HSTAA 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Puritans, Born Again, William Laud

• School: UW
• Department: History of North America
• Course: HSTAA 301
• Professor: Deborah McNally

Document Summary

But, technically everyone had opportunity, unlike in england. A view of how society should be organized. Rest of 500k settlers from england go to ireland/west indies. First families had best tobacco lands on rivers political power. Success of a few at the cost of the many. New england settlers create different social order from virginia. Some of the social pressures in england causing migration also ended up in new world. William byrd: anglican more catholic than comfortable to puritans. Puritans seek new lands to control their own political, religious, & cultural environment. Byrd"s diary: religion is not the driving force for virginia, however. Mather"s diary: whole day is dedicated to god. They think it impossible to do so in england. Enclosures equal attention to god and homer: began as a religious reform movement within the english protestant church in 16th c, puritans were those unsatisfied with the protestant reformation in england.