Puritans: The New England Colonies

The New England colonies were founded by English Puritans, and a small group of Puritans, called Separatist, sailed to Plymouth on the May Flower in 1620. Next, John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay in 1630. Nonetheless, all of this didn’t come easy to them. In the winter of 1620 – 1621, only forty – four Plymouth pilgrims survived out of 102. The Massachusetts Bay was not a democracy because Winthrop believed common people couldn’t rule. Also, people who challenged the church

The Puritans peregrination to the New World was to fabricate a society based on their religious beliefs. They wanted to build colonies that were going to worship and practice their religion as they did. A community that was more morally sound and based off of their view of Christianity. They settled in the New England colonies and established Massachusetts Bay as well as Boston. While establishing their “city upon a hill” they impacted the New England region with their political structure and religious emphasis. Their influence lasted throughout the 1600s and affected the society politically, socially, and economically through their spread of Christianity and morals.

The start-up of the New England colonies were religious, as they were making a pilgrimage from England as the only acceptable religion in England at the time was Anglicanism and most of these settlers were English puritans. Even though they left England for religious reasons, most of the New England settlers would only allow religions closest to their own, in order to settle with them. There weren’t any specific groups yet, knowing the fact that most people in New England were poor until the 1700’s.

All thirteen colonies have their similarities, given the fact that they came from the same place. However, there are many more differences than similarities in relation to political leadership, religious beliefs, geography, economical activities, reasons of founding, relations with Native Americans, labor force, and education. The many differences depend mostly on location of the colony. The Middle, Southern, and New England colonies’ geographical locations affect economical activities, and more.

The Puritans’ beliefs were a leading role for New England, which evolved into the Settlers having many differences from Chesapeake. John Winthrop dreamed of creating a “city on a hill” so the Church of England would think highly of the colony. The Puritans put in place congregational rule later evolving into town meetings which gave the New England more political control. Additionally, they established

The New England colonies were founded by English Puritans, and a small group of Puritans, called Separatist, sailed to Plymouth on the May Flower in 1620. Next, John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay in 1630. Nonetheless, all of this didn’t come easy to them. In the winter of 1620 – 1621, only forty – four Plymouth pilgrims survived out of 102. The Massachusetts Bay was not a democracy because Winthrop believed common people couldn’t rule. Also, people who challenged the church

In the new colony, Puritans could make and enforce their own laws. These laws included things such as; Meeting houses in the middle of villages, children were required to go to school to be able to read the bible, and many other laws they saw were necessary in their community. They established their government as a theocracy, meaning there was no separation in religion and state. Puritans also enforced anyone living on their land to have the same religious beliefs or they were not allowed to own land. This caused issues between the ingenious people living in the area, such as small tribes including; Wampanoag, Pequot, Nipmuck, and the Massachuset. They saw the Native-Americans living in the area as inferior but were convinced they could convert

Puritanism and Government The Puritans were a group of people who are English Reformed Protestants. The Puritans came from England during the 16th and 17th centuries to America. What English Reformed Protestants basically means is that the Puritans, were Christians who did not like the way the church was in England. They wanted to “purify” the Church of England from all Roman Catholic practices hence the name Puritan.

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.

Disputes over religion, land, and power ignited various revolts within New England. In Maryland and Massachusetts, disagreements in religion caused many to protest. Around the 1650s, tensions between Catholics and Protestants rose because both Puritans and Jesuits longed to impose their religion over all others. Subsequently, in 1655, a civil war allowed Protestants to rule the government. Similarly, a difference in religious beliefs again caused massive protests in Massachusetts. Williams argued that their church should permanently break away from the Church of England. Another protester, Anne Hutchinson, considered many clergymen as non elect and thus, had no right to wield authority. These differences in religious beliefs gradually led to

The Massachusetts colony, otherwise known as the ‘Massachusetts Bay colony’ was originally settled by Puritans in 1630. They were plagued by the religious persecutions of King Charles I and the Church of England. Weary from this dogged torment, they left England under the leadership of John Winthrop. These original colonists quickly established many small towns in the name of high religious ideals and strict societal rules. They also planted churches, spread Puritanism and religiously educated the masses, as these were some of their goals. A utopian society that other colonies looked upon with high regards was the ultimate goal.

There are plenty of literary works around the idea of Puritan America, among those are Of Plymouth Plantation, Here follows some verses upon the burning of our house, and Dickinson and Witchcraft. Each of these works has to do with Puritan beliefs. The first example found in the poem by Anne Bradstreet, was when she begins to scold her heart for being overly vain, mourning over her burnt house, and not being patient with what God had planned, ¨Then straight I 'gin my heart to chide: And did thy/wealth on earth abide¨ (37-38). Bradstreet then realizes it all belongs to God and that she has no right to mourn. I believe this ties in with the question because Puritans believe when a bad situation happens and you aren’t patient with God, it’s a

Good post this week. There was a small group, which were part of a puritan movement due to religious. The Puritan movement symbolized the religious beliefs. Puritans believed that all institutions such as government, schools, families, communities and the Church of England. After the Puritan pilgrims occurs religious persecution in England, he fled to the Netherlands. Then the pilgrims sailed to what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. Since about 1630, another Puritan organized a much larger Massachusetts Bay colony under the auspices of the Massachusetts Bay Company. Boston Massachusetts Bay Colony is located now means, Plymouth was formed with the first two colonies of Massachusetts. Puritan movement has had some internal changes

Originally, Puritanism was considered a reform movement in the Church of England. The movement began during the late 16th century in England; however, it later spread to other Northern English territories in the New World (Collinson 5). The American Puritans laid the foundation for political, social and religious order. American Puritans assisted greatly in transforming the society, politics and religion of the American history. In a society that has adequate resources, an individual should have legal right to the benefits of state-supplied welfare. The right should be conditional, under the conditions that one is willing to work. The Puritan position focuses on the rights of mentally and physically disabled people. The position assumes that there are no free riders on the contribution and efforts of others. The Puritan approach argues that there is the need to work and to ensure self-fulfillment that comes as a result of maintaining individual dignity and independence, while offering an opportunity to participate and contribute in the building of the society. In summary, the Puritan position emphasizes on the right to life. Drawing on Elizabeth Anderson’s arguments in “Welfare, Work Requirements, & Dependent Care,” the puritan position is that very person has a responsibility to play in ensuring that the society is a better place to live in. It is right for the government to support the poor population; however, the government is not obliged to subsidize

What is Milton arguing here? How does this relate to the Puritan ('Roundhead'), anti-Royalist cause in England (the historical context of this celebrated tract)?