Wanted to purify the church
o
Day to day abided by values
Thought they could prove salvation but working hard on their "calling"
o
Calvinists
Followed john Calvin's beliefs
Predestination
God knows who is saved and dammed
All-powerful
Hates the sinfulness and depravity of man
Come from?
Southeast London
East Anglian Cambridge
Middle class, small property, shop owners, artists
Motivation
o
Religion
o
Economics
Persecution and tolerance
o
King Charles I
– 1625 becomes king
Marries french catholic princess
Father King James 1604
Saw monarchy as subversive but tolerated religion
o
William Laud
Bishop
puritans arch enemy
Forced Anglicans into orthodox ways
Mutilated and branded many for recording their ideas
o
Wandering beggars
Economic
o
English depression
Harvest failures
o
Thought that God was punishing them
Land and labor
o
Town meeting
Elect local officials
o
Select men
Those elected
o
Freeholds
Complete ownership of land
Wheat, rye, beans, Livestock
Consumed or traded
o
Towns were packed and dense to protect from the outside
o
Took taxes to support the church
o
Relied heavily on children to help parent s
Family life
o
Patriarchy
Man heads house
Wife submits to husband
Children submit to father
Servants submit to masters
Women can't vote or hold public office
o
Christian marriage
Importance of love and respect
Protected by the law
o
Midwifery
Female mutuality
Men excluded
Commerce
o
Fishing industry
Catching and selling all over the world
o
Sugar and slaves
1640 great migration end when civil war starts back home
1680 half the ships that served came from New England
o
17
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use and sell ships
o
1674-1714 200 ships built
o
1700 Boston had 17 shipyards
Religious life
o
Covenant
Entered into with God on arrival
Believed they were God's chosen people
o
Cosmic struggle
Satan, witches, sinners, etc.
Natural and supernatural intertwined
o
Establishment
Abandoned customs and institutions
