What are the characteristics of American Puritanism?

On the basis of retaining the basic connotation of Calvinism, Puritanism in North America added many secular contents, especially "pioneering spirit", which has obvious secular contents such as thrift, restraint and concern for personal success. American Puritanism can be defined as a religious and humanistic spirit full of piety and enterprising spirit towards God.

American culture originated in Europe. During the 200-year changes, it has absorbed the essence of many world civilizations like a melting pot and become an independent, distinctive, pluralistic and open cultural system.

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The Puritans were deeply influenced by Calvinism, which believed in God and believed that people were destined to be rich and poor in this world. Some people are destined to be above others, and some people are destined to be enslaved by others.

Adam made mankind a sinner forever. Therefore, Puritanism believes that both "voters" and "cursed people" should make constant efforts to make up for their mistakes and get God's forgiveness.

People can't indulge their own behavior, and ask themselves to work hard, live a correct life, control their own behavior, try to reduce God's punishment on themselves, and be careful about their morality and behavior.

It is destined that the American spirit contains the characteristics of diligence, piety, hard work, self-reliance and no respect for authority other than God. It is these factors that make Americans form the habit of working hard and treating work as happiness.

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