https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e After reading the Newsela article about the Puritans, let us know if you believe their type of government was a Representative Democracy or a Theocracy. Support your thought with one piece of text evidence. en-us 2022-12-05 00:01:31 UTC 2025-04-24 09:17:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409606584 The puritans were a theocracy because sinning could be punished with jail or fines. In the passage the author states. “Everyone went to church.   People had to pay money as punishment if they did not go.   Puritan dissent
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 explains how the puritans were a theocracy becuase they punished anyone who defined god and went against the Bible. There was also zero representation in government. In the passage the author states “ The ministers decided to arrest her” This is a explanation of how government leaders were religious leaders. This is why the puritans were a theocracy and not a democracy.]]> 2022-12-05 18:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409606584 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409608824 The puritans were a theocracy because they had a religious leader who decided everything. It states in the text “Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person.” This shows they are religious and it is a theocracy also they punished anyone who went against the Bible. All in all they are religious so they are a theocracy.]]> 2022-12-05 18:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409608824 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409609358 By Ford.D]]> 2022-12-05 18:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409609358 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409610533 I Think the puritans were a theocracy. In the text it states, “Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person.” In the religion of Christianity they believe in god. And that a religion. A theocracy is ruled by a religious leader. This shows Puritans were a theocracy because of god ruling everyone and you did jobs for god. If you didn’t do those jobs you could face many consequences. All in all, the pertains were a theocracy. -Katie ]]> 2022-12-05 18:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409610533 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409610967 The puritans were a theocracy because doing a sin could end in a result with being punished with jail or fines. For example in the text it states, “Everyone went to church people had to pay money as a punishment if they did not go.” The text also states   “People who sinned did not do gods work so they were punished. Some went to jail.” This shows how they wanted to be loyal to god and do gods work if you disobeyed these things you would be punished. All in all, the puritans were a theocracy.]]> 2022-12-05 18:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409610967 2670644 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409616294 The fact that the Puritans had left England to escape religious persecution did not mean that they believed in religious tolerance. Their society was a theocracy that governed every aspect of their lives. Puritans were English Protestants who were committed to "purifying" the Church of England by eliminating all aspects of Catholicism from religious practices. English Puritans founded the colony of Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference. Puritan colonists formed local theocracy based governmentscentered in the towns in the colonies. The towns controlled how many churches were allowed to be established, and usually it was just one.]]> 2022-12-05 18:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409616294 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409616630 I think it is a theocracy because ina democracy people have a right to speak but when this person tried she got arrested “Anne Hutchinson believed God knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person. She said God controlled the future, not the leaders of the church.
The ministers decided to arrest her and a court found her guilty. She was forced to leave and moved to Rhode Island, too.” So all in all I think it is a a theocracy.

]]> 2022-12-05 18:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409616630 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409617403 I think that the Puritans were a Theocracy because it said “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 think they did God’s work and that they heavily disliked people who sinned. ]]> 2022-12-05 18:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409617403 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409618213 I think that the Puritans were a Representative democracy and a theocracy because they think god controls the future and also they are able to vote like Americans, who are a democracy 
In the text it said,” Anne Hutchinson believed God knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person. She said God controlled the future.” This shows that they are a Theocracy. Another piece of evidence that shows they are a representative democracy was,”Massachusetts Bay was run by men. Women could not speak at town meetings or vote.” This shows that they are also a representative democracy because the town is ran by men/ representatives. That is why puritans are a representative democracy and a Theocracy.]]> 2022-12-05 18:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409618213 2717917 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409618326 I think that the puritans were ruled by a form of theocracy. They decided all their laws on what they thought god would like the most. “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.” ]]> 2022-12-05 18:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409618326 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409618601 The Puritans are a theocracy because their whole life was about God and religion, they couldn’t think for themselves, and they were forced to go to church and read the Bible. The text states, “Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything.” Which shows how much they believe in God.]]> 2022-12-05 18:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409618601 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409619054 I believe that the puritans are a theocracy. I think this because in the text it says, “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.” This means that, supposedly “god” gives them power. Also in the note you gave us about theocracy it says “How do they get power? By divine power.” This also means, that divine power is a god.Also in the text it says that people will be punished if they do not attend church. So there for I believe that the puritan society is theocracy.]]> 2022-12-05 18:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409619054 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409619396 I think that the puritans where theocracy because they had religes leaders.
‘’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.
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.’’]]> 2022-12-05 18:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409619396 2641120 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409619926 I think it’s theocracy because the church made people pay fees if they didn’t attend church. They also had harsh punishments like whippings if they were, “free-thinkers”.
In the passage it says, “The Puritans believed they were doing Gods work. People who sinned did not do Gods work, so they were punished.” This shows they are very religious.

