puritanism: the puritan experience
... of England. To the Puritans, England was in great need of a reformation-- these sinners needed to be saved. It was at this time that the Puritan religion was established. They called for more fundamentalism and less ostentation-- it was a middle ground between the ornate Roman Catholic Church and the passive Church of England. As a threat to England, and its sinners, the Puritans emigrated to Holland, with intention of going to the New World, hoping their fellow English countrymen would perceive the great peril they faced without the God-fearing PUR[E]-itans, who were looking to PUR[E]-ify the civilized world. Once they arrived in Holland, the Puritans conned a few more into joining their exodus to the new Promised Land, the Americas. The Puritans made their way to America by means of the now infamous ship, the Mayflower. The original destination of the, now, “Pilgrims” was the English colony of Virginia, but due to “bad weather”-- which was actually the kidnapping of the captain and hijacking of the ship by its radical passengers-- the Pilgrims “miraculously” arrived safely at Plymouth, in Massachusetts, which, by “coincidence” was right outside the territory of the Virginian colony-- and its pococurante laws. The new laws of the land of Plymouth, Massachusetts, were recorded “coincidentally” on the Mayflower, just before reaching land. The Mayflower Compact was one of the first documents that established a system of government in the New World. The signatures of forty passengers, consigning consent to establish a hierarchical government, were procured by force, while the captain of the Mayflower was still being held hostage. The fanatical actions of the Puritans didn’t end with their arrival and establishment of their new colony in Massachusetts. They continued throughout their entire reign in the New World to use scare tactics to force the members of the church to remain in Plymouth and act accordingly to their laws. The main injustices the Puritans forced upon their people were the refusal to the right of freedom of speech and the repression of women. According to the Puritans, women were too vile and unworthy to speak directly...