SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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A missionary community focused on converting American Indians to Christianity
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A model community promoting government by strict religious principals
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A society founded on the principals of religious toleration
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Town meetings at which all adult males could vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their aim-according to John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts Bay-was to create a model of reformed Protestantism, a “city upon a hill, ” a new English Israel.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony intended to set up a society that would accord with what they believed to be God’s wishes.
Detailed explanation-3: -IN THE 1630S, ENGLISH PURITANS IN MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY CRE-ATED A SELF-GOVERNMENT THAT WENT FAR BEYOND WHAT EXISTED IN ENGLAND. SOME HISTORIANS ARGUE THAT IT WAS A RELIGIOUS GOVERNMENT, OR THEOCRACY. OTHERS CLAIM IT WAS A DEMOCRACY.
Detailed explanation-4: -Overview. Puritans were English Protestants who were committed to “purifying” the Church of England by eliminating all aspects of Catholicism from religious practices. English Puritans founded the colony of Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference.