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Puritan ways of life12/25/2022 Puritans tried to purify the established Church of England In such a commonwealth, they felt, it was the duty of the civil authorities to enforce the laws of religion, thus holding a view almost the opposite of that expressed in the First Amendment. They were religious people with a strong piety and a desire to establish a holy commonwealth of people who would carry out God’s will on earth. As dissidents, they sought religious freedom and economic opportunities in distant lands. The term Puritan is commonly applied to a reform movement that strove to purify the practices and structure of the Church of England in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Puritans thought civil authorities should enforce religion Later, the framers of the Constitution would look to the Puritan era in history for guidance when crafting the First Amendment rights for freedom of religion. The bravery and initiative of the Puritans served as a source of inspiration for colonists during the Revolutionary War. This 1884 engraving by Thomas Gold depicts a Puritan couple walking to church in the snow. The bravery and initiative of the Puritans served as a source of inspiration for colonists during the Revolutionary War.
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