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    puritan belief

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    In the United States today‚ Puritan beliefs and themes have influenced our way of living. Public policies in modern day society are shaped around what the Puritans believed in. This is shown in the tenants of the American Dream‚ as well as the constitution‚ and the bill of rights. All three of these were created around the Puritan time‚ and the Puritan’s were the ones who created them. One of the biggest law’s that the United States has‚ that many other countries do not is covenant‚ it is the importance

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    of the Puritans Have you ever rebelled against the house rules dictated by your parents? In the 1600’s‚ a group of religious citizens discontent with the Anglican Church of England‚ did exactly that- rebelled. The Puritans contended that King James had created a religion of political struggles and doctrines. Puritans‚ such as John Calvin and John Winthrop‚ wrote about the concept of escaping persecution from the Anglican Church and reforming religion‚ morals‚ and society. The Puritans fled to

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    from England. These Protestants did not agree with England’s perspective on Christianity‚ which they found too Catholic and separated from them. Later in 1630 the Puritans arrived in Boston and established Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ however instead of breaking from the Church‚ they reformed under Calvinist orthodoxy. Governor John Winthrop ensured his citizens to follow his lead [God’s obligations] or else be punished for blasphemy. They utilized the bible and sang psalms and hymns a cappella by having

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    Puritan Rewards

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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 and the Salem Witch Trials During the time period of 1691 to 1692 the town of Salem‚ a small thriving community within the Puritan Massachusetts Bay colony‚ was struck by widespread hysteria in the form of witch trials. The way these trials and accusations played out are historically unlike any other witch trials found in European and American history. Historians have pointed to a number of economic‚ political‚ and social changes of the then existing institutions throughout the Massachusetts

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    The Puritan Influence

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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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    Puritan Values

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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 and Sex

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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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    Puritan Religious Beliefs

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    the Puritans came to escape religious persecution and worship freely in any way they saw fit. Shortly after arriving in North America they become a dominant religious force in the region. Early Puritan groups establish their own societies which featured a system of government The Protestant goal was to maintain and spread what they believed was the “perfect" religion; however it required everyone to worship their way. They managed this thought conversion and persecution. Although the Puritans phased

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    The Rise Of The Puritans

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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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