The Enlightenment Shift

            

Enlightenment & Puritan Shift

This is the Salem witch trial . where 'witches' were convicted

Have you ever been indicted for something you haven’t done or even known about the situation got into trouble? Well during the Puritans Era people were always accused for being a witch. How and why? Well during the Puritan era people were really in the strong belief about God and hard work .Anything that wasn’t including those things were put too assumptions that you were a witch or that they were cooperating with the devil . Let’s say you were farming then one of you were farming and your healthiest cow just deceased , individuals would tell the authority then you’d be sent to the Salem witch trail . You may find more information about the puritan era at: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/the-crucible/critical-essays/historical-period-puritans-salem.html 

After years of the Puritan era, people shift right to the Enlighten era. The Enlightenment Era was acknowledged for the "The Age of Reason”. Why? Well during the 17^th century the enlightenment was a period when reason was valued above all else, the church was questioned on the basis of reason. Two good examples which aid the illustration why various historians split the Age of Reason from the Enlightenment are the works of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Hobbes, whose ideas are a product of the age of reason, systematically pursues and categorizes human emotion, and argues for the need of a rigid system to hold back the chaos of nature in his work Leviathan. While John Locke is clearly an intellectual descendant of Hobbes, for him the state of nature is the source of all rights and unity, and the state's role is to protect, and not to hold back, the state of nature. This fundamental shift, from a rather chaotic and dark view of nature, to a fundamentally orderly view, is an important aspect of the Enlightenment. You may find more information about the enlightenment era at: http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/enlightenment_age.html 

He is stretching to find the trust , he has great curiosity .Its showed by his Effort and Posture

I think the shift amongst the puritans to the enlightenment era is a progressive shift because people can believe in what they want without being harassed, think outside the box , also become what you desire without individuals criticizing you , believing that you worshiping the devil WorkCited:    

• http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/the-crucible/critical-essays/historical-period-puritans-salem.html. by:Aurthur Miller
•  http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/1700-1800-Age-of-Enlightenment.html. By : Unknown
• http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/enlightenment_age.html