New England Colonies
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US History [1]
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New England COlonies [10]
?PAGE ? ? PAGE ?3? New England Development of New England PURITANS Puritan Beliefs Concept of individual operating freely as possible Purify the church?stripping down Stressed work as primary way of serving god (made all people equal) Work ethic: banish idleness, discipline and hard work Organized into religious congregations which settled in towns Assumed authority/responsibility for coercing and controlling ?unconverted? people around them Unity demanded limits on the accumulation of wealth, and transcended individual ambitions or accomplishments Relationship with England Parliament instrument of Puritan Voice Star Chamber persecuted Puritans => led to increase migration Colonial Political Development and Imperial Reorganization Colonial Political Structures