Puritans Vs New England

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In 1600s New England the life of puritans was better than in England. They lived longer than normal, people were giving birth to more children, Education was at a higher rate. There were many things that were better but many things were horrible too.
In the massachusetts Bay Colony it was mostly a man’s world. They ran all of the important stuff from running meetings and decision making in the church. Puritan ministers all were men and furthered a male based society with their written word and sermons.

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