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Similarities:

both believed in God.

belief of God creating the world

Differences

Puritans believed in an all encompassing

Deist believe that humans had the ability to change their own fate.

Puritans Ideal, everyone

Deist believed that God did not intervene.

Puritans believed that God intervened.

Deism and the Founding of the United States, Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center, nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/deism.htm.

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Patrick Henry- He 's been  called a deist, one of the most successful  criminal authorities gardened a reputation as a brilliant orator after his defense.
http://www.faithofourfathers.net/henry.html

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Thomas Paine-  was writer of the The age of reason, common sense and many other works.
Sullivan, Nate. “Deism & the Founding Fathers: Definition & Beliefs.” Study.com, https://study.com/academy/lesson/deism-the-founding-fathers-definition-beliefs-quiz.html.

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Around the 1543, Copernicus published On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres. The Scientific Revolution was around the 17th century with Newton publishing Principia. At this time, the Enlightenment was European politics, philosophy, science, and communications were re-orientated.
Deism and the Founding of the United States, Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center, nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/deism.htm.

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Benjamin Franklin-  was a wisely deist, proposed that the convention opens it sessions in prayer. Franklin was the pioneer of uniquely American kind of faith.
Kidd, Thomas S. “How Benjamin Franklin, a Deist, Became the Founding Father of a Unique Kind of American Faith.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 28 June 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/06/28/how-benjamin-franklin-a-deist-became-the-founding-father-of-a-unique-kind-of-american-faith/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7e105d81574e.

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Deism began between 16th and 17th century. It was not a religion, but a religious philosophy. They believed that God created the universe but separated and permits his creation through natural laws. The Enlightenment was about challenging religious authority.
Deism and the Founding of the United States, Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center, nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/deism.htm.