USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Establishing the New England Colonies. A group of Puritans known as Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower from England and the Netherlands to establish Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, the second successful English colony in North America following Jamestown, Virginia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Puritans facing religious persecution in England set out for the New World, where they established a colony at Plymouth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The region was named by Capt. John Smith, who explored its shores in 1614 for some London merchants. New England was soon settled by English Puritans whose aversion to idleness and luxury served admirably the need of fledgling communities where the work to be done was so prodigious and the hands so few.