https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju 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 2021-11-28 22:12:37 UTC 2025-04-24 09:17:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 2734310 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920882287 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.]]> 2021-11-30 16:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920882287 279449 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920917985 2021-11-30 17:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920917985 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920919064 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]]> 2021-11-30 17:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920919064 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920921932
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.



]]> 2021-11-30 17:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920921932 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920927674 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]]> 2021-11-30 17:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920927674 2681311 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920928870 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.]]> 2021-11-30 17:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920928870 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920929638 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.]]> 2021-11-30 17:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920929638 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920930629 Anna Anzevino and Angelique Pinson.]]> 2021-11-30 17:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920930629 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920931180 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.]]> 2021-11-30 17:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920931180 279489 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920932400 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.]]> 2021-11-30 17:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920932400 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920934681 I think it is Theocracy because the text says, “Some free thinkers could be forced to leave their homes and never come back”
-Armani]]> 2021-11-30 17:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920934681 2800130 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920935563 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.]]> 2021-11-30 17:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920935563 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920942060 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. ]]> 2021-11-30 17:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920942060 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920951141 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]]> 2021-11-30 17:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1920951141 297092 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921026962 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.]]> 2021-11-30 17:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921026962 259469 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921043203 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]]> 2021-11-30 17:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921043203 258847 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921051081 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]]> 2021-11-30 17:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921051081 258383 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921055120 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]]> 2021-11-30 17:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921055120 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921066792 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]]> 2021-11-30 18:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921066792 2590213 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921073378 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]]> 2021-11-30 18:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921073378 286072 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921074867 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]]> 2021-11-30 18:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921074867 2592314 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921082081 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]]> 2021-11-30 18:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921082081 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921083440 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]]> 2021-11-30 18:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921083440 2621711 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921089877 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.]]> 2021-11-30 18:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921089877 2668111 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921096528 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]]> 2021-11-30 18:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921096528 2597610 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921103298 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.]]> 2021-11-30 18:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921103298 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921113064 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]]> 2021-11-30 18:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921113064 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921207655 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 ]]> 2021-11-30 19:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921207655 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921309955 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]]> 2021-11-30 19:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921309955 258562 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921606440 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 ]]> 2021-12-01 00:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1921606440 https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1925976455 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]]> 2021-12-02 19:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/killeenb/qy87ore48xjz7uju/wish/1925976455