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    America. Many women arrived on a ship with their husbands to the new world. The early women settlers had some liberty in the churches. Puritans came to America from religious prosecution. Puritan made girl learn how to read so that they could read the bible. However‚ Puritans women were not really involved in the church like the men. The Quakers‚ unlike the Puritans‚ believed that

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    and social influences of the Puritan people coming to the Americas at this time. Politically‚ through their obedience to authority‚ the idea of a liberty of conscience / religious freedoms‚ and their restriction of concentrated power. Economically‚ mainly by their reason of coming to the Americas and colonizing‚ and politically‚ through their overall unity / togetherness‚ and their focus on keeping their God and their religion the center of their lives. The Puritans’ influence on New England was

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    One Great Puritan Commonwealth List two facts you learned in this section: 1. The puritans entire political and social system was established based on the the Puritan religion. 2. It was against the law for a man to kiss his wife in public in the Puritan society. Life of the Puritans (Complete this for each member of your group.) 1. List any similarities you see between a Puritan family and your family. Some similarities between a Puritan family and mine is that each member

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    Puritan Literature is written in several forms. It expresses feelings‚ life‚ God‚ Gods word‚ Gods work and there aditudes. The main belief of the Puritan’s that was written about in the past is religon‚ and faith in God. They showed there feelings in stories‚ journals‚ and meny other forms. Some of the major Puritan writers are: Anne Bradstreet‚ William Bradford‚ Edward Taylor‚ William Byrd‚ and menny outhers. The author of ’Huswifery’‚ Edward Taylor expreses his feelings in a poem‚ he talks about

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    church and social life. Due to the fact that puritans in Britain were prohibited to attend the church‚ they had to move to New England and maintain their power over the continent. After establishment of their colony‚ the local authorities began to implement laws regulating human behavior in terms of drunkenness‚ swearing and gambling. This way‚ they hoped that the colony would build a new and reliable role model. In view of many scholars‚ although Puritan ambition to create the ideal model of society

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    Puritan Ideals of Work and Play in Our World Today When Columbus landed in the New World in 1492‚ he changed the world forever. When the Puritans landed in the same New World‚ they changed the tides of America’s future everlastingly as well. They brought with them many ideas that are still being used today. The Puritan work ethic was a huge portion of the beliefs carried by the community; it was the idea that all members should strive to do as much as they could for the community‚ and all should

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    Have you ever wondered how people hunted during the puritan time? Over the years hunting has really not change‚ but many of the thing they did during the puritan times‚ they still do today. Some of the things are the guns‚ animals and trapping. The guns are not exactly the same but they are close. Trapping has not changed much at all The only thing that has really changed is that we have live traps‚ and they did not. They mostly used snares and foot holds. The animals are another thing that are the

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s "Young Goodman Brown" captivates the reader through a glimpse of the Puritan church. The story also shows the struggle of good versus evil in the main character Goodman Brown. The role of the Puritan church is crucial in shaping Goodman Brown ’s personality and helping the reader understand why he was reluctant to continue his journey. "Puritanism‚ movement arising within the Church of England in the latter part of the 16th century that sought to purify or reform‚ that church

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    The America today has a totally different look on it than how it was during the early years of the different colonies and this is because of how the colonies came to America and how they built their economies. The Puritans in Virginia‚ Massachusetts‚ and in Barbados all had similar and different ways in coming to America. Some of them had the ideas of coming all together and working together and others had the idea of just going on your own and making your own way through life in the new world‚ or

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne in his insightful novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ illustrates the social issues that were prevalent in the Puritan society. While it is acknowledged that horrific events were occurring during that time‚ we often fail to consider the effects these events have on the recipients of the judgement of their society. These recipients that encounter this shame and judgment often repress their feelings deep within themselves. To delve into the impact the acts of repression have on individual

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