HUM 002A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pequot People, Massasoit, Narragansett People
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American political culture can be considered a partially successful effort to weave these four threads together. Some said you will have to sacrifice some threads and that all four can"t be weave together perfectly. A belief that the church of england (anglican church) should be purified" of catholics influences and made more protestant- calvinist. Calvinism"s theology and society: the connection of protestantism with individualism, the connection of calvinism with community, community was essential for survival. Calvin"s political theory: a strong role for government, aristotle over plato, god given gift to be social and political with each other, politics is not always sinful, duel covenants: spiritual and political. Some puritans att melted to immigrate not as individuals but as congregations-keeping their old world communities intact as they settled in the new world pilgrims : felt that the church can never be reformed. First attempt was holland: kids were being wrecked since they had so much variety of languages to learn in.
