The Migration of Puritans and Pilgrims

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Puritans were a group of people who criticized (wanted to
“purify”) the corruption and hierarchy in the Church of
England.
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The Church of England was the official church in England that everyone automatically belonged to.
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Puritans believed that the final authority came from the
Bible, not from church officials, and therefore, every individual had direct access to the word of God.

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Some Puritans wanted to completely separate from the Church of England
(they were called
Separatists ).
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The group of Pilgrims who came on the Mayflower in
1620 were Separatists.
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Created Mayflower
Compact
◦ Began idea of self-government and majority rule in colonies

Agreement Between the
Settlers at New Plymouth : 1620
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the
Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of
the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and
Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and
Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of
Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and
Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid:
And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general
Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and
Obedience.
IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at
Cape-Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini; 1620.

The Migration of Puritans and Pilgrims

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◦ Portsmouth
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◦ Some Puritans from
Massachusetts seek more freedoms
Atlantic Cod

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Reigned 1625-1649
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Son of James I
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Didn’t get along with the Puritans or
Parliament
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Wanted to help the
Catholics

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Settled by the Puritans
◦ Great Migration
 15,000 Puritans left England
◦ L oyal to the Church of England, but believed they could purify the behavior of individuals
(purify the Church from within).
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Instituted Town meetings
◦ self-government
◦ Church was the central focus of each town
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The New England Way
◦ Duty, godliness, hard work
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Eventually Absorbed
Plymouth
John Winthrop
“We shall be a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people on us"
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Founded Harvard College in
1636 to train Puritan ministers

Reading Like a Historian - Puritans

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Continuation of the Great
Migration of the Puritans
◦ Dissatisfied with lack of freedoms in Massachusetts
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Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut
◦ First written Constitution in colonies
◦ Extended voting rights to all citizens
◦ Limited power of the governor
Thomas Hooker

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Roger Williams was kicked out of
Massachusetts
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Believed in the separation of church and state
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Thought the Native
Americans should be treated fairly
Roger Williams

Pilgrims Differences
Similarities
Puritans Differences
Pilgrims Puritans