The Role Of Puritans In Colonial America

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Many people travelled to Colonial America in pursuit of finding religious freedom. The people were fleeing from their countries because they were tired of religious persecution. In Colonial America, there were many religious groups. Among these groups, there were the Puritans. They believed in order to get into Heaven, people had to live the Puritan way. The Puritans craved for their religion to take over the thirteen colonies, so they attacked those who would not conform to the Puritan way of life. The people that moved to Colonial America in hope to flee from religious persecution found themselves right back where they started. Jonathan Edwards was considered to be ‘The Last Puritan’. Edwards was from the north. He was against the idea

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