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Puritan Influence on Modern America

Published on Sep 02, 2016

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Puritan Influence on Modern America

By; Rocky, Nick, Jordan, and Amanda
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Work Ethic

  • influenced modern social & economic life
  • success as a sign of salvation
  • had concern for education
  • hard work & good deeds would yield rewards

Ideas in Government

  • church gov't carried into political life
  • important for development of the U.S.

Influence on the American Dream

  • Puritans were one of the first to come to America for a better life
  • people still do this today in America to escape oppression in other places
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