Many early settlers in the united states strongly believed that the main purpose of the body was to work for survival and that sport and games were inappropriate pastimes. these beliefs were attributed primarily to:

The correct answer is: Puritans.

Explanation:

The puritans were early English protestants whose main goal was to purify the Church of England from the Roman Catholic influence.

A group of Puritans then settled in the United States of America in the early 17th and 18th century, specially near New England.

Puritans had a set of radical norms and rules of behavior, and they condemned any type of leisure and recreation that were inaproppiate to their belief system. Those pastimes that they considered sinful and inappropiate were certain sports and gambling, bloodsports such as boxing, and even any form of body expression such as dances.

In conclusion, the beliefs were attributed primarily to: Puritans.

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