Puritans and their religious ideas... ?

Question

how were they compatible with the democracy and how were they not compatible with the democracy?

i have to write a 5 paragraph essay on it and the book doesn't tell me anything on it

could you help me out?

THANKS!!

Answer 1

well i believe they all always used wat the majority said but it was only the white old men who used to decided so there are two points here

majority is compatible because in our democracy is always wat majority says, not compatible is the white old man because now everyone white or black, from any type of culture, with any kind of religion and of course older than 18 can vote and n back in the day it was only the white n they had to be a men in order to vote no women, no blacks, no kids u could used this info into a lot of things n make many arguments out of it lol  

Answer 2

Puritanism and Democracy

The Puritans did not believe in democracy–or freedom and liberty; nevertheless, Puritanism and democracy do share some beliefs: both

• respect the dignity of the individual, regardless of social status,

• are egalitarian (for the Puritans salvation was dependent on individual merit or grace, not wealth, class, or ability),

• stress the importance of education,

• base government on the principle of contract or covenant (e.g., our Constitution and Bill of Rights),

• are committed to principles rather than to individuals or institutions,

• reject tyranny.