In the early settlements of the New World known as America today‚ the Puritan Community settled in what they used to call New England. Frustrated by the Church of England‚ they fled to the New World because they were being prosecuted and they wanted to establish a new sect in which God’s law was held supreme. They believed that the Bible and it’s message was the law of the land and no man could oppose it. Following what the Bible said‚ they believed it was their salvation into having a place in heaven
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Even so the first winter was the first big test – half of the group has died from exposure‚ cold‚ tuberculosis and malnutrition – the Puritans survived primarily because of the help from the neighboring Natives. They taught them how to hunt animals‚ cultivate corn and gave them their furs. They regarded the Puritans as helpless children.31) In 1629‚ a group of Puritans was given a grant for land from the Council of New England. They were merchants and eager to leave England behind in order to establish
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The Puritans and the Pilgrims both migrated to North America to escape religious persecution due to their views about the Church of England. They created very little literature because writing was viewed as satanic in both cultures. All that was written in Puritan New England were works to glorify God and record journeys for historical purposes. The most famous poets of this period include Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor. William Bradford‚ the governor of the Plymouth Colony‚ kept a journal of
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The Puritans and their choices and believes governed and organized the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was a settlement that was put in place in 1630‚ and formed a group of refugees from England. They functioned just like any other colony at the time would. They had politics and religion that were at the center of their every day lives. Their government‚ however definitely leaned more towards theocratic‚ picking political leaders directly out of church. The Puritans believed that God had created a
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Puritans‚ the people upon a hill of Christian faith‚ were known for their strict religious regimen‚ and thus often perceived as monotonous. Likewise‚ in Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter‚ the author expresses his accusatory and judgmental view of the Puritan community mostly through the usage of selective detail‚ dismal and contemptuous diction; as well‚ he expresses his view of the Puritan community through his grim and suspenseful tone. By using details selectively‚ Hawthorne promotes his judgmental
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American Literature Test Terms Definitions Colonial New England period is also known as what? Puritan Era When was Jamestown established? 1607 When did the Separatists come to the New World? 1620 When did the Puritans come to America? 1630 When the Puritans came to America‚ where did they land? Massachusetts Bay What are the literary characteristics of the Colonial New England period? Unadorned‚ simple‚ useful‚ natural‚ utalitarian‚ didactic‚ and Biblical What are the Genres
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Seventeenth-century sermon techniques in Benjamin Franklin’s "Way to Wealth" communicate his secular eighteenth-century principles. First‚ Franklin’s structure contains a text‚ a doctrine section‚ and an application section as a Puritan sermon would. Franklin addresses a question concerning the financial problems of the day‚ and he takes his text from “Poor Richard’s Almanac.” Based on the issue raised concerning finances‚ Franklin formulates the thesis that the tax commissioners are unable to ease
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think that the majority of U.S. advertising looks like a walk through Times Square. However‚ much of today’s advertising is the complete opposite. When we look at modern advertising‚ we see simple ads‚ influenced by the writing style of the Puritans. Puritan plain style writing is evident in today’s advertising because advertisers use short words‚ direct statements and everyday‚ ordinary objects to promote the sales of their product or service. Short words are simple‚ yet have much power when used
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were the Puritans and the Quakers. Both groups wanted to change and hopefully enhance their lives forever. Although the Puritans‚ the Quakers‚ and their colonies have several similarities‚ these groups are more different than they are similar. Throughout the seventeenth century in Britain‚ there were many religious restrictions that kept people from freely practicing their preferred religion. Everyone in Britain had to follow the practices of the Church of England‚ and if
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The Puritan dilemma is a constant struggle inside one’s self to follow through with the demands of the bible. John Winthrop throughout this monograph deals with many different types of situations in his life that challenges a Puritan. First John Winthrop must decipher if traveling to America is a mere ploy for him to rum away from the corruption of the church of England and the English government that he had recently came in contact with‚ or whether‚ the trip offers a chance to be an example to
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