Peter Kaplon History 204 09/20/10 Book Review Puritan Prophet The book Anne Hutchinson: Puritan Prophet‚ by Timothy D. Hall‚ tells the story of a strong-willed woman whose faith and intellect brought her about to play a major role in early New England Puritan life. Hall tries to answer many questions surrounding Hutchinson throughout the book to try and bring clarity to a powerful historic event. The main question concerning Hall‚ in this book‚ is “what should we make of this remarkable
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motivated to avoid certain consequences or dangers. Puritan writers wrote most often in plain style or sermons during the early 15th century until the Revolutionary Period. Humanist writers‚ including Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine‚ changed the Puritans’ writing style to a new‚ unconcealed‚ and religiously based text during the late 16th century. People of this generation realistically motivate themselves with regards to the rewards that follow like the Puritans thought; however‚ people might be more motivated
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Puritans were able to greatly influence the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660’s economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Puritans were groups that were seeking a more pure form of Protestantism apart from the Anglican Church. They came to the New world in search of religious freedom and were a prominent group in the New England colonies. Though the Puritans could be seen as a less influential group then some of the others of the period‚ that would be a mistake as they were certainly
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The Puritans and Sex In the passage “Puritans and Sex” Edmund S. Morgan discusses the puritans in an unusual way‚ instead of just explaining all the laws and beliefs the Puritans were expected to follow‚ Morgan also tells the readers the way the Puritans disobeyed and rejected their government. In 1630 John Winthrop lead and settled a small group of Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Puritans lived a very religious‚ strict‚ and high expected life. As Edmund S. Morgan states “They would
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The Puritans’ ideas and values influenced the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies. They valued the importance of church and state bound as one. They also had that drive to work hard and be prosperous economically. But lastly‚ the Puritans had socially adopted the idea of the importance of God and living all for him. All of the ideas had influenced the development of the New England colonies The Puritans values the church and was the center of their town. The
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Puritans were often stereotyped as a strongly religious group that lacked humor and was very sexually repressed. Although they were strongly religious‚ they were still human beings. They knew sex was a human necessity and understood that fully. What they did was make vigorous strides to make sex before marriage illegal. In other words‚ they only wanted married couples to partake in sexual intercourse to honor the code of God. They came up with a number of laws to protect sexual misdemeanors such
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The puritan story was a story of many things; from the landing of the first group of puritans in New England‚ to the formation and trouble of the bay colony bible commonwealth‚ to the puritans versus Indians‚ ending with the New England family. This story wouldn’t be anything without the help of the one and only King Henry VIII. It was King’s‚ tie breaking with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530’s that launch the reformation of the protestant church. The reformation of the church led to a group
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England‚ the Puritans had been people of resources and political power‚ but King Charles did not accept their attempts to reform and restructured the Church of England (Anglican Church) to be more Protestant. In not following with their request to make the changes‚ they began to protest against the Church of England and its leaders‚ the English monarch and the parliament as well. When William Laud was chosen by Charles the first as Archbishop of Canterbury‚ who is pro-catholic and anti-puritan in 1630
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Puritan Synthesis Puritans were European immigrants that had many beliefs. Some of the common beliefs were that only certain people could talk to God‚ and that God is mean‚ angry‚ and vengeful. People would often write Literature to express the way they view God‚ or to write a History that often has to due with themselves. Most Puritan Sermons‚ Histories‚ and Poems all include a Lesson throughout and Glorify their God. Both “Upon the Burning of our house‚” by Anne Bradstreet and “Sinners in
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American Tradition The passage “In the genuine Puritan tradition‚ character and mortality are seen as permanent values achievable only by personal spiritual conquest‚ life is constantly spiritualized‚ and the humblest events and acts are related to a divine context.”‚ written by Kenneth B. Murdock‚ and in the book “The puritan Legacy”‚ is a statement said to describe the puritans. Within the textbook‚ many people of this century talk about the puritans‚ their way of living‚ and the accomplishments
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