-from the time PUritans arrived in the New World, they experienced many challenges and diffuculties
-several notable PUritan dissenters (one who disagrees in matter os opinions, belief, etc.) were ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay conlony
-ex. Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson would not follow the strict rules of Puritan leaders and were exiled
-other people were put on trial for being witches because they would not follow teh rules of religion and society
-some were even exiled
-the most famous examples of this were the Salem Witch Trails of 1682
-it is a great curiousity: the Puritans who left England to escape persecution but would then establish themselves a society with strict rules that did not tolerate certain people
-they also warred constantly with the Indians
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Religious Beliefs
Above is a Picture of John Calvin
-Puritans in 1500s got many beliefs from a man & writer John Calvin
-Protestant Reformer
-also effected another religious group of people similar to the Puritans called the Huguenots who were French Protestants
-John Calvin's idea was that God had already decided who would go to heaven and who would not (called Predestination)
-Puritans had to firmly believe they would be saved and were taught to look for signs of God's disfavor in daily events of their lives
-For example, a poet, Anne Bradstreet thought God was sending her a message to be stronger in her beliefs when her house burned down
-Puritans depended on three books called The New England Primer, The Bay Psalm Book, and the Bible
-these books guided them in their religion
-The New England Primer: taught lessons and alphabet
-The Bay Psalm Book- gave English English translations of the Psalms so that they could be sung in church
-Puritans listened to sermons two times a week in order for them to understand and decode the bible
-ministers spent undreds of hours explaining how writings could be used
-Ex. as a guide to daily living or a way to predict the future
-Puritans thought the simple way was a better path to God
-ministers wrote sermons in plain stye
-wrote with no complicated words, did not refer to unknown books, and did not use quotations
in different languages
-Puritans also preferred plain and black clothing not fancy and colorful robes the Catholic Church wore
-services were held in small, white chapels not elaborate and decorative churches
-Puritans in 1500s got many beliefs from a man & writer John Calvin
-Protestant Reformer
-also effected another religious group of people similar to the Puritans called the Huguenots who were French Protestants
-John Calvin's idea was that God had already decided who would go to heaven and who would not (called Predestination)
-Puritans had to firmly believe they would be saved and were taught to look for signs of God's disfavor in daily events of their lives
-For example, a poet, Anne Bradstreet thought God was sending her a message to be stronger in her beliefs when her house burned down
-Puritans depended on three books called The New England Primer, The Bay Psalm Book, and the Bible
-these books guided them in their religion
-The New England Primer: taught lessons and alphabet
-The Bay Psalm Book- gave English English translations of the Psalms so that they could be sung in church
-Puritans listened to sermons two times a week in order for them to understand and decode the bible
-ministers spent undreds of hours explaining how writings could be used
-Ex. as a guide to daily living or a way to predict the future
-Puritans thought the simple way was a better path to God
-ministers wrote sermons in plain stye
-wrote with no complicated words, did not refer to unknown books, and did not use quotations
in different languages
-Puritans also preferred plain and black clothing not fancy and colorful robes the Catholic Church wore
-services were held in small, white chapels not elaborate and decorative churches
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