ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Plymouth: the first Puritan colony The first group of Puritans to make their way across the Atlantic was a small contingent known as the Pilgrims. Unlike other Puritans, they insisted on a complete separation from the Church of England and had first migrated to the Dutch Republic seeking religious freedom.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Puritans, almost immediately after arriving in America in 1630, set up schools for their sons. They also set up what were called dame schools for their daughters, and in other cases taught their daughters at home how to read.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony north of the Plymouth Colony that had been established by the Pilgrims ten years earlier. The Puritans wanted their colony to be based on the laws of God. They believed that God would protect them if they obeyed religious laws.

Detailed explanation-4: -“A city upon a hill” A much larger group of English Puritans left England in the 1630s, establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, the Connecticut Colony, and Rhode Island.