What is the author’s main purpose in the passage? To expand upon Puritan religion, culture, law, and its historical impact on th
e American colonies. To compare the restrictions of colonial Puritan society to the freedoms of modern American society. To better understand the character and personalities of colonial Puritans. To provide an in-depth analysis of Puritan government.
so the reason why an author would expand all that is because of history we had to know everything about the history of the Americas so we had the right religion we where before anything happens and we also had to know how they behaved to see how we had improved
