Attitudes toward Work: After conducting some research it appears the “puritan work ethic” is not present in India. The people of India need to understand the reason why they are doing something. They do not do tasks just for the sake of keeping busy. For example‚ Indian kids in school do not receive “busy” work when it comes to homework‚ rather they get homework that will help the understand concepts. In America‚ we strive on this idea that we should always be doing something‚ rather it has purpose
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1.The Puritans and the Quakers responded to the social and political pressures caused by their immigration to the new world by attempting to create a Utopian society but they had deeply failed due to disease and illness and created the opposite of what they wanted‚ a dystopia. This is an imperfect community. The Puritans had soon turned on most of their religious beliefs once the Quakers had appeared in their community‚ and their religious views were different than each other. The Quakers believed
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During the years of 1700s‚ it’s a period of reborn‚ it’s a period of revolution‚ it’s a period freedom‚ it’s a period of relief for the 13 American colonies. The Declaration of Independence initiated in 1776 helped the 13 colonies to escape from the British Empire by declaring themselves as independent sovereign states‚ and believed in the rights to have independent. Following in the year of 1787‚ the U.S. Constitution was authorized ‚explaining the basic rights of all American citizens and provided
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Changes in the European Economy Due to the voyages of exploration and the colonization in the Americas and all over the world‚ the European economy changed drastically from 1450 to 1700. In Spain inflation lead to economic problems‚ while in the Netherlands‚ the Dutch East India Company flourished their economy‚ and in all of Europe‚ the merchant class grew due to mercantilism. The increase of business and hauls of gold and silver lead to inflation in Spain. Inflation is the decline in the
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Social African slavery in the American colonies first began in the 1670’s and 1680’s‚ particularly in the Chesapeake region. However‚ it wasn’t until the 1700’s that slavery became a full blown business. Events causing the need for slaves were: the lack of English settlers willing to become indentured servants‚ the ability of prospective immigrants to migrate somewhere else in the United States‚ and the lack of open land which turned away potential settlers. The need of the Chesapeake tobacco farmers
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With the birth of the New World‚ governments began to take shape and ideas began to form. Democracy was soon to come‚ but just how soon? Religion was a major predicament in the late-1700s. A Separatist minister was sent to jail in 1745 because he was preaching in Wethersfield without permission. This is saying that Separatism is inferior to that of other religions. And the town’s requirement of its people to support Protestant ministers in 1775 only pushes the idea that Protestants are superior
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can represent Puritan Society rather than the round character that can be seen on the surface level. This is seen through the imagery and symbolism of hypocrisy‚ Dimmesdale as a Christ figure‚ and the scarlet letter.<br><br>First of all‚ Hawthorne parallels the hypocrisy of Dimmesdale to that of Puritan society. Hawthorne describes Dimmesdale as‚ "a viler companion of the vilest‚ the worst of sinners‚" even though Dimmesdale is seen as the most holy man in the Puritan community. Puritan society was
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Jonathan Edwards lived in a time where God was the utmost importance in daily activities and lives. Puritans could understand the suffering their ancestors endured and why they fled from Great Britain in hope of serving God without interruptions or persecutions. As America grew‚ the concern that the population was becoming more secular was in the minds of Puritans. Jonathan Edwards was in a time where fear that the population has turned away from God and his sermons was the reflection of this outcome
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was printed in ink. And neither can we. Modern America will never escape the history left behind by the Puritan society. The flaws that we have in our current society are of Puritan origin and are splitting images of them. After being born‚ we are raised under the influences of Puritanism. From The Lost Generation to Generation Alpha‚ all children are indoctrinated to value education. Puritans too‚ value education and it is embroidered into American history by the building
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reader is informed that one of the author’s ancestors persecuted the Quakers harshly. The latter’s son was a high judge in the Salem witch trials‚ put into literary form in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" (Judge Hawthorne appears there). We learn that Hawthorne feels ashamed for their deeds‚ and that he sees his ancestors and the Puritan society as a whole with critical eyes. Consequently‚ both open and subtle criticism of the Puritans’ practices is applied throughout the novel. Hawthorne’s comments have
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