How Did The Puritans Influence America Today

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“The Puritans were a groups of people who grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral, and societal reforms.” These people were so deeply devoted to religion that they sought and dreamed of establishing their own places to worship God and to live a pious life. It took a lot of hard work for the Puritans to break away from the king and his church, but when they did it was all worth it. The Puritans were finally able to practice religion like they had always wanted to. This group was so strong that they even influenced how America is today.

There was such an enormous struggle between the Church of England and the Puritans that it lead to England's Civil War. In the end the Puritans won the fight so they decided to all settle in America. “Since God was at the forefront of their minds, He was to motivate all of their actions.” God was the main thing in the
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“The puritans were the first to write books for children, and to discuss the difficulties in

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communicating with them.” “The Puritans efforts in technology were advancing the new American intellectual community.” This group of people caused the United States to have the main religion as Christianity. Even though America is said to not be a single one religion, but the single most common religion is Christianity. The people of the United States can thank the Puritans for this because they were the ones who influenced so much religion onto their kids and others that it influenced over the Europeans aka the Americans over the years.

The Puritans were beneficial to the American society because they caused the Americans to want to strive and work hard. The Puritans ethics and morals were passed down to the Americans when the Puritans began to fade over time. The Puritans were a major influence on America and we the people of the United States can thank them for

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