Puritan Daily Life

A day in the life of an average Puritan was one centered around religion.  They believed that everything they did was for the good of God.  The Puritan belief was based on the Anglican Church in England except the Puritans believed that the Anglican Church needed to go further in order to purify the Catholic Church.  This developed the Puritan faith as what is was.  Therefore one aspect of the Puritan religion was discipline.  Based on this religion, rules in Puritan society were very strict.  Discipline was harsh and severe to those that failed to obey the law.  There was hanging, whippings, and being locked in the stockades in the town square.  A stockade is a device that locks both the head and hands between two blocks of wood.  This humiliated the victim in front of the whole town.  A general guideline for the Puritans was just to follow God's law and everything would be fine.