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    was highly influenced by the Puritans‚ who helped find most of the colonies in the region after emigrating there from England. The Puritans strict values and ideas helped shape the colonies greatly in several ways. They believed in a representative government which later on became an essential part of the United States’ government. Economically‚ the idea of fair priced goods also came from the Puritans. Strict values in church‚ religion‚ and community were all Puritan customs that helped social development

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    1. Write balanced net ionic equations for all reactions that occurred during Activity I. 2. Identify the color of the mineral oil layer in the test tube when each of the following species is present: I2‚ Br2‚ Cl2‚ I–‚ Br–‚ and Cl–. 3. Identify the color that should have been present in the mineral oil layer in test tubes 1–6 if no reaction had occurred in any of the test tubes. Explain your answer. 4. Use the answers to the first three questions to create an activity series of metals

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    Anne Hutchinson: Puritan Prophet by Timothy Hall‚ tells a story of a bold‚ independent‚ self confident‚ and assertive young women during the time of 1636 to 1638. Hall arranged his novel by organizing the chapters in her life story around statements made at her trial. The study of Hutchinson’s life gives us the opportunity to enter into a different world of New England’s founding generation. As Hall’s questions; “what should we make of this remarkable women and her tragic fate? How did she

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    Eden Harris Harris‚ 1 British Literature Mrs. Schmidt Choice and Consequence John Milton’s Paradise Lost and John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress are both books that share the relationship of choices and consequences. Milton’s Paradise Lost is about the beginning of the world (Genesis)‚ the creation of man‚ and the fall. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is about the spiritual journey of a man named Christian‚ who is scared of being condemned to death and leaves his city to try and find a place where

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    Looking back at history‚ documents show the tension between Puritans and Shakespeare. The play Twelfth Night is perfect evidence that shows how Shakespeare disagreed with the Puritans beliefs .Shakespeare decides to use the character Malvolio to represent the puritans at that time period. Shakespeare uses the character of Malvolio to ridicule the puritans and portrays the puritans as ambitious‚ selfish and bitter. The Puritans gained their power after they renounced the Anglican Church‚ this was

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    The Puritans and Cherokees: Shaping Today’s American Dream The Puritans during the 1600s wanted change‚ they wanted to leave the ways of the Old World and set sail to a land of new beginnings and new ideals. After years of corruption and impurities set forth by the church in England‚ the Puritans began a quest for their own manifest destiny and ventured across the Atlantic Ocean‚ and established themselves in Massachusetts. John Winthrop‚ lead these Puritans to the Americas and wrote a speech

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    Puritans: Christian Believers During the 1600’s the Puritans were a group of people who came from England to get away from the Church of England. Their ideas and beliefs played a huge role in their relocation to the New World. The Puritans felt as if the reformation of the Church of England had not gone far enough‚ and that the Church of England was tolerant of practices of the Catholic Church. (Baym 58). Anne Bradstreet was apart of this migration to the New World. Anne Bradstreet‘s literature

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    even exiled many people out of there way of life. The puritan way of life to many people seemed extreme and to others it seemed normal. They had set forth many laws and regulations in which some people might say is outlandish. They also waged war on Pequot’s‚ many argue that maybe it wasn’t a war but in fact a genocide. I am here to question and analyze these accusations and present evidence based on what I believe to be true. In 1646 puritans set forth a law saying that “if any child above 16 and

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    religion in the 17th century. Puritanism had originally started as a movement against the church of England during the 16th century. The Puritans escaped religious confines and went to the New World. There they settled mostly in New England. Their beliefs had a big influence on how religion was handled in the colonies. According to history.com it explained how the Puritans came to be colonists in the New World‚ “Under siege from church and crown‚ it sent an offshoot in the third and fourth decades of the

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    Americans‚ for example‚ are widely known for doing so. On the other hand‚ certain sets of people may base their culture upon a great piece of writing; Puritans‚ a group of people who separated from the Church of England and fled to the Americas for religious reform‚ are famous for basing their way of life upon the Bible. Both Native Americans and Puritans have similar elements of culture‚ such as religion and morals. Though they may share certain ideals‚ they are quite different in their approach. It

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