images of 17th century puritans2
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17th Century PuritansTRANSCRIPT
LUTHERANS
CALVINISTS
CATHOLICS
REFORMATION
PROTESTANTS
ANABAPTISTS
ANGLICANS (EPISCOPALISM)
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
(QUAKERS)
• Biblical authority • Salvation through faith
• Reject the Pope
• Predestination (The Elect)
• Adult Baptism • Pacifists • Reject civil government
• No hierarchy • The “Inner Light” • Pacifists • Bible less important than spirit
Governor Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1640’s)
John Freake (1671)
John Freake was a successful lawyer and merchant of Boston, and his wife Elizabeth Clarke Freake was the daughter of an equally prosperous merchant.
Elizabeth Clarke Freake and Baby Mary (1671)
Subtle references to wealth: Expensive “Turkey-work” chair Satin Dress Pearls Garnet bracelet
Puritans believed that prosperity was a sign of God’s blessing, but shows of extreme wealth would have been viewed as sinful
Thomas Smith Self-Portrait (1680)
The paper resting on his desk bears the following inscription:
Why why should I the World be minding therein a World of Evils Finding. Then Farwell World: Farwell thy Jarres thy Joies thy Toies thy Wiles thy Warrs Truth Sounds Retreat: I am not sorye. The Eternall Drawes to him my heart By Faith (which can thy Force Subvert) To Crowne me (after Grace) with Glory.
By the end of the 17th century, there were signs that important changes were taking place in society and art. Men and women in New England began to see themselves as part of a colonial elite and merchant aristocracy.
Mary Catherine Smith (1690)
The Salem Witch Trials (1692) AP US History
What conclusion about the Salem witch trials could be drawn from this map?
East (towards the coast)! "West (going in land)
How could the following issues have contributed to the mass hysteria?
1. FronHer wars with NaHve Americans 2. Failed aJack on French Quebec 3. Economic divisions within the town
4. The late seventeenth century represented the end of medieval worldview and the beginning of the Enlightenment
Witch Trial Synopsis • Young women in the village of Salem
begin to have strange fits that appear to have no medical cause.
• Three vulnerable women in the community were accused of being witches, interrogated and arrested. One woman, a slave named Tituba confessed to witchcraS.
• This led to a wave of paranoia as increasing number of people faced accusaHon, including highly regarded members of the church.
• ASer a series of dubious trials nineteen men and women were convicted of witchcraS and hanged. Dozens languished in jail and hundreds of others were accused.
• Eventually the governor, William Phips terminates the trials and releases the prisoners. No witches were burned at the stake in Salem