![]() ![]() They included the Pilgrims who migrated to America. Non-Separatists: Separatists were a group of Puritans who advocated total withdrawal from the Church of England and wanted the freedom to worship independently from English authority. ![]() For this reason they fled the town of Scrooby, England, where they originally had assembled and ended up in Plymouth with intentions of creating a community free of English control. Puritans: Pilgrims and Puritans were extremely similar in most practices and beliefs, but Pilgrims were a distinct group of puritans who were not only against the Anglican church but called for total separation from the church, a dangerous belief in religiously tense England. Seeking religious freedom was a strong motivation for colonies in America. The movement aimed at purifying the church of corruption split into separatists, who wanted to end ties with the established church and non-separatists. Puritans: Reform movement in the Anglican church in the 16th and 17th centuries and came to America in 1629. The Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic and reached America in 1620 where they founded the Plymouth colony and organized a government based on the Mayflower compact. Pilgrims: The original group of puritan separatists that fled religious persecution in England and found refuge in what is now Massachusetts. He was important in the organization and success of the colony and kept a history of the development of the Plymouth colony that was published in 1856. William Bradford: The second governor of the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts, he was elected over John Carver in 1621 and was reelected thirty times. The Compact was important in the early organization and success of the colony. The compact created the Plymouth colony and made a civil government under James I based on the will of the colonists. Mayflower Compact: Agreement made by the Pilgrims in 1620 when they landed at Plymouth. The Church of England was founded in 1534 by Henry VIII after a dispute with the Roman Catholic church over the annulment of his marriage which culminated in the Act of Supremacy, declaring the King to be the head of the church. The Puritan colonies were based on Calvinist doctrine.Ĭhurch of England: The established church in England that is also known as the Anglican church. Calvinism is unique in its rejection of consubstantiation, the Eucharist and in its doctrine of predestination, the belief that no actions taken during a persons life would effect their salvation. Other Puritans soon flocked to America hoping to "purify" the Anglican Church and develop a colony which would be a model to the world ("a city upon a hill")Ĭalvinism: The teachings and doctrine of John Calvin, a leader in the Protestant reformation. The Pilgrims, as they were called, were separating from the Anglican church and escaping religious persecution in England by escaping to America. The Puritans first came to America in 1620 on the Mayflower.
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