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The Puritans: The Rise Of American Culture

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As the middle colonies were coming into existence, a thriving nation was blooming with the help of fertile land, rivers, diversity, and more freedoms. This rise of a new country has historical significance in that the success of America was finally arriving. The Puritans had been working so hard on creating America, but little did they know that it would be as huge as it is today. Although pristine when the Puritans first arrived, the environment today has been abused and is not what it used to be. Americans have learned that (by using harmful automatic vehicle gas, not recycling, etc.) the environment’s quality is diminishing everyday. The future generations will not have a sustainable land with the fertility of soil and rivers like it has

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