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- 61: Freedom For The Slave: Who Decides & Why?
- ... representing the species, the human race; mankind. Why then were slaves not considered men? Slaves were not considered men but rather property. Reasoning behind this thinking included that of the Puritans, a sect of Protestant Christians. The Puritans chose to believe that the enslavement of "heathen" Africans as a sacred privilege granted by God to his chosen Puritans (Frank 56). In addition, to the Puritans there were the Spanish, Europeans and Portuguese slave traders and plantation masters. They determined the slaves to be not only property but ...
- 62: Work
- Work During the birth of this country, Puritans had to work hard to ensure the success of the new state. In order to make work more appealing, the Puritans emphasized the fruits of labor. This attitude, reflected in modern day by the act of "working for a living," is considered as a "badge of pride." Puritan attitudes toward work ... teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy, and Trevor Colbourne, a teacher at the University of New Hampshire, examine the Puritan attitude toward work in their book The Americans: A Brief History. Puritans stress the goodness of working by relating it to religious beliefs. Sloth is sinful, but the Puritans also pointed out that it was self-defeating. Leisure is even considered ...
- 63: Early Colonial Areas
- ... settled. The first area was known as New England. It consisted of the present-day states: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The people living there were called “Puritans”. They got their name from trying to purify the church of England. They were very much into religion. They always read the Bible, they believed God’s laws can be ... code of morality and proper behavior, they also valued education. For livelihood they traded, fished and built ships. The Pilgrims were the first to settle in Plymouth. Later, non-separatist Puritans came to Massachusetts Bay. Another area was known as the Middle colonies. The people who settled here were the Quakers. They, alike the Puritans, were also very religious. They also read the Bible. They also migrated to America for religious reasons, like the Puritans. They valued self government, Manufacturing, and commerce. Their preachers ...
- 64: The Crucible: Conflicts Between Individuals and Society
- ... her friends because she only thought about what she wanted. She took lead and influenced the girls and the courts to believe follow her, and accomplish her wants or needs. Puritans believe in the word of God that comes from the Bible. Teachings from the Bible would include the Ten Commandments, and the parables that Jesus used during his days. Puritans would have a hard time practicing individualism because they believe in the teachings of Jesus. Jesus taught that you help one another and not to focus on yourself. Individualism believes ... the theory that advocates the liberty, rights, and independent actions of the individual. In the Bible, Jesus taught to not put you before others, but to put other before you. Puritans originated from the Calvinists, who were very strict about their faith. Puritans follow the teachings of God, very closely and above all, strictly. Everyone in a society can make ...
- 65: A Reference to God in Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
- ... Bible obtained from an Indian's plunder for spiritual survival. "The Lord hereby would make us the more.... and to see that our help is always in Him" (Rowlandson, 34). Puritans believed themselves to be the chosen people of God. Rowlandson believed that God was punishing his people for breaking their special covenant. She described the relationship between the Indians and ... the Lord, what desolations He has made in the earth" (35). Thus, Rowlandson revealed her belief that God would act against other people simply because they were enemies to the Puritans. Rowlandson believed that the sins of the colonists, which deviated from their covenant with God, led God to use the Indians as a means for punishment. Quoting scripture in her ... began to recognize their dependence on God. God was neither punishing nor rewarding the Indians, who were merely agents whom God controlled as a manifestation of his wrath on the Puritans. Rowlandson believed that the punishment that God had inflicted on the colonists via the Indians was a manifestation of his love. John Smith on the other hand was not ...
- 66: The Puritan Society in N. Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- ... Hawthorne feels ashamed for their deeds, and that he sees his ancestors and the Puritan society as a whole with critical eyes. Consequently, both open and subtle criticism of the Puritans' practices is applied throughout the novel. Hawthorne's comments have to be regarded in the context of the settlers' history and religion. They believe that man is a creature steeped ... good deeds are what saves people. If someone has sinned, public confession is believed to take some of the burden of this sin off him. The initial reason for the Puritans to leave their homes was the treatment they had to suffer from in their native England. They were brutally persecuted and were not allowed to practise their religion, because they ... pointed out in the introduction, this mode of confessing and suffering publicly was seen as a way to help the culprit. These cruelties show the discrepancy between the way the Puritans behave and the original idea of Christianity. Most of them, for example the "morally coarse" women who cry at Hester, are not capable of forgiving, mercy or neighbourly love. ...
- 67: Democracy
- ... established with permission from the Virginia Company. The Mayflower Compact was the constitution for the Massachusetts Bay colony. It was written in 1620 while still on the Mayflower by the Puritans aboard to make sure that the non-puritans who sailed with them would not try to take over the colony. The Mayflower had landed farther north than expected so the non-puritans were unsure if the puritans had claim to this new area. In Connecticut, in 1639 the Fundamental Orders were established as the plan of government. New England towns also ...
- 68: Scarlet Letter 8
- ... so that Hester could scarcely refrain from covering the symbol with her hand. (165) Yet, Hester never did. She allowed the scarlet letter to burn deep into her soul. The Puritans not only harassed Hester and Pearl in the market place, but also at their cottage. Children went to the cottage and watched Hester and Pearl garden or sew, and if ... hid his sin from the congregation, watched Hester and Pearl receive all the punishment for their sin, and lived in torment and solitude in order to maintain his image. The Puritans judged Hester as an awful, unrighteous person, when they too were unrighteous. They were trying to play God. In the Puritan society, Dimmesdale failed to tell the truth, because of ... so that Hester could scarcely refrain from covering the symbol with her hand. (165) Yet, Hester never did. She allowed the scarlet letter to burn deep into her soul. The Puritans not only harassed Hester and Pearl in the market place, but also at their cottage. Children went to the cottage and watched Hester and Pearl garden or sew, and ...
- 69: Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and Anne Bradstreet: Relationships With Others
- ... God. He serves God by working hard and not doing things that would be considered bad by a Puritan (ie. fun, drinking, dancing, and parties.) He believes just like other Puritans that life should be dedicated strictly to God. The main idea to understand from Puritans is that when they believe that they are beginning to understand the Bible, they are beginning to understand the Word of God. Understanding the word of God means to Puritans that God is dwelling within them, which then, in turn, means that they are one of the chosen few who are saved. In order to ensure that he is ...
- 70: Episcopalianism / Anglicanism
- ... out, their places were filled by men who had lost the traditions of the Catholic Church, were ignorant of its theology, and did not understand the principles of its worship. Puritans, who wished for a purer form of religion, came forward. Gradually, as time went on, divisions began to show themselves among the Puritans. Part of them wished to stay within the discipline of the Church of England, but some were prepared to suffer all the penalties of the law rather than make a ... quickly associated itself with Parliamentary opposition to misgovernment and turned the members of a sect into the champions of the nation (Oakeman, 334). Frustrated with this long religious war, many Puritans sailed for the New World, and settled in New England. The Puritans who left were seeking to purify their religion, and separate from anything perceived as Roman. This "new" ...
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