Puritanism in the United Statesin the

United States of America

Presentation by Ugrai Viktória
Origins:
A religious reform movement in the 16th and 17th century, countering the
Church of England.

They sought to correct the faults and outlandishness of the Church and
preached a way of life which was much simpler and pure in comparison
Certain groups of Puritans migrated to the Northern English colonies around the 1620s
and 1630s, laying down the foundations of what a godserving life style is supposed to
be like.
How did this happen?
One of these groups originally came from Yorkshire, first travelled to Holland in
1608 and then later settled in a place called Plymouth.

A decade later, another group set out to the colonies and settled in Massachusetts
Bay, just like those in Plymouth, they set up gathered churches.
These churches would have:

- Deacons

- Preaching elders

- A communion restricted to full

church members, the “saints”
By 1640, they outgrew original bounds of their
settlements in Massachusetts Bay

New areas: Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, Maine and eventually they left the bounds
of New England entirely
The puritans aligned themselves with the role of the new chosen people, like the
jewish peoples in the Old Testament.

This gave them a sense of having history and they believed that their actions and
lifestyle were godserving.
Puritanism has influenced many other religions groups in the US
such as;

- Quakers, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodians and other evangelical

protestants.
And while none of the Founding Fathers were specifically
puritans, the majority of them belonged to the religions
listed in the previous slide (except for a few who were
Roman Catholics).
Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Puritanism

https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/puritanism
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