You need to look at the Puritan’s political views, not religious ones. A careful reading of the Declaration will show it is NOT a a particularly religious document, it is a list of grievances against a government.

The Puritans came to America seeking religious freedom. They were being persecuted in Europe because of their religious beliefs. America seemed to be a place where they could permanently live to avoid such persecution. Puritans, Pilgrim Separatists, and Quakers began to sail to America seeking refuge. The Church of England was their foe. Their only shelter would be found in the colonies of New England. The Pilgrims came to Plymouth in1620, followed by the Puritans in 1629 with their Massachusetts Bay Colony. They spread to Boston, Salem and Water Town, while the Quakers would later arrive in Pennsylvania with a charter granted to William Penn from King Charles II in 1681. Spiritual freedom was a cherished value of the New Englanders. It was also vital for their religious survival. This total separation from England as well as the right to practice religion freely in the Americas, was vital in framing a declaration. If the Puritans could do it, then so could the framers of the Constitution, and they did!!! They escaped from England’s control, and had the power to worship as they pleased.

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no longer basically have I study the two information, I carry my pocket shape with me. i’ve got even study my states shape. although, I surmise that fifty% of Americnas have not study the two information. i comprehend this because of the fact, as quickly as I took Poltical technological expertise 151, our professor asked the class (one hundred twenty human beings) and a million/2 the class had thier hand up. I additionally surmise classes around the rustic might teach comparable effects.