Plymouth Colony was settled by a group of Puritans that had broken away from the Church of England. They were known as the Pilgrims.
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The Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony. The Puritans were the group that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The second Permanent English colony in the plymouth colony was founded by a group of people called Pilgrims or Separatists.
The Quakers settled in the colony in Pennsylvania.
the first group that settled new England were the puritans
The Colony was established as a safe haven and refuge for European Quakers. But it was also a safe haven for any monotheistic religion.
The Plymouth Colony, consisting of Pilgrims, was a famous group that settled early in the United States in order to seek religious freedom. The group would eventually expand to become the United States of America.
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The Puritans did not establish a colony on Roanoke Island. Roanoke Island was settled by Sir Walter Raleigh's group, also known as the "Lost Colony," in the late 16th century. The Puritans settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 17th century for religious freedom.
Dutch Reformed Church members were a prominent religious group in Colonial New York. They were part of the Reformed tradition and were influenced by their Dutch heritage. Other religious groups in the colony included Anglicans, Quakers, and Jews.