The Puritans of New England
U.S. History to 1877
The Reformation
Martin Luther, 1517
Basic tenets of Protestantism
Faith alone
The Bible alone
Priesthood of all believers
The English Reformation
Henry VIII,
1509-1547
Catherine of Aragon
Mary
Anne Boleyn, 1533
Elizabeth
Edward VI, 1547
English Calvinists
Counterreformation
Mary, 1553
Geneva: Protestant
refuge
John Calvin & Calvinism
Predestination
Activism
Goal of the godly society
God
intended the Bible as a model for life, society, culture, and government
Puritanism
Queen Elizabeth I,
1558
The “middle way”
Puritanism
“Purify” the Church of England?
The search for signs of grace
Conviction
Conversion or justification
Refuge in America
James I, 1603
Clamps down
Separatists leave, 1620
Charles I, 1625
Puritans resist
The “Great
Migration,” 1630-42
English Civil War, 1642-1649
“Bible Commonwealth”
Steady hand of
Governor John Winthop
Towns & town meetings
Balanced sex ratio; long lives; healthier
population
Large families, patriarchal authority
Community before
individual
Restraint of individual actions for the common good
Church membership & citizenship
Ministerial
authority & congregationalism
“Plain style”
clothes, buildings, speech
Moderate enjoyment of God’s gifts
Useful, sober, productive, industrious
Indian Relations
Rev. John Eliot’s
“praying towns”
Conflicts
The Pequot massacre, 1636
King Philip’s War, 1675
End of the Bible
Commonwealth
Charles II, 1660,
& James II, 1684
The Glorious Revolution, 1689
William & Mary: secular charter, 1691
Legacy
Local, democratic
control
Strong defense of
individual and community rights
Community values
balancing individualism
Government regulation of private action, for the
common good
Deeply moralistic
worldview
Self-control and social order
Education and
community institutions
Uplift of society and the individual