A group of Puritans first founded the Plymouth bay colony, which became a part of Massachusetts, which is considered a part of New England. As well as Massachusetts, New England encompassed New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, and Rhode Island. Puritans and their religion were a major influence in the development of New England. Puritanism was all about purifying the church and building a personal relationship with god. Puritans were very honest and fair people, they wanted not only the best for themselves, but they best for the majority. Like John Winthrop said, "...some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity..." The Puritans structured their establishments primarily on religious principles and equality. For example, in 1636, the Articles of Agreement of Springfield, Massachusetts, clearly states with it's first rule that they want to model themselves after religious concepts and "walk in all the ways of Christ." An

shows that in New England, religious differences were not very tolerated.

cted to make enough money that'd enable them to serve God and perhaps their neighbors with their arts and trades easily. The puritans of New England were obviously not out to make the big bucks nor live in the lap of luxury. They were here to work hard, honestly and earn every penny in their pocket.

New England's society life played just as much a part in their development. Considering the fact that most New Englander's were Puritans, they were most likely family members as well. According to the emigrants in 1635, there were several families with two or more children at least. Another interesting point is that there were not many young single men, but there were bunches of sons. Society was also based on religion and economics, since many men were either religious figures such as ministers or laborers such as tailors. Obviously there were different job offerings and what not, which probably created a society based on money as well. But no matter what economical status a family was at, they still composed a part of the society. Like in Massachusetts's Articles of Agreement, it says, "we intend that our town shall be composed of forty families...rich or poor." Money was not an issue with these New England puritans.

Of course, all societies must have some way of governing their region. And the first sign of politics or any form of government in New England, was the Mayflower Compact, which was signed shortly after the Mayflower's arrival in 1620. The pact was basically an agreement to form a body politic or some kind of political system. Then, in Massachusetts John Winthrop became governor, which lasted almost twenty years. The main objective of religion was to govern god's laws in Massachusetts and other parts of New England. There was also the Bible Commonwealth (mixture of government and religion), which had trouble when Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams came along. Because the Puritans did not know what to do with their radical and contradicting ideas, they had no choice but to ban them from their colonies. When Roger Williams fle

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