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Architecture during the Puritan Era Starting as nothing but vast frontier land, and followed shortly later when the United States developed into a nation, the U.S. was heavily influenced by the styles of art and architecture of European societies. Colonial Architecture reflects that of European nation, those that had to adapt to the dangers and harsh weather conditions of the vast wildernesses. If the weather conditions were dominantly rain then the homes would be …

…what their home should look like, not just from the vantage point of what style. Many wanted to show off wealth and class and the only way in doing this was to build their houses up so extravagantly that their house was very elegant but way overdone. In closing, architecture had many changes during the Puritan Era, some good, some bad, but with every bad construction idea came a better change in a different time.