being a puritan like making good decisions just by following the bible‚ placing God above all‚ and how the community worked in unity. The reason why puritanism was considered a good thing was due to Puritans living closely by the bible and making better decisions in life. Puritans lived by the ten commandments and by what the bible says. An example of puritans living by the bible is not to steal‚ commit adultery‚ murder‚ and many more.Others may say that it’s a disadvantage of being a puritan because
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The Puritan Dilemma by Edmund Morgan John Winthrop’s "Puritan dilemma" arose out of his life long effort to accomplish two goals: to secure a community dedicated to upholding every aspect of God’s will and to do this within the context of everyday life. His first challenge dealt with the depravity of the Church of England in the early seventeenth century and how to escape its wickedness without withdrawing from the world. Then‚ with the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630‚ a decade
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of misogyny within the Puritan faith. The relationships within the Puritans’ ideal family unit were a parallel to God’s relationship to His creations; the head of the household‚ the man‚ ruled over the family and governed his subjects‚ his wife‚ children‚ and servants‚ just as God governed his own subjects. In effect‚ this analogy
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settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians or Georgians‚ Quakers or new Englanders
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1763‚ American colonies were becoming more and more separated from Britain. In 1763-1776 these British imperial policies led to more colonial anger and hatred of British rule. In these 13 years the British enforced new taxes and set up many disliked restrictions on colonial life. All of these changes led the colonies to establishing new principles and later declaring to be separated from England. The British started enforcing taxes in 1763 that did not please the colonies too well. The British
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New England Puritans’ Aspirations and Fulfillment As of today‚ many of our ancient mentality as well as values has been based off of a 17th Century group called Puritans‚ people from New England who were not satisfied with the Church and their power‚ and decided to leave New England to create a Utopia of their own in America. In some ways‚ this idea had become successful‚ in fact‚ that some of it was imprinted into America’s history. When the Puritans left from New England to America‚ their idea
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The Spanish and New England Colonies Over the course of the 15th century‚ European colonization swept the continent of North America. In spite of the fact the Spanish and the English were located within the same vicinity of the globe‚ their approaches towards successfully colonizing North America stood apart. The processes of development for the Spanish and New England colonies differentiated significantly because of key elements such as the role of religion‚ control of the European government
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Literature about the puritan lifestyle makes it very clear that is most puritan societies are very sheltered. Although these extremist beliefs do not seem present today‚ back then they where enforced strictly. The where not allowed to wear any clothing revealing a single ounce of skin. They lived in little communities where everyone knew each other‚ therefore wedlock outside of their communities where very rare‚ if it existed at all. And speaking of marriage‚ the simple thought
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Massachusetts Bay Colony was simultaneously theocratic‚ democratic‚ oligarchic‚ and authoritarian in different ways. The Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 and wanted a well-established government‚ but they ended up mixing all of these together. This colony was important because it was one of the first provincial and true governments to be introduced into the colonies. It also provided an example to other colonies to base their governments on. The Massachusetts Bay Colony can be said
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The Lynchburg Colony Emily Moreland Longwood University The Lynchburg Colony The video that we watched about the Lynchburg Colony in a word was horrifying. I had a few other observations other than that however. The main thing that shocked me was that I had never heard of this before. I don’t understand how people could just treat people like they were not even human. I guess that I have heard of things happening like this‚ but never in the United States and to this extreme. To treat people
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