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What is an 8 letter word that is the name of the people among the Pilgrims who wanted to purify the Church of England?
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The people among the Pilgrims who wanted to purify the Church of England are called Puritans.
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What did the pilgrims have?
(1) They disagreed with the religious teaching of the church of England. (2) The church of England was the same as the Government of England. (3) Pilgrims had different beliefs than the rest of the English people.
Did the pilgrims have religious freedom in England?
No they didn't. During the Reformation the only church tolerated was the Church of England and all others were driven out and the people arrested. The Pilgrims were one of these groups who were not given religious freedom and they left to find it elsewhere.
Who were the Pilgrims and what did they want from the Church or England?
The pilgrims were people who wanted religious freedom from the Church of England. They first settled in Holland, but they didn't want their children to become Dutch and speak their language so they moved to America. They landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts and made a setlement. They met Massasoit, Squanto, and other friendly Indians to help them.
Compare and contrast pilgrims and puritans?
Both the Pilgrims and Puritans originated from England and the Anglican Church. They differed in status. Puritans were educated and pious and were slightly higher in the social ladder, while the Pilgrims were the working people.
Were pilgrims puritans?
Yes. They were the same people. Their religion was Puritan.
Who were the type of people to settle in new England?
pilgrims and people from England
Why did people go on pilgrimages?
The first people to arrive to the American Colonies wanted to worship in a free spiritual way. Pilgrims believed the Roman Catholic Church in England was corrupt with people paying bribes to be freed of their sins.
English puritans who landed at plymouth?
Puritans were people who wanted to reform the Anglican Church;Pilgrims or Separatists were people who wanted to leave the Anglican Church and start their own church in a new country.
What people left England for religious reasons?
The Pilgrims.
Who are the new England's people?
Pilgrims at first New England . 13 colonies.
Pilgrims came from what country?
The Pilgrims were people who believed they needed to separate with England. The Pilgrims left England and settled in Holland. The temptations in Holland were too much for these religious people and they finally boarded the Mayflower and set sail for America. They landed there in 1620.
Where there Jews on the mayflower?
No, Jewish people were not on the Mayflower I don't think. The pilgrims were mostly people trying to get away from the Church of England and Judaism wasn't very popular in Europe during that time.
