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    Attitudes toward Work: After conducting some research it appears the “puritan work ethic” is not present in India. The people of India need to understand the reason why they are doing something. They do not do tasks just for the sake of keeping busy. For example‚ Indian kids in school do not receive “busy” work when it comes to homework‚ rather they get homework that will help the understand concepts. In America‚ we strive on this idea that we should always be doing something‚ rather it has purpose

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    The Puritans were a group of people who wanted to reform the English Church and came to America in the late sixteenth century. They settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. The puritans believed in God‚ and all the things that the Bible preaches. They though salvation was only to chosen people and heaven or hell were real; they also believed that every person was born a sinner. It was in God’s hands to save a soul and grace it. Their society was well formed and the structure of their laws

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    Unhappy with the Church of England‚ the Puritans traveled all the way to the New World to create a society based solely on their religion. Their goals in this endeavor were to establish settlements in which they were governed by Puritanical religious scriptures and in which no other religion was practiced. As opposed to having laws and a proper Constitution as the United States now has‚ their law was to be strictly based upon the guidance of God. In their eyes‚ this would provide a safe place to

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    Most people today do not believe that Puritans had the right idea about how we should live our lives; however there are advantages to having Puritan views and values such as religious peace and a close knit community. Religion is a complicated subject that varies in each society and can create conflicts between them‚ but the Puritans were able to live amongst themselves in harmony. The English Puritans were persecuted for not conforming to the country’s religion: Protestantism. Due to this discrimination

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    Tim1096 writes "The impact they have on society was that they delivere things faster‚ they shelter us from nature when we need to go to places‚ and they let us get to places we want quickly." These things are true‚ but it disregards a whole side of the issue. Cars are convenient‚ but the have a large cost to society as a whole. Economic: The majority of cities and counties spend more money on road infrastructure than they receive from gasoline taxes‚ vehicle registration fees‚ or other

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    The Puritan Dilemma by Edmund Morgan John Winthrop’s "Puritan dilemma" arose out of his life long effort to accomplish two goals: to secure a community dedicated to upholding every aspect of God’s will and to do this within the context of everyday life. His first challenge dealt with the depravity of the Church of England in the early seventeenth century and how to escape its wickedness without withdrawing from the world. Then‚ with the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630‚ a decade

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    The SS had a large amount of power and authority in the government. They were given places in the government to allow the people of Germany to see good in the actions of the SS officers. The authority in the government and to the people had an impact on what the people believed and who answered to whom. The SS was run by eight individuals over a large amount of years‚ with the most known being Heinrich Himmler. These individuals commanded the Nazi force and personally guarded Adolf Hitler. Up until

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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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    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 they could stand up for what they believed in when calling out religious leaders‚ and that when churches were not living up to the their

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    Looking for Guidance: From the Perspective of the Puritans and the Native Americans People have always looked at the vastness of the Earth and the universe and have wondered from where it all came‚ including where mankind itself originated. Many people of the past have attributed their creation to supernatural powers‚ such as higher spirits or a god‚ and have recorded their coming into existence in a story. In the case of the Puritans‚ their creation myth is found in Genesis‚ while on the other

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