Puritans

Puritan's lifestyle was very striket. If you want to now how bad read a book "The Crucible" it will help you understand. Here is a web site that will give help as well www.teachnet-lab.org/MBHS/Scragg/Crucible/life.html

The Puritans were some of the earliest settlers in America. They influenced a great deal of things that we use today, they basically shaped our nation. The Puritans were the first people in America to introduce an early form of democracy. Also a Puritan named Roger Williams introduced separation of church and state. The Puritans are also responsible for our nations successful economy. They started the New England shipbuilding industry that is still prominent today. They also founded two of the best colleges in the country and among the best in the world, Harvard and Yale. This goes to show how important the Puritans were in the shaping of our nation.

The Puritans were associated with the religious group called Friends in Pennsylvania. Friends were also associated with the Fraternity of German Baptists.

Today, the Friends continues in many church denominations. And in the early 1900s, the Fraternity of German Baptists renamed themselves Church of the Brethren. Very conservative Brethren are called Dunkards. All of these groups continue today.

in 1636

Cotton Mather

There are no doubt people today who hold many of the Puritan beliefs , but they are not called by that name. They belong to Protestant churches such as the Congregationalists, the United Church of Christ, the Presbyterians and Baptists.

Bradford believed that the seaman's pride and mean behavior led God to make the seaman fall ill and be the first to die.

beause he was a gay

Puritan writers in early America typically used allegory and symbolism in their works to convey moral and religious messages. They also frequently employed a plain and direct style of writing to emphasize the importance of clarity and simplicity in conveying their beliefs.

1. "After long beat, the ship at length lay at hull."
2. "Our ears soars and pains, our humble supplications, unto the High One."
3. "Dainty hymns and works so spent, where the fiends them lured."

The first Puritans to come to America (the founders of Massachusetts Bay Colony) came on a fleet of 17 ships. The flagship was the Arbella/Arabella.

Mayflower

They believe it is part of their Manifest Destiny to move westward. This is based on their beliefs that God has entitled this task for them to accomplish

Another name for Puritan churches is Congregational churches.

puritans society was organized around the family

They rejected everything in the Church of England's practices that in their view too much reflected its Catholic roots, and they were leaning to a much more 'Calvinist" form of Protestantism.

In their services they therefore didn't use the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, did not use any priestly vestments, nor did they kneel during service or make the sign of the cross as the Anglicans then still did.

Plymouth, Massachusetts, was founded in 1620.

One irony of the Puritans is that they sought religious freedom and purity, yet they were intolerant of other religious beliefs and persecuted those who did not conform to their own beliefs. Additionally, although they wanted to create a society based on strict moral principles, their actions often contradicted these principles, such as engaging in violent conflicts with Native Americans.

Charles I relationship with Parliament grew very contentious during his reign. The situation culminated with his forced abdication and execution at the hand of Parliament.

Adultery in Puritan Boston was considered a serious offense, and the punishment could include public whipping, fines, or even death by hanging, depending on the severity of the case and the religious law at the time. It was a crime not just against the spouse, but against the community as a whole.

Actually they hung and burned them earlier than the 1800's..In fact any female found to be clairvoyant,have special healing powers,most of them were midwives, and healers, so they were also burnt at the stake with their cats etc etc..It is said that the healers/witches used belladona on their daughters when they were about to be found out as healers etc etc, and the mothers rather than have their daughters subjected to the painful fires,etc etc,would put them either a deathlike state or they would die before they would suffer...But you know one burns the shell of a human even witches a higher power takes the soul..

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