SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Someone who wants to leave the Anglican Church the way it is
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Someone who wants to leave the Anglican church and set up their own churches
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someone who wants to reform the Anglican Church
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Separatist, also called Independent, any of the English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wished to separate from the perceived corruption of the Church of England and form independent local churches.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pilgrims on the Move These Separatists formed their own churches and cut all ties with the Church of England. In response, Anglican leaders began to punish Separatists. The Pilgrims were one Separatist group that left England in the early 1600s to escape persecution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The definition of a separatist is someone who secedes or supports separation from an established group, such as a church or nation.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.