HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rosary, Puritans, Protestantism
20 Jan 2016
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Review: peasants being pushed off land and into cities. Going to strange new worked was better than what they had. Full of sin and corruption, so looked for new life in america: puritans were way different than thanksgiving pilgrims, those pilgrims were separatists. Christian faith, and set and example for england and rest of world to follow: city on a hill . Winthrop said eyes of all were on them: chosen people , predestination show , puritans were militant protestant. God and god alone ran the whole: didn"t like catholic view of saving self from damation with rosaries, savior from damnation was only up to god! God had already decided, back at the moment of creation. Massachusetts: little commonwealths , communities were self governed and self contained. The meeting house: all important decisions were made, cerounded by village green where houses were, open fields a.
