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【征求一片关于英文文化的简介文章,大概两千字以内,英文版的,】
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征求一片关于英文文化的简介文章,大概两千字以内,英文版的,
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Puritans,thePilgrimFathers,tooktheshipMayflowerandleftHollandforNorthAmericain1620,theysignedMayflowercompactforthefuturecivilgovernmentoftheircolonybeforetheylandedonNewEnglandandestablishedpuritancoloniesthere.
PuritanisminNewEnglandchangedgraduallyduetothefrontierenvironmentandthemobilityofthepopulation.Astimewenton,manyofthenewgenerationsnolongeradheredtotheorthodoxPuritanism.ManymovedtotheWestandotherpartsoftheUnitedStates.Today,puritansarenolongerinexistence.ButtheirlegaciesarestillfeltinAmericanculture.
Thepuritanshopedtobuild“acityuponhill”—anidealcommunity.Sincethattime,Americanshaveviewedtheircountryasagreatexperiment,aworthymodelforothernations.ThissenseofmissionhasbeenverystronginthemindsofmanyAmericans.
NewEnglandalsoestablishedanotherAmericantradition—astrainofoftenintolerantmoralism.ThePuritansbelievedthatgovernmentsshouldenforceGod’smorality.Theystrictlypunisheddrunks,adulterers,violatorsoftheSabbathandotherreligiousbelieversdifferentfromthemselves.(RogerWilliams,drivenoutofMassachusetts,setupRhodeIslandin1635,religiousfreedom&separationofstateandreligion.)
ThePuritansalsohaveleftrichculturalheritagetofutureAmericans.TheAmericanvaluessuchasindividualism,hardwork,andrespectofeducationoweeverymuchtothePuritanbeliefs.
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