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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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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