Puritans

The Puritans settled mainly in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1652

Yes

The towns were fined

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he Puritans were a significant grouping of English-speaking Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1559, as an activist movement within the Church of England. The designation "Puritan" is often incorrectly used, notably based on the assumption that hedonism and puritanism are antonyms: historically, the word was used to characterize the Protestant group as extremists similar to the Cathari of France, and according to Thomas Fuller in his Church History dated back to 1564. Archbishop Matthew Parker of that time used it and "precisian" with the sense of stickler. T. D. Bozeman therefore uses instead the term precisianist in regard to the historical groups of England and New England.

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Puritans were Protestants in Britain and Europe from the mid-1500s. They mainly wanted to reform the Church of England in a similar way to what Calvin had done in Geneva.

After Henry VIII took the English Church away from Rome, Cranmer, his Archbishop of Canterbury, revised the worship practices of the Church of England to make them less Catholic and more Calvinist. Under Henry's son Edward VI the C of E worship became even less Catholic than it had been. Then Edward died and his half-sister Mary, who was a Catholic, became queen. Under Mary, the reforms were reversed. Then after Mary died, her half sister Elizabeth became queen, and the reforms were put back in place.

Some people, who came to be known as Puritans, wanted the process of reform to go much further, towards a complete abandonment of the kinds of ceremonies that had been associated with the Catholic Church. They also desired the elimination of any trappings that might be deemed idolatrous or "Popish", including clerical robes, paintings and roods (Crucifixion scenes incorporating statues).

Puritanism had initially developed on the Continent, among those who had fled the persecutions of Mary I of England; their position was wholly Reformed. Puritan thought also focused on the matter of Church organisation and structure. Few Puritans were enthusiastic for a Church that was organised on a hierarchy of bishops, especially if they were all subservient to the monarch. The first stirrings of English Congregationalism and Presbyterianism took place under Elizabeth.

Many Puritans left England to travel to the American Colonies during the early 1600s, hoping to find places where there was more religious tolerance than in England.

After Charles I had been executed for treason, England and Wales was declared a Commonwealth (or as we might say today, a republic) with Oliver Cromwell the leading power. He was a Puritan, and under his leadership many strict laws were passed, which restricted partying and the like.

Some people use the word Puritans to refer to Congregationalists and Presbyterians during this period. Most continued to operate within the Church of England until 1662, when Charles II required everyone to agree to use the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. About 2000 ministers in the Church of England refused to do so, and were ejected from the Church of England on 24 September 1662. Almost all would have been called Puritans, but as they began to organise themselves independently, they became known by the Congregationalist and Presbyterian labels instead.

Self government, community responsibility, the importance of education, a belief in moral excellence and a focus on hard work and thrift.

Because they didnt have a good enough rock

the puritens where very religious! the fact that people were talking about withces scared the town

Roundheads

No. Pilgrims and Puritans were different people, and they were not the people we think of when we hear about them. They didn't wear the silly tall hats, shiny buckles, nor black. The one Pilgrim portrait that survives shows a man in a Elizabethan doublet featuring gold buttons, white collar, and braided gold tassel. Neither did they live in log cabins. The log cabin wasn't made until the end of the 17th century. Instead, they were in primitive clapboard houses with thatched roofs. They didn't land on Plymouth Rock. The Puritans absorbed them and had all the attention. As late as 1789 they remained so inconsequential enough that the Plymouth town clergyman ran his field horses through the founder's graveyard crushing tombstones. There was no tradition behind the Pilgrim tradition until 1840 and a speech given by Daniel Webster. It was the Victorians who made them who they were and gave us our vision of what they look like. To this day the Pilgrim's identity is vague and in our ignorance we mistake them with the Puritans. The Pilgrims came in 1620 and the Puritans were 10 years later.

Puritans were intolerant of other faiths... If you didn't agree with their views, you could even be killed...

They gave their children names of people in the Bible.

The 60 Puritans arrived in 1620.

Henry VIII

Calvin

Puritinism was started because of problems that some members of the Church of England were having with some of it's practices. They believed that the national church was weak and ineffective and full of non-dedicated practicioners. They broke away to form a more "pure" church.

Puritans formed the New England company and received a royal charter to establish the Massachusetts Bay Company.

to escape religeous persecution in england

Puritan life in Massachusetts was dominated by a strict adherence to religious beliefs and communal values, emphasizing a covenant relationship with God. Daily life was heavily influenced by the teachings of the Bible, leading to a focus on moral conduct, hard work, and discipline. Theocratic governance meant that church leaders held significant power, shaping both spiritual and civic matters. Additionally, a strong sense of community fostered collective responsibility, often manifesting in practices such as communal worship and mutual aid.

No. It was the Parliamentarians who were Puritans.

The simplest answer is that the Puritans were opposed to luxury.