One particular group of hypocrites was the Puritans, who traveled from Europe to make the perfect society in what is now New England in the 17th Century. The Puritans had a religious lifestyle devoted to the Bible, but that same lifestyle was a hypocritical one that ultimately led to the decline of their society.
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All of them are good answers but it would have to be the second quote because it gave them access to trade with China and they don’t have to fight over who gets to trade with China
