Puritans of the Mid 17th Century The culture of New England in the early to mid 1600s was shaped by many societies. Perhaps the most influential group of immigrants were the Puritans. The ideas and values brought from the old world were given a new world spin‚ and adapted for smaller communities. These concept had vast effects on all aspects of New England existence. Economically‚ Their oppressive tendencies led to slightly less rapid growth in and around the region. Politically‚ The directly
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society today. The American Society was influenced greatly by Puritanism in the seventeenth century and by The Great Awakening in the eighteenth century. The Great Awakening was influential because it led to the spreading of the religions while the Puritans wanted freedom from New England to start their new ideas of religious views. The Great Awakening’s greatest influence was the way it prepared America for its War of Independence. The years leading up to the wars breakthrough taught people that
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development and religion proved to be a key difference between the Spanish settlements in the southwest and the English colonies in New England during the seventeenth century. The two main religious groups in New England were the Puritans and the Pilgrims. The Puritans‚ a strictly religious group of the Anglican church‚ were bound together by a covenant. This caused all residents of this community to be tightly knit together in a religious and social commitment. They used theocracy as their form
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TOPIC: In what ways did the ideas and values held by the Puritans influence the political‚ economic and social development in the New England colonies from 1630-1660? 6) Puritans had a strong influence of their ideas and values during 1630-1660 in the New England colonies. They had political‚ economical‚ and social influence throughout their religious values. 7) Documents A-J a. Document A. b. John Winthrop wrote that they should work together and help each other out so that god will help
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The puritans arrived into Massachusetts in 1628. 101 people were on the mayflower (Collier‚ James Lincoln‚ and Christopher Collier. Chapter1. Pilgrims and Puritans. Tarrytown: Benchmark‚ 1998. 1. Print. The Drama of American History.). They went to Massachusetts because the king was persecuting the puritans in England. They want to change the kings and create a pre church he tried to kill them. They created their own church and their own rules. The ways the puritans changed colonial American life
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early New England reflected the lives and beliefs of Puritan colonists. The basis of their society was structured strictly towards humility and the worship of god. Every action the puritans committed reflected an attitude of humility‚ for they feared gaudiness would offend the glory of god. As such‚ the everyday behaviors of puritans were basic and simple‚ from the food they ate to the clothes they wore. It is no surprise then‚ that the Puritan mind-set of depravity would also shine through in their
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In Of Plymouth Plantation written around 1630. The author‚ William Bradford describes the story of the Puritans journey. In 1605‚ a group of English Puritans set out to find and create a pure society. Their journey‚ led by William Bradford took them to North America. Why did everyone see the Native Americans as caretakers? Why did the Pilgrims decide to move to America in spite of the dangers? Although Native Americans would consider themselves as caretakers of the land. They were the first to step
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The relationship between the puritan settlers and the native Americans changed overtime between 1620 and 1676. In 1620‚ when the first Puritan settlers arrived on the mayflower‚ the two groups were apprehensive to meet each other. When they first truly met‚ they made agreements with each other. One group of natives‚ the Wampanoags‚ had a strong bond with the settlers. The group effectively saved the pilgrims from starvation and other hostile tribes. The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags had a strong bond
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out look than the puritans intended. Hester and the Puritans both have strong feelings for this Scarlet Letter but both will not come to terms and define a universal meaning for this strong symbol. <br> <br>The Puritans intend this A to be a disgrace to Hester Prynne. To make the public aware that she is nothing but a sinner and an adulteress. The Puritans want nothing more than to cause humiliation ‚ depression and to destroy anything that Hester can possible stand for. The Puritans use the A to pin
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When the Puritans were planning their trip to the New World‚ they saw possibilities they could not see in England. They wanted to be free to build their own godly community‚ but they did not want to separate completely from the churches in England. They wanted to establish a community that others looked up to. They wanted to move to this new land that had so much potential. The Puritans found the opportunities they were looking for when they decided to move across the water to New England and were
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