Puritanism
Beliefs
- predestination
- doctrine & practice comes from Bible
- stern, godly morality
- wanted to reduce power of bishops
- wanted to purge ceremony/ritual (e.g. sign of the cross)
- wanted to ban dancing, drinking, sports, entertainment on Sabbath
- wanted English Catholics to convert
Politics
- Social Contract Theory
- Constitutional Monarchy
- Monarchy governs by consent of the people
- pro-Parliament
- (later) Whigs