They wanted to get away from the Church of England and practice their preferred religion in peace.
Puritans were being persecuted by the Anglican Church and migrated to the New England. A special group of Puritans, known as Separatists, were the first to separate from the church and land in Plymouth Bay.
The Puritans were from England. They believed that the Church of England was too much like the Catholic Church. They settled in what became Massachusetts and revived what they believed was the proper form of Anglican Protestantism.
Pilgrims were Puritans, albeit a specific kind. In the 17th century, many people felt that the Church of England should get rid of all traces of the Roman Catholic Church, which it had broken away from, that the Church should be "purified". These people were called Puritans. There was a group of Puritans who were even more extreme, they said that the Church of England was too corrupt to ever be purified, and that Puritans should completely separate from it. These people were called separatists. A group of separatists finally left the Church and England altogether, and moved to Holland. However, they feared that their children were becoming "too Dutch", so they left Holland and set up a colony in the New World, Plymouth. These people were the Pilgrims.
They wanted to find religious freedom. People in England had to follow the Church of England, which was led by the king, King Henry VIII. That meant people had to follow his rules and laws. Some people, called separatists, wanted to break away from the church and create their own church. So the separatists went to America to practice their religious beliefs. They were also known as the Puritans. They did not grant religious freedom to others who did not share their religious beliefs.
This was because the New England colonies were comprised of Puritans and Separatists. The Puritans wanted to reform the church, while the Separatists wanted to break away from the church and set up their own churches.In the Middle Colonies were the people called the Quakers. These people are/were very tolerant of everyone's beliefs regarding life and religious views, hope you found this helpful :)
Puritans
Puritans were being persecuted by the Anglican Church and migrated to the New England. A special group of Puritans, known as Separatists, were the first to separate from the church and land in Plymouth Bay.
The Puritans were from England. They believed that the Church of England was too much like the Catholic Church. They settled in what became Massachusetts and revived what they believed was the proper form of Anglican Protestantism.
Puritans and Pilgrims.New England was settled by English Puritans. Hence the name New England.
The separatists left England because they heard of the new world in America and wanted to start a new life there.
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This was because the New England colonies were comprised of Puritans and Separatists. The Puritans wanted to reform the church, while the Separatists wanted to break away from the church and set up their own churches.In the Middle Colonies were the people called the Quakers. These people are/were very tolerant of everyone's beliefs regarding life and religious views, hope you found this helpful :)
This was because the New England colonies were comprised of Puritans and Separatists. The Puritans wanted to reform the church, while the Separatists wanted to break away from the church and set up their own churches.In the Middle Colonies were the people called the Quakers. These people are/were very tolerant of everyone's beliefs regarding life and religious views, hope you found this helpful :)
Post Reformation, they became known as the 'Separatists.'AnswerThe Puritans, Quakers, Baptists, and Methodists all left the Anglican Church to form their own churches in the first century or two of its existence.
The puritans located to New England because there they were allowed religious freedom
New England-Puritans
the first group that settled new England were the puritans