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 that their faith gave them unique values‚ which made the colony need rule and regulation. The Catholic Church was restricted in most colonies because it was a European religion. Church steeples and bells were introduced in the
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to the 1670s. 4. The puritan faith community shaped the New England colonies in virtually every way during much of the seventeenth century. Discuss the ideas and religious principles that characterized Puritanism‚ and explore the significant differences between the Separatists led by William Bradford‚ who founded Plymouth colony‚ and the group of Puritans led by John Winthrop‚ who founded Massachusetts Bay colony. 5. The labor system of slavery transformed the South during the eighteenth
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ a group of people known as the Puritans wished to “purify” the Church of England and reform the Church from its Catholic practices. At the time‚ these people were more of an unpopular unit‚ but still persevered and grew to be a very well known religious group. The Puritans had a set of beliefs that set themselves apart from other practices‚ and these values that they had influenced their daily lives‚ their own style of writing‚ and even life today. First and foremost
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The lessons the Puritans learned from the Bible taught them to live in anticipation. They foresaw the need to find clean drinking water‚ to make clothing for staying warm in the winter months‚ and to build quality shelter soon after arriving in the colonies. Puritan discipline also included striving to make God proud. Criminal behaviors‚ when taken to extreme‚ were met with harsh consequences. Drinking alcohol was acceptable‚ but becoming a drunkard was punishable by death. Profanity was not tolerated
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The scarlet letter The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses the aspects of relationships‚ religion‚ community‚ discipline and punishment in the puritan community of 17th century Boston. Relationships between men and women were very constrained and that is what made adultery such a bad sin in the eyes of everyone in the community. Religion seemed to govern over all‚ people would look up to reverends and the community believed that fate was their destiny. Public discipline and punishment
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“City Upon a Hill” Analysis In 1630 the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony gave a sermon to his Puritan followers. Winthrop writes that God has purposefully made some people poor and others rich in order to perform his work in the different areas of life. He also speaks of a man’s moral requirement to help others with their needs. Winthrop’s purpose of delivering this sermon to Puritans was to encourage them to purify their connection with God and to obtain perfect order in their society
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The differences in development between the New England colonies and the Chesapeake or Middle colonies occurred for a many number of reasons. First‚ they were different people. They come from different places and had different ways of life. Not only did the two regions both have different governing systems‚ but they were also driven to the New World by different religions or incentives. Even their slight economic differences helped to shape the individuality of the two areas. Most could probably
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admired greatly by her‚ especially John cotton. As the intolerance toward Puritans got worse‚ John Cotton fled to Massachusetts and Wheelwright was banned from preaching. The reader states that Anne Hutchinson concluded‚ “There was none in England that I durst trust.” And she‚ along with her husband and eleven children‚ departed for New England in 1634 As Anne settled down in the new colony along with the admired John Cotton‚ the New England Puritans were also delving into the Arminianism theology
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become the master of the wealthiest regions in the western hemisphere. Batholeme de las Casas- protector of the Indians ( in the west indies ) from the atrocities the Spanish colonists inflicted upon them. In 1542 laws were adopted among the colonies that protected the Indians. However‚ to help protect the Indians from slavery De las casas proposed that Africans be used. Protestant Reformation- during 1517. Martin luther saxxony 1517. Directly responsible for the initiative for the protestant
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area and the overwhelming evidence suggests he was murdered. Is anyone in charge of finding the killer? What is the attitude of the public and is there an expectation of justice?" Redditor LordKettering replies‚ his setting: 1772: Boston‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony. A young man has been found dead in one of the alleys between Ann Street and Fish Market. Colonists have gathered around the scene and‚ despite murmurs of political motives‚ soldiers have not occupied the city for more than a year‚ and
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