Puritan

Puritan values

Hard work, thrift, piety, sobriety [sə'braɪətɪ] 节制 ( Everyone must work hard, spend little and invest for more business 拼命地赚钱，拼命地省钱，拼 命地捐钱)
Puritan
Contents

1 Who they were
2 Why they came 3 Puritan values 4 Puritan beliefs 5 Puritan influences
Who they were
Puritan was the named in the 16th century to the extreme Protestants by the Church of England Would-be-purifier to make pure their religious beliefs and practices Coined by the opponents to ridicule them

Had toughness, purpose and character Grappled with challenges Creation and Calling


Individualism, equality, self-discipline, introspection
Optimism: to be a success is the revelation of the God’s chosen citizen

Why they came

For religious freedom
In 1617, discouraged by economic difficulties, the pervasive Dutch influence on their children, and their inability to secure civil autonomy, the congregation voted to emigrate to America.
Church
Puritan beliefs
Predestination Intolerance Opposition to pleasure

Predestination预定论
1 All events are foreknown and foreordained by God
2 God predetermines who is to be chosen (God's elect 上帝的选民) and who is predestined to be damned to hell
The Puritans hoped to build "a city upon hill"山巅之城—an ideal community in New England. Since that time, Americans have viewed their country as a great experiment, a worthy model for other nations
3 Strictly punished drunks, adulterers, violators of the Sabbath（安息日） and other religious believers different from themselves
4 Working hard and living a moral life were their ethics
Opposition to pleasure
1 Lives were disciplined and hard 2 Made laws about private morality and public behavior
Influences on America

High standards of moral excellence
3 Only those who lead a poor and simple life and have no much desire can be chosen as the God’s elect
Intolerance
1 Error must be opposed and driven out
The Mayflower Ship
First Thanksgiving Day
While initially, tБайду номын сангаасe Plymouth colony did not have enough food to feed half of the 102 colonists, the American Indians helped the Pilgrims by providin g seeds and teaching the m to fish.

Education The foundation of Charity
a series of institutes, such as Harvard founded in 1636, College of William and Mary in 1693, and Yale in 1701 Bill Gates and Warren Buffett donate 98% and 99% of their wealth to society