The Puritan Vision

The Puritan Vision From their beginnings in England to their settlement in the New World, the Puritans endured many setbacks and disasters. They suffered persecution in England. Many of the Puritans were put in jail, to be whipped by the guards. Their noses would be slit and their ears lopped off because of their beliefs. On their voyage here, they were encountered several times with crosswinds and fierce storms. With all these storms and problems …

…the shortage of food. The food on the ship was infested with worms and maggots. Most of the people got used to eating it. And that’s why many died. Another disaster was when the Puritans suffered their first major Indian attack in nearly forty years in 1675. Twelve frontier towns were eventually destroyed and some six hundred Puritans were killed. This is what the Puritans went through before and after coming to the New World