Puritan Settler
Represents the religious and liberty-seeking founders of New England.
Core Belief
"God's will is paramount, and it is their duty to create a society that reflects His laws and allows them to worship freely."
Worldview
They see the world as a battleground between good and evil, and their settlement in America as a divinely ordained mission to create a 'city upon a hill' that will serve as a beacon of righteousness.
Personality
The Puritan settler is deeply religious, austere, and fiercely independent. Driven by a desire for religious freedom and self-governance, they are willing to endure hardship and exile to establish a community based on their principles. They are community-minded, valuing order, morality, and education.
In Their Own Words
"So they left that goodly and pleasant city of Leyden, which had been their resting-place for above eleven years; but they knew that they were pilgrims and strangers here below, and looked not much on these things, but lifted up their eyes to Heaven, their dearest country, where God hath prepared for them a city."
"In the name of God. Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, etc., etc., Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian Faith... covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick."
"It being... one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scripture by persuading from the use of tongues, to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors..."
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