SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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was a friend to
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persecuted
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tolerated
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disowned
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Protestant group called the Puritans wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church. The Puritans thought that the bishops and priests had too much power over church members. The most extreme Protestants wanted to separate from the Church of England.
Detailed explanation-2: -He persecuted Puritans, and he attempted to impose the Anglican Church’s prayer book upon the Scottish Calvinists called Presbyterians. In 1638 the Presbyterians rebelled. Charles needed the cooperation of the bourgeoisie and gentry – who had the money that he needed to combat the Scots’ rebellion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Puritans tried to purify the established Church of England By the mid-sixteenth century, some reformers thought that Protestant denominations had not gone far enough in “purifying” the church and taking it back to its New Testament roots. Puritans were among those intent on purifying the established Church of England.