The Puritans created laws of every kind but all of the laws had a common parent, the Bible. Every law and restriction of Salem was the offspring of the Bible because the Puritans believed that God should rule the community and if everyone followed God's rules the community would be stable. ...
What comes to mind when people speak of Puritans? Most people would relate the religious and intolerant Puritans to the infamous Salem witch trials. However there is much more to the people who became the founding fathers of the USA. For example, the Puritans believed in divine providence and...
The events of American history are very much connected to the influence of American literature and what it has become today. The inspiration that a writer needs is mostly gathered by the effects of the world around him/her, and this is how the geography and history of America have made an impact...
During the time of the Puritans the government was heavily influenced by the church. Two important people questioned the ideas and beliefs of the Puritans. Anne Hutchinson a woman who held meetings in her living room to discuss the church sermons and Roger Williams a man who had a bigger impact on P...
Assignment Cite several fundamental differences between Puritan thinking and deist thinking. Analyze specific literary works that illustrate these differences. Response Puritan thinking and Deist thinking are two discrete but overlapping lines of belief that share principle differences. These f...
When the Puritans, a group of religious people who thought that the reforms of the Church of England weren't enough, set sail for a new land in 1629, they hoped for a new start and a place to continue the reforms of the Church. As soon as they arrived in their new home, they quickly began working on...
