Question

What values and ideas did the writers of the Revolutionary period have in common with their Puritan forebears? What values and ideas did they leave behind?

Answer 1

Revolutionary thinkers and Puritan founders had representation in common.

Both groups wanted a say in their government and a right to live with their fundamental freedoms. The Revolutionaries left behind religion within the government. Puritans believed religious leaders should run government to maintain the groups morality. The Revolutionaries believed religion should be separate from government.