Significance of Puritans in American History

The influence of Puritan on American history was much greater than originally expected. When Puritan moved to New England, its expectation was to carry out social and religious reforms away from the churches of England, but in fact it did more than that. Puritan invented the concept of "grandparents" and emphasized the concepts of the nuclear family, two adults and their children's family, and thought that it is one of the main ideas of having a lasting influence today It was done. Because Puritan believed that everyone should be able to read the Bible by themselves, education was necessary and they believed that they established a school in every town. Harvard University, named after Boston Puritan John Harvard, is the first university in the United States established by Puritan of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Although emphasis is placed on education, the life of Puritan mainly develops mainly on worship. Puritan believed that he would read the Bible by himself and read him by himself without relying on priests and churches, so that laws to be read by everyone were born. Puritan also believed in diligence and justice. That is the remaining model of American occupational ethics. Puritans lasted only a century, but they were one of the earliest settlers in America, they had a great influence on the United States and had a long-term impact.

This is a shame. American students understand their American history and the role of Puritans in their early settlements in the new world. However, in the 1500s and 1600s, there are few opportunities to learn the history of Puritans who appeared in the UK as early as possible. So they could not figure out the whole picture. The students were not told "the rest of the story". And aspire to do it well, ask the teacher and the professor "Please take out from the box" as rarely as possible. The history of Puritans has been ignored for other reasons. It is well known that scholarly elites at the top of the education level will support the world view of worldly humanist and its history. When I saw the way we leaned, they explained Puritan in the syllabus, and the contempt for them became very obvious. Also, the history of Puritan was kept to a minimum, and the influence and scope of Puritan's contribution to the American history was hidden.

Puritan played an important role in American history, but since the 17th century it did not affect American society. Puritan came to the New World to seek religious tolerance which is a well-known basic human right in America, but they refused to accept those who did not agree with the faith. Puritan did not create a form of democracy that is used today by the US government. Our government system is derived from British institutions. Finally, the moral code that many Americans obey today derives from the Baptist church, faith, and presbyterian faith, not Puritan faith.

I think Puritan did not withdraw from history. It became Americanism. This new religion is the end of Puritanism. Puritanism is realized in extraordinary words of Abraham Lincoln, a self-proclaimed "new" voter of God, or "almost elected man" of God. Many thinkers are aware that Americanism is inspired or closed and is intertwined or intertwined with Puritans. One of the latest scholars is Samuel Huntington. Who am I among his powerful books on American identity? But my argument is that Puritanism not only motivates and influences Americanism but it also becomes Americanism. Puritanism and Americanism are two stages of a single phenomenon, not mere parallelism or related development.