Puritan Society Around The 1600's

The puritans were a religious group made up of people who wanted to "purify," the Church of England. The puritans were activist that wanted to get rid of the catholic system within the church. However, people in England sought out to remove these groups of people from the area because they saw them as a threat to their religion. This is how the puritans ended up in Massachusetts Bay Colony. The puritans moved to this colony in hopes of recreating and ideal community, a "utopian" society that others could look up to. The puritans ideal community consisted of peace and partnership; they wanted to remove all evil and improve the quality of life. The puritans then became strict to ensure that every person was equivalent in the eyes of God. I think the religion puritans created casted a fear in other people especially in England because they are so used to being ruled under one king. The

The different scrutinizes between the Puritans and William Penn on their groups as the spiritual experiment because William Penn didn’t have and restrictions and they had complete religious freedom, while the Puritans persecuted and kicked people out their church for trying to reform their religion. When William Penn established Pennsylvania he imagined it to become a place where you could have spiritual freedom and could have unity. Churches in Pennsylvania wasn’t established, it was voluntary to come to services and he condemned the right to worship as they desired. The puritans wanted a land based on only their belief. they held certain requirements while the Quakers welcomed everyone. The Puritans churches were unknown and religious services. for them was mandatory. ( Foner pg. 100-101, 2014 )

1. "Describe the Puritans and their beliefs, and explain why they left England for the New World." What the Puritans desired was the purification of the English church. Puritans wished to simplify worship and control the regularity of its occurrence. The protestant reformation which seemed everlasting caused conflict with the Puritans. Some Individuals believed only “visible saints” would be allowed a house in the Church. King James threatened the persecution of the separatists so the fled in search of religious freedom inside of the new found colonies.

It is in one’s moral beliefs that children are the way to a better future. It is instilled in the modern era to the minds of the human race that treating a child a certain way, will lead them to become a certain person. For instance, they will one day become society’s doctors, educators, and politicians, respectable men and women. Yet, in Puritan New England the conditions to raising children to being such was much more intense from modern day’s way of teaching and living. The life for children in Puritan New England was tough and tenacious, because of its strict beliefs in religion, the lack of individualism and expression permitted to the children, and the dire consequences leading to being abused, or at times, being punishable by death.

Europeans migrated and formed the American colonies in the 1600s. Puritans were religious separatists, who left the Church of England and migrated to the American colonies. According to my map analysis, the maps display European influences in North America and show that puritans settled mainly in New England Massachusetts. These Puritans migrated with their own prescribed way of life, beliefs, and doctrines. In their new home, Puritans preached and introduced puritanical doctrines to the New England society. This affected the lives and lifestyles of New Englanders. People were taught to live their life in fear of the wrath of God. People lived according to whatever the church or the ministers instructed out of fear of going to hell. Therefore,

When King Henry VIII broke ties with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530’s, he proclaimed himself head of the Church of England. This occurred only a few years after Martin Luther nailed his 91 theses on the Church of Wittenberg and another religious reformer, John Calvin, brought new ideas to the forefront. Calvin proclaimed that one was pre-destined to be eternally blessed or damned from birth. One had no control over this, and works could not put you in to heaven. The unknowing is what drove the Puritans to such great lengths. In the excerpt from Document A from John Winthrop’s A Model of Christian Society, predestination and the basic ideals of the Puritans are laid out. The Protestant Reformation was thus in full swing as the Church

When the first wave of European immigrants faced the hardships of the voyage across the tumultuous Atlantic Ocean, these English Puritans had hopes of a future free from the harsh persecutions and injustices they were subjected to in 17th century England. Puritans values were documented in the writings of such immigrants such as “A Model of Christian Charity”, written by John Winthrop while aboard the Arabella in 1630, and “The Mayflower Compact”, a constitution-like document drafted and signed by the men on board The Mayflower in 1620. In the former, Winthrop emphasized the significance of maintaining unity under God and sharing in the struggles of one another so that the burdens and hardships of one are those of the community as well as the Puritans arrived in the New World. Similarly, “The Mayflower Compact” encouraged unity and equality through the formation of a civil political body to enact governing laws and constitutions that would uphold their societal and religious values to promote equality and justice for all. Despite such principles that the Pilgrims believed they were instating during the formation of the New World, I believe these values were quickly distorted, leading to a biased and prejudiced society that prevails today. Through the analysis of the history of early America, it is evident to me that though the Puritans left England as the persecuted and claimed to aspire to a just society, they arrived in the New World as persecutors of those whose beliefs

Massachusetts Bay Colony’s Puritan community defined sin as anything that “deviated from the highest aspirations of the Puritan founders” (“Reading the American Past” 68). The Puritans attempted to create a godly community by trying to diminish what they considered sins. They most certainly failed at creating this type of society.

The New England colonies were founded by English Puritans. While most Puritans sought to purify the Church of England from within, and not to break away from it, a small group of Separatiststhe Pilgrimsfounded the first small, pious Plymouth Colony in New England. More important was the larger group of nonseparating Puritans, led by John Winthrop, who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony as part of the great migration of Puritans fleeing persecution in England in the 1630s.

Towns were seen as a social unit for the community of the Puritan society. Because of the close nit lifestyle, the Puritan ways tied the people to be religiously and socially connected to the town in a peaceful manor. Due to this the town did not need input from the colonial government of Britain. And the New England Colonies second to the Middle were the most peaceful within the thirteen.

Between 1630 and 1641, a group of Protestants called Puritans migrated from England to the New World, North America. The Puritans were the largest group to move from England, with around 21,000 puritans moving to the colonies, and they had many descendants that spread throughout the country, carrying their values and traditions with them. They also influenced the way we go about life, and

It is obvious to anyone who has a true understanding of the Puritans, to come to

Puritans were a society of people that saw themselves as perfect. As John Winthrop said, “We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of the people are upon us” (Roark, 77). He meant that they should be an example for the rest of the world and demonstrate what Sainthood really looks like. Puritans believed that their fate was predestined and only a small minority of people would receive eternal life (Roark 79). Puritans often had small squabbles among themselves because they were unable to determine which slight variation of Puritanism was more saintlike (Roark 81). However, contrary to their beliefs, Puritans did not create a model society. Their civilization was riddled with hypocrisy and they often treated people

On a cool crisp day in 1609 a ship filled with new settlers landed in Massachusetts to start a new life. They have left their country for religious freedom and wish to have a religious based life. Strict social and religious laws are set in place to make this happen. These new settlers are the Puritans. Their lives will revolve around God and the teachings of the All Mighty. When the American Revolution ended in 1783 and the British left the colonies the idea of freedom and individualism would reign. With these ideas came freedom of religion. Freedom to follow any religion or not follow one at all. As the years went on with new social behavior, and new styles of life came along, putting values started to lose interest in people due to their strict rules and values. Now in the modern age with new technology and styles, puritan values and religion in general have lost interest in many people. Their laws are just too

The way American society is run, especially Christian, can be attributed to the first early colonies of the Puritans. The Puritans left Europe due to religious persecution, and formed many colonies when they came to the new world. The Puritans left a huge mark on our country today with their strict adherence to religion and their hard working attitude. The results of these colonies are a lasting legacy of Christian viewpoints and ideologies ranging from how a government should be run to how you should be as a faithful Christian wife. Religion today in America still takes many lessons from this group.