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1621
– 1st fest: Thanksgiving Day (celebration of surviving the harsh conditions on last Thursday of November)
relationship between the NA and the Puritans were spoilt (the Puritans were convinced Christian and NA not)
PURITAN AMERICA - CULTURE of PURITANS
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settled down on the east coast: Rode Island, Philadelphia, NY (New Amsterdam), Boston
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among puritans there were lots of scholars and writers:
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John Winthrop – he was religious (religious literature)
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idea that the Puritans were blessed by God to come to America (they were given the 2nd chance)
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they were allowed to go to New World and settle there
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first sin - paradise is not a garden but a city on the hill where the law rule
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he had modern and advanced ideas about society and aristocracy
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ideal city is such a city, where law rules
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Roger Williams - the state and the church should be separate
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religious issues – in churches (religion should be private, the church must rely on own sources)
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in public schools (paid from taxes) - you cannot teach religion
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Rhode Island: new colony where a religious freedom was
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Cotton Mather – Salem: little town not far from Boston
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known for his vigorous support for the Salem witch trials
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many women accused from being witches
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they had ideas that stand out and they were judged and burnt alive
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this way puritans blew the chance to create a new society with equal rules
1626 – New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch
1664 – New Amsterdam captured by Britain and renamed to New York
1670 – Britons founded new colonies of North and South Carolina
SLAVERY JOBS
the blacks reached America because Europeans needed a cheap labour force for their farms
the ship was filled with guns, glass beats, calico (textile)