ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

PURITAN LITERATURE

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Where did the Puritans settle?

A	Charlestown
B	Jamestown
C	Massachusetts Bay
D	Pennsylvania

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Among the communities that the Puritans established were Boston, Charlestown, Dorchester, Medford, Watertown, Roxbury, and Lynn.

Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. After the arrival of the original Separatist “pilgrims” in 1620, a second, larger group of English Puritans emigrated to New England. The second wave of English Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, and Rhode Island.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans, a religious group in England. They founded their colony to escape religious persecution and hoped to build a model religious community in the Americas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Massachusetts Bay, inlet of the North Atlantic Ocean, extending southward for about 60 miles (100 km) from Cape Ann to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S. It includes Nahant, Boston, Plymouth, and Cape Cod bays and Gloucester and Salem harbours.

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