Puritan History
...o was mean to the sick Puritans , because the Puritans were getting all sick on there trip to America. The sailor died of a grevious disease, which the Puritans believed was because God makes everything happen and punishes the bad. The Puritans always went through a tough time when they were sick they were treated bad and they stuck together and helped each other out during the rough times. The Puritans pulled together and Bradford says: “ and yet the lord so upheld these persons as in this general calamity they were not at all infected either with sickness or lameness”(32). The Puritans that helped the sick Puritans did not get infected because they were not really rewarded by God keeping them healthy. That shows the Puritans believed God makes everything happen. When the Puritans did get to the free land there wa...