In the seventeenth century New England Puritans tried to create a model society what were there aspirations and to what extent were there aspirations fulfilled?

Answer 1

During the seventeenth century, Puritans came to American looking for hope, freedom, wealth and happiness. Many found it, but many missed the boat. As many as 6,500 to 8,000 people annually left, as 25,000 to 30,000 left during the first three decades of the century. Most traveled as young, unmarried servants. Puritans were very much trying to find a world of their own that they could manage, control, take over, and look over as a whole. When they came to settle, they had to decide quickly what they wanted in life and how they were going to achieve their goal. You had to take into consideration of where your most pure land was, where there was open land, where the many Indian tribes were, and where the weather would affect your growth as a planter. Puritans came to America wanting to spread their own religion as a way that everyone would be under and no problems would or could occur. Most puritans went under the religion of Calvinism as many were often religious bigots because they discriminated against the Indians and only accepted the kind that didn't like Quakers. By the end of the seventeenth century, Parliament was much in progress for making rules and regulations for others to follow.