PURITANISM

WERE PEOPLE GOOD?

• The Puritans did not believe that people were good
• They believed in original sin
• Children were quizzed on sermons
• Children had to go to school to read the Bible

HEAVEN VS. HELL

• Predestination
• God determines who is saved
• Hardworking people will go to heaven
• Lazy people will go to hell
• Didn't believe in free will

RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES

• Society was based on their religion and scrtipture
• Scripture = God's law
• Didn't tolerate religious differences- everyone must be a Puritan

CIVIL GOVERNMENT

• Believed that the government was responsible for enforcing people's morality
• Anne Hutchinson- went against Puritan laws
• Government sent her away for her disobedience
• Roger Williams- protested the taking Indian land
• Government punished him and he fled the colony

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EQUALITY

• Women were considered tools of satan
• Therefore they had almost no rights
• Not allowed to sign contracts, own property, or conduct business
• Believed that Eve's temptation was proof that women were more susceptible to sin
• Were required to dress modestly by covering their hair and arms

WORK ETHIC

• Believed that hard work was the only thing that would get them to heaven
• Life as a good hardworking Puritan = heaven
• No time for fun or free time because that was only for heaven

THE WILDERNESS

• Puritans believed that any free land was meant for cultivation
• This could be land for agriculture or for new settlements
• Even so, they believed the wilderness was the home of Satan
• They were reluctant to go into the wilderness for fear of Satan and Indians

WITCHCRAFT

• Did not want influences of the devil in their community
• Anyone who was remotely suspected of witchcraft was executed
• More women were executed than men because of their position in society
• Sometimes those accused of witchcraft would be stoned, drowned, etc.

Works Cited
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Levy, Peter B., Randy Roverts, and Alan Taylor. "The New England Colonies." Prentice Hall United States History. By Emma J. Lapsansky- Werner. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2013. 152-57. Print.

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Puritan Church & Civil Government & Reformed Worship: Like Reformers, Puritans Followed the Bible. YouTube. Puritan Downloads.Com, 30 Mar. 2010. Web. 14 Sept. 2014.
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