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From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765

Richard L. Bushman

The years 1690–1765 in America have usually been considered a waiting period prior to the Revolution. Bushman, in his study of colonial Connecticut, shows how, during these years, economic ambition and religious ferment profoundly altered Puritan society, enlarging the bounds of liberty and inspiring resistance to established authority.

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Bancroft PrizeMajor1968WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Connecticut90%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    In colonial Connecticut (1690–1765), economic ambition and religious ferment altered Puritan society, enlarging liberty and inspiring resistance to established authority.

    Model confidence 72%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.