USA HISTORY

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 were separatists who first settled in Plymouth, Mass., in 1620 and later set up trading posts on the Kennebec River in Maine, on Cape Cod and near Windsor, Conn. Puritans were non-separatists who, in 1630, joined the migration to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Pilgrims weren’t called that in their day. Instead, they were known as “Separatists, ” for their desire to break completely from the Church of England, rather than cleanse and reform it from within-the approach urged by the more moderate Puritans.

Detailed explanation-4: -“The Mayflower pilgrims were the most extreme kind of reformers. They called themselves Saints, but were also known as Separatists, for their desire to separate themselves completely from the established church.

Detailed explanation-5: -A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system.