Kris Maulden's questions - Sept. 21/22

This week we'll be reviewing for the first midterm and discussing the Puritans. To be ready to talk about the Puritans, be sure to read online unit 4 and the portions of ch. 3 and 4 of the textbook about Massachusetts (see especially p. 84-94). We'll start with review and that will be very informal. I will not prepare questions or discussion topics as a review; that will be your job. Come in ready to ask any questions you have over the readings or the lecture up to this point, and we'll answer them as well as we can.

As for discussion questions for the Puritans this week:

1. After reading this week's readings, did the Puritans come to America for religious freedom? (To answer this question, you need to explain what you think "religious freedom" means, and why the Puritans succeeded or failed in attaining it.)

2. We discussed the drawbacks to Virginia in detail last week. What problems did the Puritans face in Massachusetts Bay? Do those problems reveal any deeper problems with Puritan society, and why?