How Did The Puritans Influence American Society

The Puritans arrived in New England to establish a settlement in 1620. By the late 1700s, New England was a part of America, a former colony across the Atlantic that recently acquired freedom from England. As the colony grew into Indian lands, so did the number of disputes with them, which contributed to the French and Indian War that ended salutary neglect and monitored mercantilism which encouraged Enlightenment ideas that strengthened the divide with Britain. Puritanism remained the same, but their venture to North America inspired a present day American nickname. These occurances contributed to the American Revolution, which officially separated America from England, for the colonists could refer to themselves as Americans, and no longer British colonists in America, whom were of a different identity with contrasting ideas, beliefs, and lifestyle, living in a colony of a dominant empire, whereas living in the “headquarters” of a dominant empire. During the 17th and 18th centuries, New England’s Indian affairs and its Puritan religion remained and stayed the same, while England’s amount of control and the colonists’ thoughts on government changed. A year after arriving in Plymouth, their meeting with the …show more content…
The Puritans left their persecution in England, and established a strong community in Massachusetts. They integrated religion into their lives daily, for the Salem witch trials were caused by the wrongdoings of the people that God was punishing them for. Also, becoming a church member became simpler with the Halfway Covenant, which enabled children of parents baptized in childhood, but not yet a church member. This increased and diversified government participation, more people were able to vote, and have a say in government, and the conversion reflected pure