A. People were more concerned about their farms and businesses
The decline of Puritans influence in New England could be explained with the help of various factors: there was the fact that the first generation of Puritans were elders and fewer man were joining. Then, with the King Philips war, may puritans were killed, making the number of communities that were Puritans ever lower. New people coming from England and other colonies were more interested in being merchants, thus new leaders come, aggravating the decline of the Puritans.