The Actions Of The Puritans Were Hypocritical

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The Puritans did not like other religions. They were very strict in there religious beliefs. Those who wanted to be a member of the government had to be a member of the Puritan religion. And that included the right to vote. You had to be male, own property, and part of the Puritan religion. The Puritans considered religious desinners and people who disagreed with them a threat. Religious beliefs were strictly enforced. Desinners such as Thomas Hooker and Roger Willams were forced to leave and form colonies of there own. Hooker started Hartford and Willams started Providence.
Some of the actions took by Puritans could be considered hypocritical. Roger Willams, one of the desinners, believed that the Puritans stole the land from the Indians. Breaking one of the Ten commandments. He thought that the Puritans should give the land back to the Indians and would eventually by the land from the Indians at a future date when funds became available. ...

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