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Puritan life and Dissent in colonial New England 

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Puritan life and Dissent in colonial New England 

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I think people that lived in that time just wanted to seek a good place for there family to live because in the text it says, “Almost 14,000 more Puritans came to Massachusetts. Many moved to other places in New England. People began to live longer and healthier lives. Puritans wanted their children to be able to read the Bible. Almost every town built schools.”
This proves my point that the people wanted to live longer and healthier live because they moved to New England to live longer.

~Jaxon Talion

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I think that it is theocracy because. In the article it states “People who did what the ministers says live in peace”. this shows that only the people who listen to the leader live in peace, but for the people who don’t they will be punished. And in a theocracy there is normally one leader or a group of leaders that control, everyone one, and everyone has to listen to them (if they don’t they will be punished).

-Eloise, Grace, Claire

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I believe that the Puritans had a theocracy because they followed Gods law and if anyone disobeyed Gods law they would be punished I think this based on this piece of the text when it states. “Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person. Puritans said this can't be changed.” Another piece of text evidence that supports my claim is when the text states “The Puritans believed they were doing God's work. People who sinned did not do God's work, so they were punished. Some went to jail. Others were whipped. Some sinners were brought to the middle of town. Then, people came there to spit on them.” So all in all I believe that the Puritans government was theocracy. -Beckett Sullivan

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We believe that the Puritans government was a theocracy because their government was so strictly based off religon and their rules were very strict.
-Stella and Kara

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We believe that Theocracy is a type of government who has a strong belief of God. If you belonged to a theocracy, and did not have a strong belief for God, then you would have committed a sin, and would get majorly punished. Sometimes you went to jail, sometimes whipped and other times you got hardly spit on. -Stella/Quinn

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I think that the Puritans made a theocracy because in the article it says, “Roger Williams believed churches and the government should be separate. The leaders of the colony collected money from people. Then, they gave some money to the church.” This shows that there was no separation of church and government, and that the government funded the church by collecting money from the people.

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I think that it is a theocracy becasue it show how they thought god wanted them to do this according to the text ,”The Puritans believed they were doing God's work.  People that sinned did not do God's work, so they were punished. Some went to jail. Others were whipped. Some sinners were brought
to the middle of town. Then, people came there to spit on them.”
Leo A and Alex W

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I think the Puritans built a theocracy. According to the text, “ Roger Williams believed churches and government should be separate.” Williams was, to them, a sinner and a bad person because of this. This means they believed that God and government should be intertwined. A theocracy is a government ruled by a priest or higher power like a god.

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Puritans where included in a theocracy. In the text it says “ so, the king gave them permission to set up colonies in New England. The puritans sailed to Massachusetts.”
In the text it explains how they left their old customs and religion to move to a new land because they didn’t agree with the king of England. After they moved they created a more liked society therefore creating Theocracy.

-Jesse, Zac

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I would not whant to live in a theocracy government Because they bring sinners to the middle of town and spit on them.
Finn Schop

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We would not want to live in theocracy times because the were cruel to people and the text said “ some sinners were brought into the middle of town then people came there to spit on them.” Lena, Hannah, and Molly

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I think it’s theocracy because they were fallowing god and would be punished if they didn’t fallow god for example “Roger Williams believed churches and the government should be separate.” And “Williams also said Native Americans were not paid money for their land. Massachusetts made him leave his home.” This is a punishment he got for disobeying their ruler and how it said only people fallowed by god are saved.” And these are all examples of theocracy. -Anthony

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I think the puritans were a theocracy because they had strict laws about god, and strict punishments for breaking them, such as whipping. In the text it said, “Puritans believed god Is all powerful and knows all.” -Nathan Petrosino. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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I think the puritans were a theocracy because they were very strict about gods law. They would whip and spit on people, they would be sent away from there home and maybe even family. They also had to pay if they did not attend church. -Brady Harrington

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I think it is theocracy because the worshiped god and they did every thing they believe was right. Although the WHIPPED people who where sinners they thought it is what God would have done, therefore that is why I think it is a theocracy.

-NICK NELSEN

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I think it’s a theocracy because what Roger Williams believed was different from the actual government. This is shown by this evidence, “Roger Williams believed churches and the government should be separate.” - Matteo

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I think it’s theocracy because of the text, “Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person. Puritans said this can't be changed. Not everyone could be a Puritan Church member. Only people chosen by God are "saved." Theocracy is a government with religious rules, so this sentence is telling that Puritans have a religious leader/government.

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I think that its theocracy because in the text it says “People who sinned did not do God’s work, so they were punished.” This shows that Puritans are Theocracy- Audrey and Makayla

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Iman and Emma. We think it’s a theocracy.

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Iman and Emma. We think it’s a theocracy.

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We think it is a theocracy because they believed that only one religion was acceptable. We know this because in the text it states, “The puritans believed they were doing God’s work. People who sinned did not do God’s work, so they were punished. Some went to jail. Others were whipped. Some sinners were brought to the middle of town. Then, people came there to spit on them.” This tells us that it was a theocracy. They were very strict about following their religion and would go to extremes to limit people who were opposed to their ideas.

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We think that it is Theocracy because they would punish people if the did not follow the goads rule a group of people made this rule and evidence show Ed in the text ‘’ People who sinned did not do god’s work . So they were punished. Some went to jail. Others were whipped. Some sinners brought to the middle of town and spit on.’’ This shows they punished people who did not do they religion and that they were really mean to people who did not agree with them.

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I think it is Theocracy because the text says, “Some free thinkers could be forced to leave their homes and never come back”
-Armani

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We think it is a theocracy because they would punish people when they did not follow gods rule as shown in this text evidence “The Puritans believed they were doing God's work. People who sinned did not do God's work, so
they were punished. Some went to jail. Others were whipped. Some sinners were brought
to the middle of town. Then, people came there to spit on them.“ This shows that they punished people when they did not do there religion.

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I think it is theocracy because the text says,”Everyone went to church. People had to pay money if they did not go.” This shows that people were having to pay for not going to church, this means that it is like a government fine.

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I Think it is Theocracy because in the text it says,”The puritans believed they were doing gods work.” This is saying that they believed in god a lot and that is what theocracy does.

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I Think it is Theocracy because in the text it says,”The puritans believed they were doing gods work.” This is saying that they believed in god a lot and that is what theocracy does.

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Anna Anzevino and Angelique Pinson.

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I think that it is theocracy because Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person. Puritans said this can't be changed. Not everyone could be a Puritan Church member. Only people chosen by God are "saved." Then they could be Church members.

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I think it is a Theocracy because in the text it says: “Everyone went to church. People had to pay money as punishment if they did not go.” This proves it is a Theocracy because what other government would punish you if you didn’t go to church. All in all i think their government was a theocracy.

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I think it is theocracy because in the text it say’s “everyone went to church. People had to pay money as a punishment if they didn’t go.” This shows that people got a government fine. Ethan And Ace

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Massachusetts Bay was run by men. Women could not speak at town meetings or vote. Everyone went to church. People had to pay money as punishment if they did not go.

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I think it is theocracy because in the text it says…”The leader of the colony collected money then donated some of it to the church”. This shows that the leader wants everyone to go to church.
-Zander Ray

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I think it is a Theocracy because I the text it said “ The people who sinned did not believe in god’s work.” This shows that they were based off of a religious government.

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I think it is a Theocracy because I the text it said “ The people who sinned did not believe in god’s work.” This shows that they were based off of a religious government.

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I personally think it is a theocracy, because in the text it says. “ The Puritans believed they were doing God’s work. Then, people would come there to spit on them.” This shows how if they messed up their religion they would be punished.