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Cromwell's Commonwealth is described as a failed Puritan centralized theocracy because it violated England's independent and autonomous tradition.
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Puritanism
Jiang frames America as a coalition of conflicts, especially between a puritanical theocratic strand and an Enlightenment deist, multicultural strand.
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Jiang frames America as a coalition of conflicts, especially between a puritanical theocratic strand and an Enlightenment deist, multicultural strand.
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"And, as a compromise, the pilgrims were allowed to go to America to build a new civilization based on their beliefs. And this civilization,..."
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"Remember, the idea of the Puritans is they want to establish a religious centralized theocracy on England. But England has always been pretty independent..."
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"To be flexible and to be pertinent to the present. Okay? And so the English are extremely proud of their constitution. Does that make..."
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"They wanted to found a tolerant, multicultural, empire. Okay? So these are two dominant strands in America. And, quite honestly, what's really important is,..."
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Britain becomes empire not because it begins powerful, but because it begins divided, poor, exposed, and forced to change.
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