The Puritans are one group of many to prove this claim as true. One thing that offset their downfall was King William. Once becoming a king, he opened the Puritan colonies for outsiders to join while their religious practices were being protected. After this, large numbers of non-Puritans began settling in Puritan colonies. As time went on descendants began to question the strictness of the faith. Puritanism was without a doubt over with its domination of the nations, “as it became simply one religion amongst many others” (Howard).
The Puritans ultimate downfall was a result of their strict, reformed world. The inflexibility of their belief was the Puritans strength in the beginning, overtime it became their biggest weakness. Their harsh interpretations and their repressive actions will always be remembered, though, hopefully never