Puritan

Rowlandson was a settler in the Americas during the early periods of colonization of America. She lived in Massachusetts, in a small unprotected border town called Lancaster. Rowlandson, like many other settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was a Puritan. Rowlandson was the daughter of a wealthy land-holder in the Massachusetts colony, and eventually settled in Lancaster. Her husband was the minister of the parish in Lancaster, and as a result she lived a very public life. However, the…

Salem Witch Trials was definitely a notorious time in our history. Not only did it affect the people who lived through it, but the generations to come as well. One example would be Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose writing was greatly influenced by his Puritan ancestor, William Hathorne, who was a judge during the Witch Trials and infamous for his harsh sentencings, and even inspired some of his most famous books, The Scarlet Letter, which is about a woman who is being accused of adultery during the…

the Churches at the Village and at Salem, many others being by that time Accused” (MP, 76). As mentioned in the essay “The Godly Family of Colonial Massachusetts”, “…Puritan theory was given pointed expression by the poet Milton: ‘God’s universal law gave to man despotic power/Over his female in due awe,’” (Mintz and Kellogg, 64). Puritan women were meant to help their husbands, not have ideas of their own. Anne Hutchinson was determined guilty and banished from the colony “as a woman unfit…

Two Minds, One Lifestyle In life, everyone needs a little motivation for them to keep going, or to know what to do next. For the Puritans, God was that motivation. Two Puritans, Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards, both lived their lives devoted to God, but at the same time, they differed in lifestyles, especially through their writing. Analyzing Anne Bradstreet's poems, “To my Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House”, and Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of…

colony was established in Jamestown and was the first permeant English settlement in what was called the New World. The pilgrims came to the new world with the aim of practicing their brand of religion. Pilgrims were persecuted in England for being Puritans.…

The Mayflower Compact is a document composed of 41 signatures of English colonist also known as Puritans. The document was signed in November of 1620 on the Cape Cod, by 41 men that the pilgrim’s leaders persuaded. William Bradford was a pilgrim leader and was informed that some of the others did not feel obligated to follow the rules, in his words, “use their owne libertie”, thus leading to the formation of the compact. This was the first agreement that was created by the colonist to keep…

The Puritan culture of the late 17th century was a harsh one based on nowadays rituals. They were overly religious and believed that god would inflict his wrath on those that didn’t believe or even on his own followers, just to test their devotion. This idea is used as a jeremiad to push forward their beliefs that God is the utmost one to care for, even over their kin. This came with the frightening ideas of Satan, witchcraft, and the Hell beneath them. “God is dreadfully provoked, his…

The idea of salvation inhabits an important part of American cultural history, especially in regards to America’s Puritan heritage. The foundation of Puritan culture was religion. The Puritan philosophies that stressed the choice between a life of sin or salvation. These ideas can be seen in early American literature such as that of Anne Bradstreet’s “The Author to her book” and Johnathan Edwards’s “ Sinners in the among others. American literature eventually evolved into a secular art. Later…

From 1666 to 1741, there was a religious group called the puritans, who seek freedom. They are taught to be caring towards one another and be selfless, but some when against there standards. When some Puritan we being outcast the Gods had to find tactics to peruse the to come back to their holy ways. Two different tactics were presented ,which each sided with heaven or hell. Bradstreet’s poem “ Upon the Burning of Our House” and Jonathan Edwards’ sermon “ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”.…

In “A Model of Christian Charity,” by John Winthrop, he delivers a sermon to the Puritans as they are aboard the Arbella; the Puritans are traveling to America, so they could break apart from England and start their own church. His sermon is regarding the “city upon a hill” that waits for them in America. Winthrop suggests to the Puritans that the key to salvation is to remain pure to their God. In order for them to stay pure to God, they should have absolute unity amongst them, which he…