Puritan Influence on Modern Times and Ideas
Have you ever noticed how similar puritan traditions and our modern society are when compared? For example, throughout history we have seen many occasions where women are seen as inferior, religious persons making it a common practice and societal law to go to church every week, how we Americans conduct ourselves on a daily basis, and even the way we dress. There are still many concerns on how much of the puritan society still affects us today, including our politics, moral compasses, and fears of diversity. Thanksgiving, a highly celebrated holiday, was also influenced by Puritan antics. Puritans were a group of the first European settlers in America, and most of the Americans of today do not understand …show more content…
Puritans were the beginning of the end for America. Their ideals on gender roles and politics are still standing today. Puritans paved the way for an unjust society based on their hierarchy, and over time America has repaved over our true history to hide events that if known would mar the fictional white skin on the face of the blond hair, blue eyed image of America. Puritan women did perform a number of different roles, acting as farm hands, and tending to their gardens. That’s all fine and dandy, but they also believed that, as wives and mothers, women were to tend to their husbands hand and foot and “provide” the next generation of puritan children. The role of the modern puritan mother was of upmost importance in the Massachusetts Bay colony, and the women of Massachusetts Bay were considerably healthy in comparison, and yet, childbirth was still a dangerous affair for women. In Puritan New England, any woman having over five children faced a one in eight chance of dying in childbirth. Nevertheless, the high infant mortality rates, and the lack of available birth control, and puritan desire to create the perfect model for society kept puritan women having children regularly despite the dangers. Despite these risks women took for the sake of society, women were still not allowed to vote. Women were also restricted from buying and settling land, only giving black widows the right to tend to them in their deceased husbands place, and without their husbands they were also permitted to sue or be sued in the court of law; widows could discipline any children or servants in their household as well. (Women in a Puritan
Have you ever noticed how similar puritan traditions and our modern society are when compared? For example, throughout history we have seen many occasions where women are seen as inferior, religious persons making it a common practice and societal law to go to church every week, how we Americans conduct ourselves on a daily basis, and even the way we dress. There are still many concerns on how much of the puritan society still affects us today, including our politics, moral compasses, and fears of diversity. Thanksgiving, a highly celebrated holiday, was also influenced by Puritan antics. Puritans were a group of the first European settlers in America, and most of the Americans of today do not understand …show more content…
Puritans were the beginning of the end for America. Their ideals on gender roles and politics are still standing today. Puritans paved the way for an unjust society based on their hierarchy, and over time America has repaved over our true history to hide events that if known would mar the fictional white skin on the face of the blond hair, blue eyed image of America. Puritan women did perform a number of different roles, acting as farm hands, and tending to their gardens. That’s all fine and dandy, but they also believed that, as wives and mothers, women were to tend to their husbands hand and foot and “provide” the next generation of puritan children. The role of the modern puritan mother was of upmost importance in the Massachusetts Bay colony, and the women of Massachusetts Bay were considerably healthy in comparison, and yet, childbirth was still a dangerous affair for women. In Puritan New England, any woman having over five children faced a one in eight chance of dying in childbirth. Nevertheless, the high infant mortality rates, and the lack of available birth control, and puritan desire to create the perfect model for society kept puritan women having children regularly despite the dangers. Despite these risks women took for the sake of society, women were still not allowed to vote. Women were also restricted from buying and settling land, only giving black widows the right to tend to them in their deceased husbands place, and without their husbands they were also permitted to sue or be sued in the court of law; widows could discipline any children or servants in their household as well. (Women in a Puritan