USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Beginning in 1630 as many as 20, 000 Puritans emigrated to America from England to gain the liberty to worship God as they chose. Most settled in New England, but some went as far as the West Indies.

Detailed explanation-2: -As dissidents, they sought religious freedom and economic opportunities in distant lands. They were religious people with a strong piety and a desire to establish a holy commonwealth of people who would carry out God’s will on earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans came to Massachusetts seeking religious freedom, but their concept of religious freedom was not at all the same as ours. They meant religious freedom for themselves that was the right to worship, to establish churches as they saw fit, which they were unable to do in England.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plymouth colony was settled by separatists from the Church of England who wanted to avoid religious persecution. Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the Puritans for the same reasons. Quakers, who wanted to have freedom to practice their faith without interference.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Puritans in America laid the foundation for the religious, social, and political order of New England colonial life. Puritanism in Colonial America helped shape American culture, politics, religion, society, and history well into the 19th century.