Puritanism Case

The Puritans had influenced the development of the New England colonies in many ways. They had based the social and political development off of their beliefs. In the social aspect it was to treat others as family. They also, had tight knit towns and families and everyone knew everyone. The economic status in New England was formed through the influential ways the Puritans had believed it should have been.

The Puritans of Colonial America had many influences. For starters, they had the social structure of New England based off their beliefs on how it should be. They believed that you should treat others like family and to help one another. There social development was also based on religion. They created tight knit communities where everyone knew everyone and there was no real fighting. The men were the decision makers in the family unit of colonial America. The woman had some rights but not nearly as many as men. If their husbands were to die although, then they can inherit the land and keep making money from it. The town was constructed with a school which taught mainly what they believed god wanted, which was if you lived by gods will and did what you did, exactly how it needed to be done they would have a fulfilling life. If not they would die unsuccessful in the eye of the lord. A church (usually Anglican) and a town hall at the center made up the rest of the town. In the community, mostly everyone attended church on Sunday. The Puritans were a branch of the Anglican Church; the only difference was that they wanted to purify the church, hence the term Puritans.

The Puritans also influenced the economy in the north. Seeing as New England was and still is very hilly and rocky, it was nearly impossible to farm on the land. There were farms but not as many as down south. They found other means of producing money. So, instead New England looked to the water for their answers. They decided that fishing was the right industry for them to get into and