HIST 2055 Chapter : 4 Massachusetts Bay Colony And New England 1
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Plymouth colony and the pilgrims: beginnings, puritans want to purify the anglican church, but can"t agree on how, so they split into 2 branches, the separatist pilgrims believe that by separating yourself from the. The new area becomes massachusetts: beliefs, see above. Hell: fundamental beliefs, covenant of works if you do good things while you are alive, god will reward you with eternal salvation. And call it the arminian heresy : covenant of grace god chose people at the beginning of time for salvation. Those who he chose have been given signs to know that they had been saved. To the puritans, these signs include: the ability to be happy, a happy marriages, prosperity. England as family units, as opposed to virginia being mostly men. Also, they came over in town groups, so new manchester had most of the same people as manchester in england: they live in towns, massachusetts was run by the massachusetts bay company, who were.
