The word Puritan comes from ‘purity’ or ‘purify’. These were extreme Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England by returning to the simple and uncomplicated worship and way of ...
However, relations deteriorated over the next 30 years, leading to a Spanish attempt to invade England. How much of a threat was the Spanish Armada? Puritanism in the Elizabethan age - WJEC The ...
Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans believed that the Church of England needed to be reformed, but they elected to remain within the church, rather than separate from it. They arrived by the thousands ...
New England Puritans were hard-pressed by Native American warriors who knew how to fight in forests—and now had flintlock ...