Abstract

The particular ideas and history of Puritanism in America has been the focus of historians of many different persuasions for diverse purposes. The relationship between Puritanism in England and the evolution of Puritanism in America, as it relates to the history of Anglicanism and American independence has not been a major concern of most historians, however.

The two biographical studies contained in this paper, one of Thomas Morton and one of Sir Edmund Andros, are linked in history on several levels. The superficial similarities between the two men were a contributing factor to the choice of topic in this paper. In a deeper sense, as one studies the similarities and differences between both men, however, a picture of religious and ideological independence emerges, which leads the student of the seventeenth century to wonder how much an influence on American independence the Puritans had. The continuing disagreement as to the true causes behind the American War for Independence arouses curiosity as to whether the roots of this war lay in independence of religious experience or whether or entirely in the mercantilism of the Mother Country.

Secondary sources for this paper were found at the Loma Linda University Library, while primary sources were available at the Huntington Library and the library of the University of California at Riverside, where an emphasis has been made to collect such sources on church history. The information found in these sources enable one to determine, in a small way, at least, how American Puritanism, in relationship to Anglicanism, developed, and what the true causes of the American War for Independence were.

LLU Discipline

History

Department

History

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

Wilfred J. Airey

Second Advisor

Walter Mackett

Third Advisor

Jonathan Butler

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Degree Level

M.A.

Year Degree Awarded

1985

Date (Title Page)

6-1985

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714; Morton, Thomas, 1575-1646; Puritans -- Relations -- Church of England; Puritans -- Massachusetts

Type

Thesis

Page Count

iii; 116

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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