Puritan communities in New England during the 1600s emphasized "religious devotion and hard work," due to the fact that they needed to be incredibly disciplined in order to survive the harsh environment.
Unemployment had risen, leaving stocks in great excess of their real value. Among the other causes of the eventual market collapse were low wages, the proliferation of debt, a struggling agricultural sector and an excess of large bank loans that could not be liquidated.
Similarities- threat of violence and death, difference- social view
