Puritans

Front 1

What are the 5 Aspects of Puritanism?

Back 1

1. Need for moral justification.
2. Quest for freedom.
3. Puritan work ethic.
4. Morbid fascination w/ death.
5. Concept of manifest destiny.

Front 2

What are the 10 forces that caused Puritanism to fall?

Back 2

1. People had natural desire to do good.
2. People got tired of the closed life.
3. People got tired of the power of few over many.
4. Change in economic conditions.
5. Presence of leaders of dissent.
6. Presence of the frontier.
7. Change in political conditions.
8. Theocracy.
9. Growth of rationality.
10. Cosmopolitanism of new immigrants.

Front 3

What were the 10 signs of Puritan Decay?

Back 3

1. Decay of godliness.
2. Manifestation of pride.
3. Heretics (anyone not calvinist).
4. Violation of the Sabbath.
5. Decay of family government.
6. People were full of contention.
7. Increase of the sins of sex & alcohol.
8. Decay of business morality.
9. People did not want to reform.
10. People were lacking in social behavior.