SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Covenant Communities
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Town Meetings
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Religious revivals
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General Elections
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Detailed explanation-1: -In these town meetings the Puritans practiced a form of direct democracy. 17. Each member of the Puritan church could vote at town meetings and thereby participate directly in making the laws for that town. In other words, each Puritan church member helped make the laws for their town.
Detailed explanation-2: -Puritans believed that it was necessary to be in a covenant relationship with God in order to be redeemed from one’s sinful condition, that God had chosen to reveal salvation through preaching, and that the Holy Spirit was the energizing instrument of salvation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritan practice of allowing all adult male members of the community and church to vote for their magistrates and clergy made the polities of New England among the most, if not the most, democratic in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.