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1 online resource (284 pages) |
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| Summary |
In this revelatory account of the people who founded the New England colonies, historian David D. Hall compares the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution. Bringing with them a deep fear of arbitrary, unlimited authority, these settlers based their churches on the participation of laypeople and insisted on "consent" as a premise of all civil governance. Puritans also transformed civil and criminal law and the workings of courts with the intention of establishing equity. In this political and social history of the five New England colonies provides a reevaluation of the earliest moments of New England's history, revealing the colonists to be the most effective and daring reformers of their day. |
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CHAPTER ONE: "Arbitrary" or "Democratical"? The Making of Colony Governments; CHAPTER TWO: Land, Taxes, and Participation The Making of Town Governments; CHAPTER THREE: Godly Rule Empowering the Saints; CHAPTER FOUR: An Equitable Society Ethics, the Law, and Authority; CHAPTER FIVE: "Already in Heaven"? Church and Community in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Puritans -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
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Puritans. |
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New England. |
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History. |
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17th century |
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Local government -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
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Local government. |
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Religion and politics -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
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Religion and politics. |
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New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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New England -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
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To 1775 |
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New England -- Church history -- 17th century.
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Church history. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) |
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Politics and government. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780807873113 |
| ISBN |
9780807837115 (electronic book) |
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0807837113 (electronic book) |
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9781469601656 (electronic book) |
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1469601656 (electronic book) |
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