Life in Puritan Society and Dissenters
Life in Puritan Society Church was center of society Men had all the power Town Meetings used to make decisions/laws Strict w/ punishment High literacy rates
Roger Williams Dissenter – didn’t agree with the religious principles of the Puritans Did not like the Puritan intolerance of other religions Though colonists should pay Natives for land Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony Founds colony of Rhode Island
Rhode Island = Roger Williams
The Puritan Church Life revolved around the Puritan Church Church attendance was mandatory Predestination- God has already decided whether you are going to Heaven or Hell Halfway Covenant- attempt to increase church membership
Anne Hutchison Dissenter- didn’t agree with Puritan strict punishment Arrested for heresy and banished