Puritans

Oliver Cromwell

The Arabella was the ship that brought Puritans to Salem.

Religious discontents and economic pressures led to considerable emigration from Great Britain. Twenty thousand Puritans settled in New England between 1630 and 1640. About the same number went to Barbados and other West Indian islands. A third group of mostly Scotch Presbyterians settled in Northern Ireland.Maryland became the main destination for English Catholics.

The Puritans believed that appearance was for man to see, while God saw the heart. So by dressing plainly, they were outwardly more devout Christians.

Their conservative morals made them unlikely to be ostentatious in either dress or actions.

Anne Hutchinson was a dissident Puritan pastor in New England in the early 1600s. She was considered heretical for a variety of reasons, not least of which was the fact she was a woman acting as a pastor.

Hutchinson believed that salvation is a gift from God through faith in Jesus Christ, whereas other Protestants at the time focused on salvation through good works. Because God is omniscient, he already knows who will be saved or not. Thus, she also claimed the ability to tell who these saved people ("the elect") are. Her reasoning was a little convoluted, but basically someone who is elect needn't worry about human or divine law because they are already saved. (Of course, an elect person would act in a godly way by definition.) Because all this implied that human or divine laws were irrelevant, she was characterized as an anarchist or "antinomian" heretic by other religious thinkers, and she was tried and imprisoned on this basis.

Puritans were English Protestant reformers who followed the teachings of John Calvin. They were given the name "puritans" because they wanted to purify the Church of England of Catholic beliefs and practices. They believed that human nature was inherently depraved and that all men and women bore the guilt of Adam and Eve's original sin. Pilgrims were separatists. They believe the Church of England was too corrupt to be reformed. They felt that Christians who were "saved" should separate themselves from those who were damned. The "Saints" should only worship with those who have been saved, not with "sinners".

The puritans that founded Massachusetts landing at Plymouth Rock were searching land of religious freedom. The puritans fled European religious intolerance only to impose the same intolerance after settling the land.

The first people in Massachusetts were the Native Americans. Then, the pilgrims later came on the Mayflower to Plymoth rock in Massachusetts. The Pilgrims went their for religious freedom.

The Puritans separated from then Church of England because they (the puritans) did not agree with some of the ways the Church was running, therefore, deciding to separate from the Church of England.

They were pioneer promoters of education. They not only founded the first American college (Harvard), they also created the first American public schools. They were the founders of several colonies, as well. They sought out to be an example by doing good works and living a holy lifestyle for the whole world to see.

Massachusets was settled by Puritans. Pennsyvania was settled by Quakers. Rhode Island was settled by Roger Williams who was pesecuted by the Puritans in Massachusets.

The Puritans viewed society as full of sinners unworthy of God's love. They believed it was necessary to try to be as righteous as possible, so that God might save you from eternal damnation. They viewed society harshly, and believed they should be punished, rather than counseled, if they fell short of moral expectations.

In 1629, Charles I dismissed Parliament and sanctioned the anti-Puritan persecutions of William Laud, an archbishop.

the irony behind the puritans intolerance stems from the fact that they left their country and sailed to America to escape intolerance of their religious beliefs. But when they get to America they persecute others just as they had been persecuted. So they're hypocrites....

the puritans left because they believed divorce was incorrect according to god so they moved away to have religious freedom of speech. and to do things the way the thought was the right way of acting.

they were mostly leaders

Puritanism is a mix of English Protestantism and Calvinism. When May Tutor became Queen of England, she didn’t tolerate protestants and forced everyone to become catholic again. Some converted back, some went into hiding, others were burned at the stack, and the rest were exiled. They were called the Marian Exiles. After leaving England, the exiled protestants learned the ideas of John Calvin and adopted them. When Elizabeth Tutor became Queen, the protestants felt it was safe to come back to England and they brought the Calvinist ideas with them. Once in England, they shared the new ideas and formed Puritanism. Main ideas of Puritanism is the belief of Predestination and the idea that anything (when it comes to religion and religious ceremonies) not written in the bible isn’t true. So they don’t believe in Purgatory, Limbo, sainthood, celibacy, or “the Beauty of Holiness.” They also felt is was important for everyone to be literate and educated.

There are many stories about Native Americans who liked pioneers-- and far more about the strife that existed among these peoples. Sacagawea,

for example, was a Native American woman who was extraordinarily instrumental in helping Lewis and Clark survey the Louisiana Territory (Louisiana Purchase). A fundamental source of friction between the Native American population and the pioneers stemmed from the pioneers' notion that the land that had been occupied and used by Native Americans was available for the taking. This seemed reasonable to the pioneers because they came from a culture that viewed land as personal property, but the NAtive

Americans did not share this perspective. Anyone might be inclined to dislike others who were taking something to which they had no inherent right.

Reform the Anglican Church

The Puritans and Quakers both held onto their religions very strongly and wanted to follow God in their own ways. They also both came to be because they didn't want to conform to the Church of England. So, even though the Quakers and Puritans were very different and persecuted each other for their beliefs, they were alike in some ways.

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Yes; most would argue very much so. The word "Christian" can have a number of meanings, but it boils downed to this: Puritans believed in and adhered to the teachings of Jesus Christ. (The Bible)

If they obeyed the terms of salvation given by Jesus, they are saved and therefore "Christian". If you are asking whether they are saved or not, only God knows. However, it assumed that Puritans were not only Christian, but believed in very "strict" adherence to the Bible's teachings.

The puritans came to New England to be able to practice their religion freely and escape religious persecution.

i think its cuz tat when people were given religious rites they stopped being puritan n they were only being it cuz they cudnt practice their own religion

im not sure thou

hope this helps :)

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Because god was their only king. They were self-righteous, non-conformists with a hoier than thou attitude. They wanted to stay separate so they (especially their children) wouldn't become infected by the rest of the heathen population.