Land of Opportunity America confronted the colonists with unforeseen problems. ... Up to the point of departure from England to the American continent the soon to be named Puritans struggled to persuade others that the English religions had become too self-serving and caught up in the things of the world. With each change in the throne, they experienced a different view of religion, depending upon their leader. ... The separatists set up a religion where each congregation constituted an independent church with no need of bishops (Williams p.97). ... One of the problems the Puritans foun...

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Mary Rowlandson allowed her Puritan beliefs to shape her response to Native Americans and the way she understood and interpreted her captivity. ... As a strict Puritan, Rowlandson held beliefs that the Native Americans, or "heathens" as she called them, forbid her from performing. ... The Native Americans were her enemies and she wanted revenge. ... Rowlandson's reliance on the Bible revealed how important her religion and faith were to her and how she used it to make sense of her captivity. ...

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Religion developed into more of an obligation rather than a spiritual experience. The best illustration of this is found in the quote "My father came for religion, but I came for fish." ... He believed in a total and complete separation from the church and state and that the colony's land should be rightfully purchased from the Native Americans. ...

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Turning back the clock to the late seventeenth century, we find America in a state of clashing empires; New England and New France. Two Empires who take their religion so seriously that both are willing to shed blood in order to keep their religion spread amongst the world. ... A third group, the natives of this new world, play somewhat of a neutral group. However their role in this conflict of religion is an important one, especially for the French who discover rather quickly the advantage of allying with these Natives. ... The natives gave children complete ...

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The British didn't see much promise in early Northern colonial America -They left it to the crazy french -This place had rocky shores, cold long winters, short growing seasons, no mining possibilities, no major cash crops NEW ENGLAND -Life in England wasn't great, and with even worse times ahead many were driven to New England. ... -By the spring of 1621 half the colony was dead -Two natives Squanto and Samoset helped the colony survive by introducing native strains of corn and setting up a treaty between the Indians and the colony -The Pilgrims set up a government bas...

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Compared to the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century, people in New England were healthier physically, had more stable religion and better family values. ... The Puritans believed that God would punish them if they did not civilize and "Christianize" the natives of North America (Nash pg. 45), and anyone who was not a Christian was known as a "savage". ... The Chesapeake colonies, especially Virginia, were tolerant of all religions, unlike the Puritans, who felt that all people should convert to their Christianity. ... The Chesapeake colonies, on the other hand, had disease, diverse re...

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When the people of Puritan cult moved to the America which was the British Colony at that time, imparted their views, life style, beliefs, dogmas and doctrines of Puritanism to the natives. ... Cotton Mather was about the Newtonian science and its relation with religion. Thus, the work other than histories and religion was also related to the serious and intellectual discussions. ... Religion got exclusive importance and high status in the society and expressed through the literary works. ... CONTEXT: Ralph Waldo Emerson is the greatest essayist in American literature. ...

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Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, Michael Wigglesworth, and Ebenezer Cook are all classic examples of early American poets. ... Not only is she considered to be the first established female writer, Bradstreet is also recognized as America's first poet. ... She touched on many subjects from religion to love and wrote both lyrically and logically. ... But even so, he is still regarded as a powerful American poet. ... In the beginning of the poem, Cook describes the way he is feeling about the journey: I took my leave of Albion's Rock With heavy heart, concerned that I ...

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Four years later, the first American College was established which was: Harvard in Cambridge. ... They brought along their new ideas on religion and government. ... One group that was still persecuted was the Quakers, lead by William Penn, they journeyed to America. When they set up their colony here, even Native Americans, and Catholics were welcome and friends with the Quakers. ... This helped to instill this feeling of friendship into American societal beliefs. ...

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They seized it promptly in 1623, when they traveled to America to start the Massachusetts Bay colony. ... Much like back in native England, the Massachusetts Bay was predominated by the male populace. ... Anne can be seen as the first symbol of American feminism. ... Puritan values were clear about status in religion. ...

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Civilization was unknown in this land of dense forests and deadly natives. ... The Puritans were a group of English colonist who settled in America in 1558. They left England because of freedom of religion. ... For this reason, Puritanism shaped colonial America more than any other sect or philosophy. Whether you look at early American political theory, theology, or moral standards, you will see the deeply etched mark of our spiritual forbears. ...

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