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    English monarchy after the Interregnum. The English Interregnum was a phase of parliamentary rule under the Commonwealth of England just after the English Civil War. During the Interregnum‚ the Puritan views of the majority of Parliament and its supporters began to be imposed on the rest of the country. The Puritans advocated a rigorous lifestyle and restricted that which they thought of as excess during the preceding rule.2 One of the excesses to be outright banned was theatre. However‚ with the English

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    AP Exam Essays 2001-2010 2010 AP Exam Essays 1. In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? 2. Analyze the political‚ diplomatic‚ and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775–1783. 3. Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming

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    Daniel Defoe 1660-1731 He was an English journalist‚ businessman‚ pamphleteer‚ secret agent‚ novelist. He was a puritan and had interest in trade‚ which influenced most of his works. He belonged to the neo-classical period and is the father of the English realistic novel. Robinson Crusoe This novel tells the story of a man shipwrecked on a desert island. It is inspired by the various accounts of sea adventures which were published on newspapers and widely appreciated by tradesman‚ merchants and

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    imported some of their agricultural products from other colonies. Nationalities - People in the New England colonies were all from England‚ and came to practice their own religion on the Mayflower. Year Founded : New Hampshire; 1638 Massachusetts; 1630 Connecticut; 1636 Rhode Island;

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    Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ women can travel outside of society’s norms. Women also played major role in both novels. These stories were written by totally opposite authors but the settings of these stories are the same‚ the Puritan era. Both authors portrayed the strengths of women while also portraying their downfalls too. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a story of lies‚ confusion‚ and infidelities. The story plot consisted of false accusations of

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    Intolerance When Puritans arrived in America in 1620‚ they had experienced religious intolerance in the Old world‚ yet they still supported Europe’s theory that in order to have unity within a state‚ everyone must be of the same faith. Puritans believed in predestination‚ which meant that God had already decided which of his children would receive the privilege of going to heaven and which would not‚ and one could not persuade His judgment. This belief‚ along with the strict Puritan lifestyle‚ intertwined

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    religion‚ in doing so he persecuted many Protestants. He then banned parliament‚ in the midst of this‚ the puritans wanted to leave the persecution and go to the new world. They got a charter for land in the New England area of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. They created the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629. They went to the new world under the leadership of John Winthrop. They went to sea in 1630‚ with seventeen ships and over one thousand people. They arrived in the middle of winter‚ killing one

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    The king tried to raise an army but the puritans of England didn’t want to fight the Calvinists. So he called parliament to ask for money‚ but they said no. 1B. A different reason was the Irish rebellion. The Irish catholic had been treated badly for sometime by the Scottish/English settlers who took all the good land and treated them bad. But when Strafford the governor of Ireland died they rose up because they thought they were at the mercy of the puritan parliament because Strafford had been

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    sermon by John Winthrop. He gives this sermon aboard the Arbella in 1630. John Winthrop began his and his Christian’s journey with words for guidance and inspiration. He starts his sermon by stating that God created the rich and the poor. He created them for different reasons‚ in order to manifest his exertion in the areas of mercy‚ love‚ gentleness‚ faith‚ patience and obedience. Religion is used as a way of connecting with the Puritans. He also uses references from the bible to prove his points. He

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    indentured servants. In document C‚ the passengers aboard the ship bound for Virginia are all mostly made up of single men well below the age of 40‚ showing that many are probably indentured servants who are going to work in the large plantations. By the 1660s the overproduction of tobacco dramatically decreased tobacco prices causing indigo and rice to become greater commodities. Still large plantations dominated the economy by producing indigo and rice as well. However New England colonies were based on

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