The Puritans in Colonial America

Puritans Life in Massachusetts Bay Colony Salem, Massachusetts

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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Very Young and the Very Old

Puritan Children Title of work: The Mason Children: David, Joanna, and Abigail Date of completion: 1670 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Education ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Dame School in Massachusetts These were schools run by neighborhood women who taught the basics of education to young children.

Hornbook The hornbook used by children had a sheet of paper containing the letters of the alphabet, attached to wood and was protected by a thin sheet of transparent animal horn or mica. The wooden frame often had a handle.

Government in Massachusetts Bay Colony ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Bad Puritans went to the stocks. How embarrassing!

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Going to Church the Puritan Way ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A replica of a 17th-century Puritan Meeting House at Danvers, Massachusetts Warming box for coals to warm Puritan feet. Charlie would not be very good in church.

Don’t Misbehave During Church Services! Using this "staff,“ a church official would poke anyone misbehaving in church. In this illustration, the boy is being punished for turning around to talk to his friend.

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