How Did Puritanism Develop In The New England Colonies

There was a dark and gloomy storm that engulfed the puritan community. It swept over the town of strict 17th century ideals. The ideals of what it meant to be a true follower of christ, to make him proud, and show the world how to be the perfect child of God. Religion was not just simply religion, and it was not just a Sunday experience or a moral code. It was a controlled social order. The puritan community lived and breathed in religion, proclaiming it was the only true way to live. It was a major way of life in the New England Colonies in the 17th century, but was not always an American way of life. De Ocejo explains, Puritanism was born from a reform of catholicism in England it was created in the 16th century but not followed until the …show more content…
In fact New England Puritans not only wanted to come to America to start a new but they loathed the Catholic religion. The Puritans thought it was filled with corruption and that it horridly disgraced their lord and savior, not giving him all the glory he truly deserves. It was not until the 1630s when the puritans were sent over by the King of England to the New England colonies did the Puritanic ways start to blossom throughout the New England colonies into something much greater than religious movement. It was a way of life. In which the church was at the center, controlling every movement and every aspect of the community. ("Daily life in”) The puritan community was filled to the brim with hard working people hoping that the church would give them a sign that what they were doing was pleasing enough to God so they might one day be chosen to go to heaven. Heaven. Heaven was the ultimate goal, to reach God and be with the one true creator meant living a life forever. They sacrificed loose rules for a strict regulated society in the hopes to one day dance in the glorious rays of heaven with