Germany did not exist at the time, so they couldnt compete
The unique New England way of life was centered on
family, town, and the church. And the corresponding changes that affected this
comfortable social order in the late seventeenth century were:
Family: did everything they could to defend marriage and
family values
Church: jeremiad preaching and half-way covenant
<span>Town: Salem witch trials</span>
Depending somewhat on the time-period in question, it was the "military" who often wielded a large amount of power and control, since they restricted many individual liberties.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of Independence
