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ISU SOA 112 - Reason for the Puritan Community

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SOA 112 1nd Edition Lecture 8Outline of Last Lecture I. Why people left for the New WorldII. Early 1600, North AmericaA. Family’s Source of PowerB. Men’s RoleC. Value of ReligionOutline of Current Lecture I. Why was religion so important?II. MarriageIII. ChildrenIV. Puritan FamilyV. Puritan CommunityVI. FamilyA. Social positionB. Economic SystemVII. Community as a governing agencyCurrent LectureReligion: - Moved to escape religious persecution- Wanted a religious way of life- Children had to be taught to avoid sinMarriage:These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Fathers chose who could court their daughter- Marriages were based not on love, but economic and property arrangement- Daughters should be able to better their family’s situation by a good marriage- Dowries given in marriage by daughter’s father to help ensure a good match for husband- If one wife died, husband expected to remarry- A woman had to wait seven years if her husband went “missing” to remarry Children: - 1 in 10 died in a “healthy areas” (have midwives) and 1 in 3 died healthy wild- Not uncommon for mothers to die during child birth - Children had great value. How? One child dies, have another child to replce it. Children birthed for workingPuritan Family: - Nuclear in form- Children often lived in other’s homes for some part of their lives (servant, apprentices, etc. - As many as 1/3 of all Puritan families had servants- Servants were not always there by choice- Communities placed certain individuals in puritan family homes to keep trouble out of their community and close eye on those individuals- Who made up Puritan servants at this time? Children, other puritans and puritan community - Community members were often closely related by blood or marriage- Blood rules of today not necessarily as important in puritan times - Marriages were created to keep powerful and political families together, even if relationship was incestory by today’s standard Family as an economic system:- Each member of family worked/ learned jobs- More children= more help- Older children expected to be working outside The family as an educational system:- Family responsible for teaching reading, writing, arithmetic, map reading- Children learned gender related jobs- Boys often appreciated their father’s occupationsCommunity as governing agency:- Tithingmen- husband was disciplining his wife/ children properly. If not, he’d do it.- Puritan churches had power to excommunicate church members, punished churches, acted as today’s judges, courts,


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