Puritans: The New England Colonies

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.

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’ 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

Massachusetts was established by puritans in order for them to be free from the Anglican church of England. Massachusetts’ political system was largely swayed by the puritan church and many laws enforced biblical rule. The colony was governed by a representative body that required the representatives, as well as any other legal men, to be within strong standing in the puritan church before they were permitted to hold any political office. This government allowed the colony and her people to govern themselves creating a trial ground for democracy. However, the incredibly strict beliefs of the puritans developed an intolerance of people of other faiths, such as the quakers, anglicans and catholics, and thus caused a lack of diversity of ideas in the colony.

The Massachusetts Bay colony was founded by John Winthrop in the early 1600’s, as a puritan colony. The puritans among coming here established a theocratic type government with the government positions limited to worthy church members. Which left many at a disadvantage. The puritan church believed they were gods chosen people and that they were the only “pure” and civil people left. Which lead to several conflicts with other colonies and groups .

They were not able to change the ways in Great Britain so the group decided to move to North America. Not on the bases of Jamestown to profit of new land but to be able to practice their beliefs freely. They wanted to be self-governed and to establish education and a new rules they felt fit for their people. In 1630 the Puritans sailed to America and established the town of Plymouth County. The settlers of Massachusetts suffered the same problems as Jamestown with lack of food, disease, and issues with Natives. Jamestown however, was believers of Anglican faith, which was the Church of England. While the Puritans where the first self-governed colony. and religiously free from the mother

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

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.

Starting in the early 1600s, the first significant non-Spanish colonizers began finding their way to the coasts north of the where the Christopher Columbus had first appeared in North America, mainly in hopes of practicing their own religion without persecution and in search of a fresh start in the New World. Left and right in England, Puritans and other Protestant religions faced discrimination by royal authorities, and they were determined to have a place where they were free to worship how they pleased. Still others saw this opportunity as a way to rise economically. Eventually, as new charters were issued and an increasing amount of people began to arrive and settle, the original thirteen colonies were formed, the last established in the

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

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

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

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)?

The Puritans had what was known as town meetings, which was where members of the community would come and discuss town issues and would then vote using the principal of majority rule. Another form of government the Puritans had was the General Court, which was the state legislature and also a judicial court of appeals. Puritans were known as Congregationalists; that is when the church congregation is independent and is self-governed. Only elected members could serve in the church; they were known as living saints. Among the first Puritans to arrive in the New World was John Winthrop who was appointed governor and his intent was “to create a city upon a hill”. This city was to act as an example for the rest of the world. Now because of the Puritans we have democracy and forms of congregationalism which took part in politically developing the New England

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