What is the author’s main purpose in the passage  puritan laws and character?   a to expand upon puritan religion, culture, law, and its historical impact on the american colonies b to compare the restrictions of colonial puritan society to the freedoms of modern american society c to better understand how the character and laws of colonial puritans led to the salem witch trials d to provide the reader with an in-depth analysis of the structure of puritan government in new england

The author, Henry William Elson's main purpose was to expand upon Puritan religion, culture, law, and its historical impact on the American colonies.

The "Puritan Laws and Character" was an extract taken from "History of the United States of America" written by Henry William Elson. The excerpt deals with the arrival and impact of the Puritans in the American colonies.

Henry William Elson wrote the whole excerpt to talk about the Puritans and how they have become part of the American colonies. Thus, we can say that the author's main purpose in writing "Puritan Laws and Character" was to expand upon the laws, culture, religion, and historical impact of the Puritans on the American colonies.

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The author’s main purpose in the passage PURITAN LAWS AND CHARACTER was to expand upon Puritan religion, culture, law, and its historical impact on the American colonies

The "Puritan Laws and Character" is a subtext from the book written by Henry Eison where he talked about the Puritans and their arrival in America.

The Puritans are a religious group who believe in a different doctrine from the Catholics in England, so they broke away,

Therefore, the main purpose of the author was to shed more light on the Puritans, thte circumstances that led to their brerakaway, and impact in America.

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a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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mark brainliest and have a great day!

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.