest that they were not in fact always overbearing and grim zealots living in constant fear of an omnipresent monolithic God-figure‚ but instead had a complex and sometimes inconsistent relationship with sin and

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    still and brushed by the equators rope. Therefore‚ is public shaming a form of punishment or simply a fancy phrase for bullying? TASK 3 Nathaniel Hawthorne About Hawthorne: 1. Where was Hawthorne born? Hawthorne was born in Salem‚ Massachusetts. 2. Who was his great-great grandfather and what did he do? Hawthorne’s great-great grandfather was a judge in the Salem witch trials. He was the one responsible for some of the executions of the accused witches. This caused a great burden

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    Thomas Hamm is a professor of history and director of special collections at Earlham College. “Earlham’s historical beginning in Richmond‚ Indiana‚ is rooted in the Great Migration of Quakers from the eastern United States in the first half of the nineteenth century” (Hamm viii). Among Thomas Hamm’s accomplishments‚ “he is a lifelong member of First Friends Meeting in New Castle‚ Indiana; he has served as recording clerk and a member of the executive committee of Indiana Yearly Meeting‚ and was

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    and she was be similar to todays‚ present minster. Although‚ she slandered the male clergy. In the midst of doing this she was punished. Here punishment consisted of being banished. This punishment was brought upon her by the General Court of Massachusetts. Also with her punishment she was excommunicated from the church of Boston. She was best known as a Puritan spiritual leader. Her heresy itself was more inclined in the belief that if a person was saved by Christ‚ than from there on out they were

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    colonize the New World. Subsequently‚ many colonies began to develop‚ and of these coloniesMassachusetts and Virginia were the most well-known. The early settlements of the Massachusetts and Virginia were both established by similar groups of people at the same time; however‚ their contrasting beginnings as a colony‚ views on religion‚ and means of economic stability created two different politics and economic systems. The settlements of Virginia and Massachusetts were both established during relatively

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    Cassandra Wilson The Colonial Period (1607–1775) • 1642 • Massachusetts Bay Colony law requires proper teaching of children. In 1642‚ the Mass Bay Colony ruled children not taught properly would be apprenticed (practical work experience under the supervision of skilled workers in the trade and arts) to the town. The Early National Period (1775–1820) • 1805 • First elementary school established in New York‚ Formed by a wealthy businessmen to provide education for poor children. Run on the

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    Captain John Smith and William Bradford both had been looking for some new land and a new scratch (a new beginning). There are a few similarities in each of the stories. There are also a lot of different things between the two. Some similar things they do have is that they meet with the Native Americans. Captain John Smith lives in Jamestown and in plymouth Plantation there is a group which are sailors and they are all lead by william Bradford. Both of these story are very similar but if you noticed

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