... general. From the time when American Tradition was born, to the Revolutionary War, and finally to the Civil War each section of history through its literature has reflected its individual system of belief. During the time of the Puritans some of their beliefs were that the bible is the sole source of God's law, all humans are evil, and that people ... were predestined to go to either hell or heaven. The famous works of that time period clearly illustrate this system of belief. In one such work, the "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God-, by Jonathan Edwards we see that the Puritans have...

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