Pilgrims were separatists.
Puritans
They are both separatist that left for religious freedoms the Puritans to purify the church and Pilgrims to practice there own religion.
Separatist Puritans believed in completely separating from the Church of England and forming their own independent congregations. Non-separatist Puritans, on the other hand, wanted to reform the Church of England from within. Ultimately, the Pilgrims who settled in Plymouth were Separatist Puritans, while the Puritans who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony were mostly non-separatists.
The non-Separatist Puritans who sought refuge in the New World were known as the Pilgrims. They were dismissed by King James I and faced religious persecution in England. The Pilgrims eventually settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.
The official name for the type of people that settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans, but we know them better as the Pilgrims. They left England to gain religious freedom for themselves and their families.
The religious group that settled in the New England region of the Americas in the 17th century was known as "the Puritans. " Dissenting strongly from the established Church of England in their home-country, these Puritans sought a place wherein they could live and worship exactly as their faith directed them.
Pilgrims
Pilgrims
The pilgrims WERE puritans! -Icestar of IceClan
The pilgrims WERE puritans! -Icestar of IceClan
Protastants.
Puritans and Pilgrims