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People and Ideas: Early American Groups
separate churches. Known as "separatists," these Puritans left their homeland and in 1609 moved to Leiden, Holland, where they hoped to worship freely, without harassment from church authorities.
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Measures taken to deal with the Puritan threat
1588-89 Some Puritans published anonymous pamphlets called the Marprelate Tracts, complaining about the Church and bishops. The authors were never identified, although John Penry was believed to ...
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Michael Carrafiello: How the first Pilgrims and the Puritans differed in their views on religion and respect for Native Americans
Puritans wanted the English Protestant Reformation to go further. They wished to rid the Church of England of Catholic elements such as bishops and kneeling at services. Each Puritan congregation ...
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People and Ideas: Early American Groups
separate churches. Known as "separatists," these Puritans left their homeland and in 1609 moved to Leiden, Holland, where they hoped to worship freely, without harassment from church authorities.