1. The Puritan Influence An Early Settlements Impact on American Society

2. Puritan Review 15,000-20,000 who migrated to New World Emigrated for freedom to practice religion New England Great Migration (1629-1640) Established influential settlements Religious Sect (interpretation of Christian Bible)

3. Contemporary Impact American Exceptionalism Community Religion Education Work Ethic Government

4. American Exceptionalism Theory: United States occupies a special niche among the nations of the world Terms: national credo, historical evolution, political & religious institutions and unique origins Puritans: “Chosen People”

5. Community John Winthrop: Puritans made a covenant with God to establish a truly Christian community wealthy - show charity & avoid exploiting their neighbors poor - work diligently The covenant: Abide: God would make them a "city upon a hill" Break: The entire community would feel God's wrath Stresses tightly-knit communities and families importance of a stable community reciprocal obligations between rich and poor

6. Religion Mission of Manifest Destiny Judeo-Christian Foundation Underlying Common Moral Code Influenced first compulsory education laws

7. Education Massachusetts Act 1642: made education a state responsibility 1647: All towns of fifty or more households required to form a school and pay a teacher out of private or public monies

8. Work Ethic emphasis on hard work as a component of a person's calling and worldly success fulfill duty to God by diligence, hard work, and restrained expenditure, with the resulting accumulation of goods acting as a reassuring sign of eventual salvation Close relationship with the discipline required for industrial production.

9. Government Puritan Revolution -> emphasis on limited or constitutional monarchy (constitution, legislature, or both limit the power of a ruler) Puritans' belief in government by contract from the governed -> the development of American democratic principles. Theocracy -> Separation of Church and State

10. Puritan Influence “Today, eight million Americans can trace their ancestry to the fifteen to twenty thousand Puritans who migrated to New England between 1629 and 1640.” Early Puritan settlements significantly influenced American mindset, education and politics.