]]> 2022-12-05 18:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409619926 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409622831 The puritans are a Theocracy because they think that god controls everything including the future there whole life was about god. and in the text it states, “Anne Hutchinson believed God knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person. She said God controlled the future, not the leaders of church” this shows that puritans are a theocracy. ]]> 2022-12-05 18:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409622831 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409622883 The puritans are a theocracy. They are a theocracy because they are lead by religious leaders. In the text 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. Not everyone could be a Puritan Church member. Only people chosen by God are "saved." Then they could be Church members.” this shows they were a theocracy.
All in all the puritans were a theocracy.]]> 2022-12-05 18:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409622883 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409624244 I think that the puritans were a theocracy because the text states in many cases that God is in charge of all things. One time this came up is when the text said, “Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything.” You can also tell that they were a theocracy was not a democracy because the text says, “The leader of the Puritans was John Winthrop.” This shows that they had one human leader, making it also a monarchy.]]> 2022-12-05 18:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409624244 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409626874 I think it’s theocracy because they were forced to believe in God and go to church because it said that if people didn’t go to church they had to pay a fee. They also had no right to choose what religion they wanted to practice and some puritans believed God is all power so so they did was the church said which supposedly was what god said to do and if they didn’t they will get punished like get whipped, brought to the tone center to get spit at, or go to court to go to jail.]]> 2022-12-05 18:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409626874 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409627777 The puritans were a theocracy because people who sinned were punished. The text shows says, “ People who sinned did not do Gods work, so they were punished. Some went to jail. Some where whipped. Some sinners were brought to the middle of the town. Then, people came and spit on them.”
This shows how the puritan’s were theocracy and how they would get punished. Overall, the puritans were theocracy because people who sinned were punished and they never voted for representatives.]]> 2022-12-05 18:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409627777 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409634695 The Puritans were a Theocracy because of their form of power. In the text it states “Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything. So God knows what will happen to each person. ” They believed that God had all power and was the one thing they had to honor. Also Puritans could not have been a Representative Democracy because they only followed the laws in the Bible and did not have representation for creation of new laws. In conclusion The Puritans were a Theocracy because of their form of power.]]> 2022-12-05 18:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409634695 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409794947 I think the puritans were theocracy because of their form of power. In the text is says “Puritans believed in god is all-powerful and knows everything. So god knows that will happen to each person. Puritans said this can be changed. Not everyone could be a puritan Church member. Only people chosen by God are “saved.” Then they could be church members. People who were not “saved” helped the colony, too. They had important jobs. They did jobs the colonies needed.” They believed in god. All in all I

]]> 2022-12-05 21:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2409794947 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2410831680 I think the Puritans might be a theocracy. I think this because in the text is states, “Puritans believed God is all-powerful and knows everything.” For example the Puritans were aloud to believe in god. Another example is, “Not everyone could be a Puritan Church member.” This demonstrates that the Puritans could be a theocracy. Over all, the Puritans maybe a theocracy because the ruler gave the option to the people that they are aloud to believe in God if the want to.]]> 2022-12-06 15:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2410831680 https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2411108021 I think the Puritans were a theocracy because they believed anyone that didnt follow their religion was a sinner.  The text states “ Puritans wanted their children to be able to read the Bible. Almost every town built schools.  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.  The Puritans believed they were doing Gods works. People who sinned did not do Gods work, so they were punished.  Some people went to jail.  Others were whipped.  Some sinners were brought to the middle of town. Then, people came there to spit on them.”]]> 2022-12-06 18:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/pmbjgmyb7jkhu22e/wish/2411108021