USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Puritans were English Protestants who were committed to “purifying” the Church of England by eliminating all aspects of Catholicism from religious practices. English Puritans founded the colony of Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A small group of Pilgrims settled the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620, seeking refuge from conflicts in England which led up to the English Civil War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pilgrims were a Separatist group, and they established the Plymouth Colony in 1620.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the 17th and 18th centuries the Puritans were the main driving force in American religion, and most of the other forms of American Protestantism, including Quakers, Baptists, and Methodists, grew mainly out of Puritan roots.