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    “In What Ways Did The Ideas And Values Held By The Puritans Influence The Political‚ Economic‚ And Social... a living in society by creating clothing and food to sell to other villagers. The Puritans also believed that New England was not a place of trade but of religion... Premium Religion Shapes Culture And Identity Religion Shapes Culture and Identity After reading Julia Alvarez’ In the Time of the Butterflies it is quite clear that religion has a drastic impact on culture... Premium Religion

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    Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740) in TWO of the following regions: New England Chesapeake Middle Atlantic The Impact of Religion on the Development of Colonial America During the seventeenth century‚ colonial America was welcoming many newcomers‚ several from England. Quantities of these newcomers were seeking land for economic purposes as others were longing for religious toleration. Many of the English colonists settled in

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    Has technology shaped our society? When we look back to the mid 1930s‚ we’ll see that the US was facing a very difficult time. After the gigantic losses on the New York Stock Markets‚ the economy was on its way to an all time low. The unemployment rates were astronomically high‚ leading to even worse conditions. ’But why did this happen?’‚ we may wonder. Well‚ there is a very simple answer to that question. Just before the economical downfall‚ many people worked on the land‚ in the agraric sectors

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    Since the ancient times‚ religion has influenced the principles of society‚ and still continues to do so. The foundation of society and all the moral values were totally based on the religious values. During the age of colonial America‚ the Puritans were known for their peculiar religious ideologies on which the moral values of the society were shaped. With scientific and technological advancement in the future‚ the ideologies of the American people started to change. Philosophically‚ America underwent

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    Amanda Wilson Period 3 9/15/12 Religion in Colonial America Throughout the colonial period with British North American settlement‚ the subjects of religion and economics often come hand-in-hand when associated with significance. Although economic concerns of development and exploration had its part in British settlement into the New World‚ religious entanglement‚ such as Puritan progression and The Great Awakening ‚ played a bigger role in the rise of the American colonies. The flee

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    Religion impacted colonial development in seventeenth- century North America by causing social‚ political‚ and economic spheres of colonial life in different regions to be affected by religious expectations. Social expectations created by religion in the Chesapeake colonies and the New England colonies were very different from one another due to the branch of Christianity to settle in the area. In the Chesapeake area‚ Catholics and Protestants settled there. Because they were not interested in

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    Colonial Era - Religion and Government. The New Englanders went to a Congregationalist meeting house for Church services. The meeting houses became bigger and much less crude when the population grew after the 1660s. They were predominantly Puritans‚ who by and large‚ led strict religious lives. The clergy was highly educated & devoted to study of both scripture and the natural science. The New England laws assumed that citizens who stayed away from conventional religious customs were a threat

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    salvation ultimately transformed the religious order of Connecticut. The decline in piety among the second generation of Puritans‚ which stemmed from economic changes‚ political transformations‚ and Enlightenment rationalism‚ was the primary cause of the Great Awakening. During the eighteenth century‚ political uncertainty and economic instability characterized colonial life and diverted devout Puritans from religious obligations. Individual morals declined as Puritans within the community turned

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    There were a lot of religions in Colonial America. Some of the religions were Quakers‚ Catholics‚ Christians‚ Lutherans‚ Puritans‚ and Jews. Government and local towns tried to enforce strict religious observance. There were many religions so people could follow any religion they choose. The thirteen original colonies established eight churches‚ if colonies practiced a different religion than their church they were sometimes persecuted. Most colonist said that they were Christians they believed

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    the beginning of civilization‚ religion has played a pivotal role in every society. This is especially true in the colonial societies of America during the 17th century. Religion affected every social class and every aspect of their lives. Both the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Pennsylvania display the effect of religion and how it shaped everything from politics to daily life. Religion determined many factors within Puritan Massachusetts and Quaker Pennsylvania‚ which resulted in two completely different

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