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The Puritans were a religious group of people who believed the Anglican church, the church of England was incorrectly reformed and they did not agree with the ways that they were practicing religion or the way they were requiring religion to be practiced. This religious group fled to practice their own religion the way they wanted to. The Puritans migrated to The New World where they could pray and preach their own way of religion freely. Most Puritans favored a presbyterian type of religion or church. Puritans lived by their religion and did everything based off of what their religion allowed. The Puritan migration was mostly consisted of families unlike other migrations to early America which were composed of young men. Puritanism had many different types of believers. This branch of religion spread out into different types of religions, different beliefs were being created. As generations went by Puritanism was slowly declining. The different branches that were slowly being created were also becoming more popular by each generation and slowly taking out the group that started most of them. The Puritans were mostly notable for migrating to The New World and even teaching Native Americans the Puritan religion. These Native Americans spread the religion also. Puritans could have been the start of segregation in religions.
Jason excellently explains the background in which Puritans come from. Since they escaped the opression of England, they were successfully able to migrate to the colonies and start their own settlement. This religion, however, came with a sort of oppression on its own because of the strict and conservative lifestyle that it forced upon its people. I liked the fact that Jason expanded upon how long Puritanism lasted and how it spread to other cultures. Great work!
ReplyDeleteIt is truly intriguing to read about a group of people who had been founded such a long time ago. It is wonderful that Jason has written about the migration of the Puritans and the different branches which were created. However, mentioning a bit more about the types of rules they followed would also be a good addition. Overall, great job!
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