Puritans formed the New England company and received a royal charter to establish the Massachusetts Bay Company.
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Puritans formed the New England company and received a royal charter to establish the Massachusetts Bay Company.
They wanted to escape religious persecution back in England, and England agreed because it got the Puritans out of England.
They left for the charter of privileges.
The Puritans in large part self exiled themselves. Originally the Puritans inhabited England, the term applied to those who wished to "purify" the Church of England as they believed it to still have too much "Catholic" identity. They exiled themselves to the European continent when the Church of England began to exercise abusive powers over religious dissenters. In 1620 the Plymouth Company allowed the Puritans living in exile and in England to use their charter from the King of England. Many Puritans opted to make the voyage to the Americas in search of a chance at religious freedom and the creation of a "godly" community.
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Puritans formed the New England company and received a royal charter to establish the Massachusetts Bay Company.
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They wanted to escape religious persecution back in England, and England agreed because it got the Puritans out of England.
They left for the charter of privileges.
William Penn received a charter/land which was turned into Pennsylvania. I'm not exactly sure what city the charter helped him establish, I just know that William Penn had to do with Pennsylvania. :)
The Plymouth Company who allowed the Puritans to use the charter granted by the King of England.
The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact in 1620. The Puritans did not sign a charter, as they arrived in Massachusetts Bay in 1630 under a royal charter granted by King Charles I.
In 1629, the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England, primarily made up of Puritan members, obtained a royal charter from King Charles I to establish the Massachusetts Bay colony in America.
In 1629, the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England, primarily made up of Puritan members, obtained a royal charter from King Charles I to establish the Massachusetts Bay colony in America.