Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. puritanism the wealth, power, and authority of catholicism and the church of england. puritans adopted the basic principles of , including predestination. the puritans believed that god predetermined everyone's fate. nothing—not wealth, achievements, power, or even good deeds—could change a person's destiny. this idea was very different from catholicism and anglicanism—both of which believed in free will. according to the doctrine of free will, a person can earn salvation through good deeds and holy behavior. puritans also believed in the concept of . humans were flawed, sinful beings that could only be saved through the grace of god.

Puritanism rejected the wealth, power, and authority of Catholicism and the Church of England.

(Puritans did not accept the Catholic Church as authority in the 16th and 17th centuries)

Puritans adopted the basic principles of Calvinism.  

(since "predestination" which Puritans fostered, was one of the reforms made by Calvinism to Christianity)

Puritans also believed in the concept of "Original Sin".

(Christian concept that Puritans kept as one of their core beliefs).

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Fill it in the blank space the first one is rejected , Calvinism, original sin .

1. Rejected

2. Calvinism

3. Original sin

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overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

its a hard situation i cant really answer because the essay is for you to write.