Historical Significance - The Puritans

Question 1

the Puritans

Answer 1

• to help you remember the lsit of positive and negative contributions of the Puritans, try to establish a common category for both
• many of the positive contributions of the Puritans had to do with education (free for everyone, teaching people how to read, and publishing ideas for people to read)
• the Puritans’ negative contributions are linked by their extreme dedication to their faith (limiting views expressed in society, using a church-driven government, aka “theocracy”, and the Salem Witch Trials)

Question 2

not everything the Puritans contributed was positive. their society was repressive in that

Answer 2

• they were not allowed to read or write plays and novels, nor listen to music

Question 3

one influence the Puritans had in the American Colonies that was not positive was

Answer 3

• a government that was controlled by the church

Question 4

the Puritans wanted all children - both boys and girls - to be taught to read

Answer 4

• so they could read the Bible

Question 5

the Puritans established Harvard, which was

Answer 5

• the first college in America

- established to train Puritan ministers

Question 6

the Puritans advanced intellectual recognition for the American Colonies

Answer 6

• when Boston became the second largest publishing center in the English empire