I think you mean the Pilgrim Fathers
posterity
The Puritans were the English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who advocated for simpler forms of creed and ritual in the Church of England. This sect originated in England, but many later settled in New England.
The Puritans
purtains
The puritans were a group of English Protestants that were dissatisfied with the Church of England. These people were named "Puritans" because of their goal, to "purify" the Church of England and to make it less like the Roman Church. They felt the morals were incorrect and all other traditions.
Reform the Anglican Church
Protestants are called protestants because they PROTESTED against the catholic church because Henry viii was catholic but he wanted a divorce but the catholics would not let him, so he started his own church( church of England) and they were called the protestants, also you can not be protestant and catholic.
No they were most definitely not Catholic, the Puritans found the Church of England (which was and is a protestant Church) to be "too Popish" (too Catholic) for their taste, so they left England and started their own nation, which eventually became the United States.
He listened to some protestants and they told him that if he was King of England why shouldn't he be King of the church. He listened to some protestants and they told him that if he was King of England why shouldn't he be King of the church.
All British Monarchs are Church of England (Anglican protestants). The British Monarch is by law the head of the Church of England.
The Separatists, also known as the Pilgrims, were originally Protestant members of the Church of England. However, they later separated from the Church and formed their own independent religious congregations, hence the name "Separatists."
Puritans