From the quote above, one can tell that the people who became the Pilgrims were very religious. That they had a higher hierarchy, a King, which is part of their culture. Another example, according to Gould is, Bradford and the colonist were so religious that they wanted to build a place for them, where could be free, that they even though it was a historical divine plan for their people. Showcasing how religion was in the roots of their culture, and it demonstrated on the way they lived, and treated each other. An additional example, from John Smith, “Virginia, New England, And the Summer Isles,” is “But now was all our provision spent, the sturgeon gone, all helps abandoned, each hour expecting the fury of the savages, when God the patron of all good endeavors, in that desperate extremity so changed the hearts of the savages, that they brought such plenty of their fruits, and provision” (Smith 60). Demonstrates how strong their faith in God was. And lastly, according to “The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley,” “Phillis was a deeply religious woman, and religious themes dominate her poetry.” You can see how religion was becoming stronger over time, how it was shaping colony’s culture. …show more content…
On the way they acted, what they believed, their culture, the way they dressed, and on their ceremonies. For instance, “Sixty or seventy of them, some black, some red, some white, some particolored, came in a square order, singing and dancing out of the woods with their Okee (which was an Idol made of skins, stuffed with muss, all painted and hung with chains and copper)” (Smith 61). One can already start to see the difference between the two groups of people (the colonist and the Native Indians). On how they were dressed (painted), on how they acted, and their artifacts the “Okee.” Digging in deeper and more