Puritans believed that people should

Enter freely into agreements concerning their governments.

Explanation:

The Puritans believed that a contract, or covenant, existed between God and humanity. This was used as a model in other areas. Puritans believed that people should enter freely into agreements concerning their governments.

written by alan ward and published in 2003. ward is a historian and was a professor at the university of connecticut.

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