ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pilgrims were a Separatist group, and they established the Plymouth Colony in 1620.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plymouth: the first Puritan colony 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. Map of the Plymouth Colony, located near present-day Cape Cod.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Pilgrims were the first group of Puritans to sail to New England; 10 years later, a much larger group would join them there. To understand what motivated their journey, historians point back a century to King Henry VIII of England.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many colonists came to America from England to escape religious persecution during the reign of King James I (r. 1603–1625) and of Charles I (r. 1625–1649), James’s son and successor, both of whom were hostile to the Puritans.

Detailed explanation-5: -Arriving in New England, the Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in a town they named Boston. Life was hard, but in this stern and unforgiving place they were free to worship as they chose.