The Puritans believed in personal, as well as collective, self-government within each community or settlement. Their belief in self-government gave them local control over both religious and political matters. The well-known New England town meeting was proof of their idea of self-government.
Explanation:
First, the Puritans believed that all people were corrupt and inherently evil while God embodied perfection.He thought that God was peripheral and not directly involved in man's life, and this led him to believe that men were responsible for improving the state of their existence.
