Opening My Eyes

I am learning a lot of new things in my history class. I have been reading a booked called A New England Town 100 years. It's about a group of people who are Puritans that came to America between 1620-1629. They came from Roxbury and Watertown. They wanted to create a town called Contentment but was overruled by General Court. The town is Dedham, Massachusetts. There was a Covenant set in place for all those to live in this community. You had to live by these covenants. The Court had given the Puritans a grant of 200 square miles. This included untouched wilderness, lakes, hills, forests, indians, rock and wolves. The Indians that were already there were easily persuaded to give up their claim for a small fee. So the covenants were: 1. to fear and have reverance to Almighty God, 2. Mutually and severally promise themselves and to each other profess and practice one truth according to perfect rule, the everlasting love, 3. Labor to keep to keep off from us all contrary minded, walk in peaceable conversation, 4. If there was a dispute it would be submitted and resolved by the selectmen, 5. Each pay for their fair share in common good, 5. also they pay the minister by a tax. They came to America because they were being persecuted in England for falling away from the Church. When in fact they ended up doing the exact same thing here in America. Only a select few were allowed into this community. You would have to go through a serious background check in front of the community. I have to end this but will continue my thoughts in a few.