1. Puritanism By: Alex Turner Richardson’s 6 th Period

2. The Roots of Puritanism Started in England A Church Reform straying away from Catholicism Caused for splits in the Church Some Puritans stayed in England The other Puritans went to North America(Pilgrims)

3. European Puritanism Reformists started to rapidly emerge in the church This sudden increase in reformists caused for controversy in the Church This controversy caused a Civil War to break out in England Separation of the Church and some quieter Puritans stayed in England

4. Society The Puritan Society started as Church Reform Became a big overpopulating form of Society especially in the colonies formed in the “New Land”(North America) Mostly God/self governed society based on the rules of Religion and Church Morals.

5. Religion Presbyterian based Religion that derived from Calvinism and the Catholic Church Believed in Bible but not Catholic traditions Broken from English Church

6. Politics Mostly related to the rules of both God(Morals) and the Bible 10 commandments Magistrates and Clergy Self Governing Broken Commandment equals hanging

7. Important Figures There are many popular figures of this time period but John Winthrop is the main one. He brought over one of the first Pilgrims into America, and settled in Massachusetts Bay, creating a thriving Puritan Colony there. Helped build the Puritan Society in the new colonies Was Governor of Massachusetts

8. Darker Times Puritan Society had a lot of harder times while it was alive and thriving The First being the straggling of the England Church causing them to die for their reformist beliefs. Plaques and sickness broke loose in the colonies as well as cold temperature almost caused for them to be wiped out in the “New Lands” Lastly they were constantly being controlled by Britain even in the colonies to the point where they were no longer self controlling.

9. The Church As John Winthrop wrote in his book, A House on a Hill. The Church really did stand for the core(the house) of the Puritan Society.

10. Salem Witch Trials A period of time in Puritan American Colonies where people were constantly being accused of being witches, or magic bearing creatures. This was frowned upon in the church, and they were automatically labeled as devil’s, devil worshippers, and etc. The victims, also known as the “Witches” were often accused of being a witch by facts that would go no further then someone just saying so. This proved that the court system of the time was absolutely no good and needed to be change. Of course they didn’t realize they were at fault until much later.

11. Literary Pieces The Bible is about the only piece of Literature that can fit in this category. Puritan Societies followed this very closely when making any form of decisions, may it be something small or big. Also Sermon’s were a great example for writing in this time period/society.

12. Contradictions The Church had very many contradictions, but the biggest and the simplest to see is the bluntly stated hypocrisy amongst itself. The Bible would say not Judge, and then people would judge. The Bible would say don’t hurt others, and they would hurt others. In this time period it was very common to be constantly judged and watched to see if you were doing something wrong, and the funny part about it is, the person watching you is mostly in the fault at times.

13. Art This period of time didn’t allow for much artistic points of view to be expressed The Society frowned upon new ideas, and seemed to want you to act as everyone else.

14. “The Plain Style” The main style of writing for Puritan Society It mainly involves sermon like speeches. These speeches contain personal views on religion It also contains direct quotes from the Bible. It is still used today in current day Sermons

15. Leisure Time During this time of life in the American Puritan Colonies, there would be a lot of get together with the townsfolk, to dance, and be blissful. But drinking and misuse of drugs were strictly against the churches beliefs, so therefore people wouldn’t usually partake in such things.

16. The Average Day During the time in the Early days of the American Colonies, people would mostly be farming throughout the week. On weekends especially Sunday they began having their down time due to Church being practically a mandatory activity.

17. Illnesses and Tragedies During the early days of the American Puritans, diseases were being thrown back and forth amongst natives and of the European settlers. This caused for many deaths on both sides. Native Americans got the worst of the diseases, because they have not been exposed to foreign people before.

18. Enlightenment A reform that began expanding the minds of Puritan Society. It formed around the 18 th century Is one of the reasons why Puritan Society started dying out Helped lead into broader areas for the arts.

19. How Puritanism has influenced American Society Puritanism gave America its core foundation, to both society and religion. Puritanism was the first step to branching away from the same old same old England Government/Society/Religion Without having this big change happen we would not be able to have such an open, diverse and accepting country as we have today.

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