How did puritan influence in new england change from the 1600s to the 1700s? puritan influence declined as religious tolerance increased.
puritan influence increased as more puritans were elected to government.
puritan influence increased as more puritans arrived from england.
puritan influence declined as many puritans returned to england.

Option A. Puritans are settlers of England is the right answer

Explanation:

They are people who colonized in America and they belonged to the Protestantism in Christianity.

Puritans believed that men are inherently sinners by birth and they need to learn manners to grow into pure Christian. Reading Gospel was an important activity in Puritanism which compelled to read and educate.

Puritanism gave much importance to the church and in 1600 it believed that church needed many ceremonies in order to be sanctified. In 17th century, puritans’ colonies experienced dissent wherein other faiths of Christianity arrived like Catholicism.  They showed religious intolerance.

The answer is A

Explanation:

The Puritan influence declined as religious tolerance increased.  

The role of religion began to decline in the 1700s.  The region became a royal colony in 1691.  Property ownership replaced church membership as a requirement for voting.  Religious tolerance increased,  

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.