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    1. The New England colonies were characterized by greater social stability than both the southern and middle colonies. They were different mainly because of their geography. Unlike the New England colonies‚ the southern and middle colonies were far apart and had created their own individualistic societies when they settled‚ because they were so spread out. The New England colonies were very close together due to their mountainous geography so it was easy for them to maintain contact and have an organized

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    “City Upon a Hill” Analysis In 1630 the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony gave a sermon to his Puritan followers. Winthrop writes that God has purposefully made some people poor and others rich in order to perform his work in the different areas of life. He also speaks of a man’s moral requirement to help others with their needs. Winthrop’s purpose of delivering this sermon to Puritans was to encourage them to purify their connection with God and to obtain perfect order in their society

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    Puritanism Puritans were groups of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. The Puritans roots came from the English Reformation. Some of the puritans liked a Presbyterian form of church‚ others‚ wanted to stay within the structure of the national church but set themselves against the doctrinal and liturgical vestiges of Catholic tradition

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    has formed the country’s values from its origination. Starting in England with the English Civil War‚ the Puritans (nicknamed “roundhead” for their short hairstyles) disagreed with King Charles I approach to religion and church. Charles I arranged church worship in a way very similar to the Catholic church where a church attender had to appeal to a priest in order to talk to the Lord. Puritans‚ instead insisted on a simpler form of worship where they could directly appeal to God instead of going through

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    In a significant incorporation‚ the Plymouth Colonists played a substantial role in our history. When King Henry VIII came to reign‚ he implemented various alterations upon the recently founded church‚ the Church of England. Part of a Puritan denomination‚ known as Separatists travailed to break away from the church completely‚ whereas come wanted to purify the church and revert it back to their original beliefs and practices. At the time‚ the act of belonging to another church‚ as opposed to the

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    Brown’s awakening to the evil nature of those around him‚ Hawthorne comments on what he sees as the hidden corruption of Puritan society. Goodman Brown believes in the public professions of faith made by his father and the elders of his church and in the societal structures that are built upon that faith. Hawthorne suggests‚ however‚ that behind the public face of godliness‚ the Puritans’ actions were not always Christian. The devil in the story says that he was present when Brown’s father and grandfather

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    undertaken by Electronic Data Communications (EDC) is the biggest government undertaking of its kind. It aims to provide a single seamless network which would provide a centralized communication to the Navy and Marine. It also aims to integrate the legacy systems with the new secured environment. The NMCI project aimed to connect about 400‚000 desktops into a common network‚ which would provide a unified communication to all Navy and Marine bases (Calbreath‚ 2004). Due to the magnitude of the

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    factor to success and its “Organization‚ on the other hand is an asset that each company has to develop to suit its needs and situation‚ and it cannot be bought off-the-shelf.”(Child J‚ 2005. pp 4) The competition on the market is fierce and legacy carriers like Air New Zealand and Air Canada had to find the edge to fight back price offered on growing low cost carriers (LCC) market. That also positioned EK into the same position of looking for the market niche. A common solution with most of

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    Scarlet Letter Composition The Puritans’ beliefs in the 17th century were different than most of the citizens that live in this modern day society. The Puritan beliefs are based on the of the Church of England‚ but they purified the religion. The Scarlet Letter is based off the Puritans’ beliefs and the story of society that the Puritans lived in; some other critics observe that Nathaniel Hawthorne criticizes the Puritans society and their beliefs. When The Scarlet Letter was written the Author

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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by Puritans who wanted the freedom to practice their religion without Catholic influence which the Church of England had. They did not seek to settle a colony for religious freedom and believing what they wanted that was not Protestantism. They wanted to be able to eliminate Catholic influence from their Protestant beliefs. They did not want to have to deal with the Church of England changing between Catholic and Protestant or having to go through the Religious

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