Week 3 - Chapter 3

New England

  • puritism

  • john Calvin & salvation

  • reformation not complete

  • purity church of England


Land

  • puritans believed

  • god given right to land

  • improve land & create New Jerueselam

  • Belief Natives do not use lands

  • Puritans demanded land concentrations & tribute

  • force natives acknowledge English soveirnity

  • algonquins

  • narraganests

  • congregational

  • puritans are not going to have a starving time, they are going to be very sufficient

Church

  • covenant with God

  • testimony

  • faith & experience

  • predestination

  • god determined salvation

  • outsiders no convenant

  • a covenant would be spiritual contract - explains your purpose in the puritian community

Puritan Government

  • Model of Christian Charity

  • Church Membership required to vote

  • church and state

  • governor and general court

  • self governing towns

  • social racks

  • body of liberties rights

  • speech and free assembly for church members

  • moral liberty

  • if you’re not a church member you can’t go into the church because you don’t have those moral liberities left

Puritan Economy

Economy:

  • craftsmen & farmers

  • fish & timber

  • own their lands

  • wealth distrubited

  • family labor

  • large families

Slavery:

  • MA, RT, & CT (states) large enslaved person populations

  • boston

  • contributed to economics

  • the first woman accused of witch craft was an endtured servant

Family

  • most puritans arrive on families

  • men household head

  • male obedience

  • divorce legal

  • woman could not vote for ministors

  • widows could own property & sign contracts

Outsiders

  • roger williams - a puritan ministor (non-seperatist)

  • church & state seperate

  • Purchased land from Natives

  • Rhode Island & Baptist Church

  • Soul Liberty

  • Christ church unknown

  • Annie Hutchinson, 1637 - governer of MA

  • Preaching & hypocrisy

  • Sedition

  • Divine revalation

  • soul of liberty