USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Puritans facing religious persecution in England set out for the New World, where they established a colony at Plymouth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Puritans were traveling to escape persecution in their home country. In 1630, a group of Puritans left England in search of a place to practice their religion freely. They had a charter from the Massachusetts Bay Company to settle land in New England.

Detailed explanation-3: -Religious intolerance in Massachusetts Bay When dissenters, including Puritan minister Roger Williams and midwife Anne Hutchinson, challenged Governor Winthrop in Massachusetts Bay in the 1630s, they both were banished from the colony. Roger Williams questioned the Puritans’ theft of Native American land.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1630 a group of people called Puritans left England for North America. The settlement they started in America was called the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Puritans were a group of Protestant Christians with strict religious beliefs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Religious Beliefs Church was an extremely important part of the daily lives of Puritans, and attending church was mandatory. There could be severe punishments for those who failed to attend. Puritans believed that they were doing God’s work and that those who disobeyed or strayed from Puritan teachings were sinners.