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Puritan Family Life

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The article “The Godly Family of Colonial Massachusetts” states that the Puritans never considered family life a private affair. Instead they considered family life part of a larger political/economic and social/cultural world. The Puritans attempted to further their economic and political statuses through marriage. For example, they tried to marry into influential or wealthy families. They also used marriage as a way to keep the family trade or craft, in the family. New marriages and proposals were scrutinized the whole village. These three things portray how important healthy community ties and social status were. Regarding other political affairs, the individual was not valued as much as the community so each household only received one
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