USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE PURITANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This group were Separatists who settled in Plymouth
A
Puritans
B
Pilgrims
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of Puritan Separatists initially known as the Brownist Emigration, who came to be known as the Pilgrims.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Separatist church congregation that established Plymouth Colony in New England was originally centered around the town of Scrooby in Nottinghamshire, England. Members included the young William Bradford and William Brewster.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Plymouth Colony (1620-1691 CE) was the first English settlement in the region of modern-day New England in the United States, settled by the religious separatists known as the “pilgrims” who crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower in 1620 CE.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Plymouth Colony was founded by the Pilgrims, a group of religious separatists from the Church of England.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to tradition, the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock on December 26 and built their first fort and watchtower on Burial Hill (so called because it contains the graves of Gov. William Bradford and others of the original group).

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