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    What is the significance of America's Puritan origins according to Tocqueville?

    How does Tocqueville's account of "harmony" between religion and freedom in the Puritan Founding compare and contrast with Madison's "Memorial and Remonstrance" and Jefferson's "Bill for Religious Freedom"? Is Madison or Jefferson closer to Tocqueville?
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    If you were Roger Williams (puritan) and you're in court, how would you...

    ...defend yourself? For people who like COLONIAL HISTORY. If you were Roger Williams, that guy who lived at the time of the Puritans, and you're in court, how would you defend yourself? I mean, think of all the possible questions that the judge could make and write a letter or a text to defend...
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    Individual Initiative in the Puritan Religion?

    In terms of the Puritan religion, what does work and individual initiative refer to? How are they important to the doctrine, specifically individual initiative? I'm having a tough time grasping the concept, for some reason. This is in regards to Paradise Lost, so I am not talking about modern...
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    In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the...

    ...decline of? a. family. b. piety. c. community. d. freedom. e. tolerance.
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