To escape the world of secular England…
mostly from the 1830's to the present day.
The Puritans crossed the Atlantic and came to the present-day United States in order to practice their religion without interference from the Church of England.
mostly from the 1830's to the present day.
Some went to Virginia, but most settled in New England, establishing the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620, the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the area of present-day Boston in 1829, and the Connecticut Colony in 1636.
The Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony. The Puritans were the group that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Colonial America, was claimed in the name of Queen Elizabeth of England, also known as the virgin queen, so it was this land that the Puritans were heading for, but landed North of what we know as present day Virginia.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, was founded in 1620.
Colonial America, was claimed in the name of Queen Elizabeth of England, also known as the virgin queen, so it was this land that the Puritans were heading for, but landed North of what we know as present day Virginia.
They went to Massachusetts
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The England colony founded by the Pilgrims in 1620 was Plymouth Colony. Established by a group of English Puritans seeking religious freedom, the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower and settled in present-day Massachusetts. Plymouth became one of the earliest successful colonies in New England and is famously known for the celebration of the first Thanksgiving.
In 1216 in what is now present day England.