USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE PURITANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This group came to America to set up their colony ten years after the other group.Their Colony was Massachusetts Bay colony. Who were they?
A
Pilgrims
B
Puritans
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After the arrival of the original Separatist “pilgrims” in 1620, a second, larger group of English Puritans emigrated to New England. The second wave of English Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, and Rhode Island.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony? The correct answer is D! The Massachusetts Bay Company was a group of Puritans led by John Winthrop. The company founded the colony in 1628.

Detailed explanation-3: -By 1600, a growing group of Anglican Church members, or An-glicans, thought their church was too much like the Catholic Church, which they condemned as a false church. Many Anglicans were called Puritans because they wanted to purify the church and make it simpler.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Puritans. Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans were English Protestants who believed that the reforms of the Church of England did not go far enough. In their view, the liturgy was still too Catholic.

Detailed explanation-5: -Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1, 000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley.

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