The puritans were people of strict moral. They were against the common pleasures in life. The general public opposed Puritans because they were against the common practices of the Church of England such as celebration. Because of this Puritans had been stereotyped as very unpleasant people. The word of a ‘New World” being discovered was circling Europe. The Puritans took advantage of this and moved there in an attempt to create their own world, without oppression from higher order; they called it ‘New England’.
The American Dream was what powered life in America since the very beginning. For example the puritans came to America with the dream of having their own civilization enforced by their own morals and beliefs, and no others. People of the lower class living in Europe soon heard of their success, and this drove them to come to America to achieve success. This cycle continued, and it is still continuing. The Puritans essentially sparked the creation of country we now know as America.
Over the years Puritans have gained a reputation about being very unpleasant people. This occurred because of certain practices and beliefs they conducted and opposed. The ignorance of the common man blocked out the good puritans did as individuals and as a group of people. It is true that a lot of practices performed by the Puritans are unethical in today’s standards but that shouldn’t change the fact that they were essentially partly responsible for the creation of America. History books are opinions, not facts.
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