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New England Puritans

Company (Einwechter, 1999). This agreement stated the purpose for traveling to the New World, which was basically an affirmation t...

New England and English Puritans

who were practicing at the time, found that they could no less follow the "popish trapping" brought about by the King and the Chur...

A Comparison between the Puritans and the Cavaliers

and Cavaliers differ somewhat from those that are associated with Europe. What we most often remember in America is the differenc...

New World Migration of the English Puritans

In nine pages the New World migration of the Puritans of England and the influence that they still exert in contemporary America a...

John Moretta/William Penn & Quaker Legacy

historiography of Penn scholarship to-date. However, it would have been enlightening and perhaps made his text more appealing to h...

Puritan Values Rejected by Nathaniel Hawthorne in The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter

In seven pages this paper examines how Hawthorne's first 2 novels represents his rejection of New England Puritan values. Twelve ...

Analysis of Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

have fallen upon hard times. She does this with her first view of Dunnet Landing, as she describes it as a "coast town . . . more ...

17th Century Puritan Clergyman Ralph Josselin and His Family Life

In five pages this paper discusses the family life of Puritan moderate minister Ralph Josselin as chronicled in his diaries....

Anne Bradsreet/In Reference to Her Children, 23 June 1659

have learned to "fly" and to "sing," that is, that they have become responsible adults, capable of living and contributing to soci...

Puritanism after Emigration

to escape persecution and established colonies in North America. This paper considers a different aspect of the story: what happen...

Overview of the Hartford Convention

In thirteen pages this paper examines the Hartford Convention designed to address New England's problems and also considers its im...

England's Industrial Revolution and Child Labor

This paper addresses various aspects of England's Industrial Revolution. The author examines new technologies, factory conditions...

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS, MASSACHUSETTS AND NEGOTIATIONS

Examines the 1990s conflict between the New England Patriots and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts about a new stadium. There are ...

Aphra Behn/Sexual Display

This research paper discusses the theme of sexual display in the dramatic works of Aphra Behn. The writer considers the context of...

Labor Protests and Women's Contributions

In five pages this paper examines the 1820s' and 1830s' New England labor protests in Lowell, Massachusetts and Dover, New Hampshi...

Seaver: “Wallington’s World”

him apart from other artisans; his extreme sensitivity and intensive, relentless introspective self-examination also seems unusual...

Taylor and Bradstreet, Two Puritan Poets

Puritans have a dour, unsympathetic reputation, so the idea of Puritan poets may seem rather odd. However, that faith tradition pr...

Art and the Legacy of the Puritans

In five pages this essay analyzes the Puritan's artistic legacy in America as considered by art critic Robert Hughes. There are n...

Ideas and Continuity That Are Puritan and Revolutionary

"We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of England, Fr...

English Civil War and Blaming James I and Charles I

In five pages this essay considers what blame should James and Charles assume for the Civil War in England....

England's Use of Propaganda During the First World War

In five pages this paper discusses how propaganda was used by England during World War I. Ten sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Puritanism in America

to reform the church in England; the story of the Puritans efforts and their emigration to North America is well known. This paper...

Colonialism and the New Testament

Puritans saw themselves a turning away from a thousand years of established religious teaching so that the "truth" of the New Test...

Puritan Dilemma of John Winthrop

In six pages this essay discusses John Winthrop's story as presented by Edmund Morgan in a consideration of the Puritan dilemma an...

A Review of the William Cronan Book Changes in the Land

back to England for profit. The colonists approached New England from a capitalistic stance, a stance that included detai...

The Patriots and a Tailgate Party

welcome the company of fellow Patriot fans (and those of opposition as well)" (Cardoza, 2010). The point is to get together with a...

National Politics and Colonial New England Merchants

Declaration of Independence? The Declarations most famous statement is this: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all m...

Poetry from New England and the Midwest

American poets, whose poems sometimes evoke similar feelings in a reader, and at other times are completely dissimilar. This paper...

Religiosity and the Colonization of the Americas

that their greater goal on this earth was to remain dedicated to God in everything they did. Winthrop instructs his listeners to ...