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    archbishop of Canterbury started changing the churches to look more beautiful‚ this angered people because they thought he was gradually and secretly trying to make England catholic. Puritan leaders disliked Laud’s changes so Laud had their ears cut off‚ branded and then they were put in prison! In Scotland the puritans were the strongest group and Laud

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    to help them grow the tobacco‚ and work as slaves in the English colonies. The Puritans were a group of people who didn’t want to pray to the church of England‚ so in 1628‚ a group of Puritans came to Massachusetts for freedom of religion. Everyone that lived in Massachusetts had to pray in Puritan churches‚ and they didn’t want their people to have freedom of religion either. Roger Williams lived with the Puritans. He told them that everyone should have the right to choose their religion‚ and then

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    Pilgrims or Puritans. Second‚ both are devoted to God in one way or another‚ whether it be it to come together in God’s Glory at Plymouth or to deliver a sermon. Bradstreet’s poems about Queen Elizabeth were written after the queen had died while the monarchy was defunct. In 1860‚ ten years after The Tenth Muse was published‚ the monarchy was restored and King Charles II took over the throne. Bradstreet had begun to shift her poetry to a more personal style by this time though. While the puritans were

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    In any event‚ the wilderness was never seen as the unknown‚ but in fact‚ seen as the Garden of Eden where God’s children were put to the test. Although‚ the nature of American Puritans was to never see nor do evil‚ the real test was to conquer evil‚ to either tame or vanquish it. In the letters and stories from J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur and Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ interests sparked among European immigrants‚ yet they did not fully realize the severity and depth of the their decision to come to

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    them‚ and yes‚ it’s God. Puritans believe that they are doing God’s work and must forever serve him or else they face punishment from others. While Deists and Transcendentalists believe in more of a nature spirit. The latter two‚ however‚ do not nearly compare with the strictness in religion as the Puritans‚ thus creating the change through time. Throughout the major literary philosophies in the United States‚ one can see how the enforcement

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    Maemae Moloney The National Experience: A History of the United States Outline Chapter 1: Making Use of a New World • The first American came from the Bearing Strait 20-40 thousand years ago and was followed by many to disperse into the various parts • The tribes of the Americas were very diverse • Those in South America were more advanced due to advancements in agriculture (corn)‚ architecture‚ astronomy and established governments and economies • North American Indians

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    Colonial Period to 1750 Presidents: None Foreign Policies and Key Events: * In 1629 a group of non-Separatist Puritans fearing for the faith and the future‚ secured a royal charter to form the Massachusetts Bay Company * During the Great Migration of the 1630s‚ about 75‚000 refugees left England; not all of them were Puritans and only about 14‚000 came to Massachusetts—many were attracted to the warm and fertile West Indies‚ especially the sugar-rich island of Barbados. Important Documents:

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    The Puritan lifestyle was influenced heavily by the church and Christian beliefs. According to Discovery Education‚ “Church was the cornerstone of the mainly Puritan society of the 17th century.” Puritan laws were extremely rigid and the members of society were expected to follow a strict moral code. Due to this fact‚ anything that was believed to go against this code was considered a sin and deserved to be punished. The Puritans also believed strongly in the wrath of God and did everything they

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    settled by a group of separatists called the Puritans‚ which were a tightly knitted community based on strong faith. This community of New England Puritans influenced religious liberties‚ education‚ and obedience in the colonies from the 1630’s-1660’s by relating them to their religious morals and beliefs. ` As the Puritans began forming their governments and rules‚ much of New England was just beginning to be settled. Although in document E the Puritans thank their God for the their passage to

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    identifications show how the Society vs. Individual theme represented the period of American History from 1607-1763. To begin‚ Anne Hutchinson is a Puritan activist who lived in New England with the Puritan colony from 1636-1638. Anne Hutchinson fits into the Society vs. Individual theme because she went against the Puritan church because she believed that Puritans don’t have to follow the rules so strictly. This is an example of the Society vs. Individual theme because Anne later was trialed and exiled

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