How Did The Puritans Influence The Colonies

From 1630 to about 1643 Puritans were coming to America for mainly religious reasons. This movement was called the Great Puritan Migration. The Puritans did like the way the Anglican Church was being ran, so they many of them came to America and set up the Massachusetts Bay colony. The leader of this Colony was John Winthrop. The Puritans believed through religion and hard work they could build a perfect commuity. The Puritans influenced the political, economic, and social development of the New England colonies using religion. The Puritans had many influences on the political outcome of the New England colonies. The Puritans form of government was almost like a theocracy which is a form of government in which god is recognized as the ruler.
The TOWN MAP, of COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND (DOC B) shows that all the farms and cow and ox pastures are in the out skirts of town, but at the same still very close. This helped the Puritans keep an eye on their farms and cattle easier as well as to make sure no one was doing anything wrong. In other colonies farms would be farther away from towns so they could cover more land to potentially make more money. In A statement about education in New England, (DOC E) is trying to say that the puritans wanted place to learn which in time because of god, Mr. Harvard founded Harvard College in 1636. The college was primarily founded to train ministers. After Harvard College was built many other schools would be built throughout the New England Colonies. This was a very good source of money for the colonies. John Higginson, in "The Cause of God and His People in New England" (Doc J) is saying that the Puritans are forgetting that they came over to New England for religious reasons and economic reasons. This shows that the puritans are starting to lose their influence at this time and that money is becoming more important than religion in the New England