Why did the Puritan experiment in the New World last only a few short generations?
A) People began to move further out from the town center to hinterlands that were out of the range of church authority.
B) Increasing prosperity weakened the younger generation's commitment to church principles.
C) Fervent sermons-jeremiads-on society's increasing depravity did little to rouse parishioners.
D) All of these choices.
E) None of these choices.

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All of these choices contributed to the decline and eventual end of the Puritan experiment in the New World. As people moved further out from the town center, the authority of the church weakened, and younger generations became more influenced by the increasing prosperity and materialism of the wider world. The jeremiads, though fervent, may have become repetitive and failed to rouse parishioners. Together, these factors led to a decline in the strict adherence to Puritan principles, and the eventual dissolution of the Puritan communities in the New World.

Why Did the Puritan Experiment in the New World Last