Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live amongst the Puritans? Do you think you would be able to handle it? The Puritans were a group of Englishman that journeyed to the Americans in the 16th and 17th centuries in search of religious freedom from the Church of England. They believed strictly upon religious discipline. The lives of the Puritans were difficult and very demanding. If you think that life today is …showed first 75 words of 1576 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1576 total…the seventeenth century, the influence of Puritanism in New England was fading. But in a very good sense their, "city upon a hill" still endures. The Puritans lived hard and stressful lives. Lives that probably couldn't be dealt with by us today. All work and no play was their everyday and their life revolved around religion and everything related to it. Their goal was to live a pure and sinless life, a life of simplicity.