Puritan notes
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| 230148102 | What did the settlers in New England call themselves? | The Puritans | 1 | |
| 230148103 | Why did they leave England? | Their belief that the protestant church became corrupt | 2 | |
| 230148104 | Why were they called puritans? | They needed to be "purified" from the church of england | 3 | |
| 230148105 | What kind of society did they want? | God-centered society | 4 | |
| 230148106 | What did America provide for them? | a place for their new society | 5 | |
| 230148107 | What did they believe about the status of every person's soul? | Believed it was a battle ground between Satan and God | 6 | |
| 230148108 | What things could they not do? | Gamble, dance, attend plays, read anything not related to faith, or play games | 7 | |
| 230148109 | What were the only activities allowed? | Only things that glorified God | 8 | |
| 230148110 | How did they make sure everyone followed the rules? | Everyone watched everyone else | 9 | |
| 230148111 | How did they judge their own behavior? | With very strict and rigid standards | 10 | |
| 230148112 | What did they believe about God? | They believed that God chosen those who would be saved and given everlasting life | 11 | |
| 230148113 | Did the Puritans know if they were to be elected? | No | 12 | |
| 230148114 | What was seen as being evidence for becoming one of the saved? | A pure and pious life | 13 | |
| 230148115 | What else was seen as being elected? | Doing good works and being prosperous | 14 | |
| 230148116 | What did they constantly examine and why? | Their own loves and others in order to determine the state of their souls and look for signs of God's grace | 15 | |
| 230148117 | What did they do to people who did not follow their beliefs? | They vigorously persecuted them | 16 | |
| 230148118 | What did they have to give to their puritan religion? | a lot of time and energy | 17 | |
| 230148119 | What kind of society were the Puritans? | a theocracy | 18 | |
| 230148120 | What is a theocracy? | religion and government were the same | 19 | |
| 230148121 | What was their favorite form of entertainment? | Listening to sermons by ministers in the church | 20 | |
| 230148122 | What did educated men and women do for pleasure? | They read sermons | 21 | |
| 230148123 | What was important to the Puritans? | Writing | 22 | |
| 230148124 | What kind of writing did the Puritans like? | a simple, direct way to express an idea in writings that was religious in nature or had some element of religious instruction | 23 | |
| 230148125 | What two words described the Puritans? | hardworking and industrious | 24 | |
| 230148126 | What did they do? | they were hardworking farmers | 25 | |
| 230148127 | Who did they trade with? | England and the Native Americans | 26 | |
| 230148128 | What did the women do? | tend gardens, watch the home and children, cared for sick and elderly, sewed clothing and household items, and made sure everyone observed religious requirements of community | 27 | |
| 230148129 | What did they value besides writing? | industry, sobriety, moderation, and simplicity | 28 | |
| 230148130 | How did they value education"? | for both girls and boys | 29 | |
| 230148131 | What was their education based on? | the bible | 30 | |
| 230148132 | When did they create Harvard? | 16 years after landing at Plymouth | 31 | |
| 230148133 | What diluted the concentration of Puritans? | when liberal protestants moved into the area | 32 | |
| 230148134 | What attracted more followers? | More liberal religions | 33 | |
| 230148135 | who were the americans influenced by and how? | european thinkers who emphasized the role of reason in human affairs. | 34 |
