There were many reasons why English colonists decided to cross the Atlantic. Some dreamed of owning lands and of a life improvement, others were escaping from something that was troubling them, and some were trying to institute a way of living based on the sacred scriptures. Pilgrims first and Puritans after tried to establish a new and much more pure form of worship. Although this two groups had the same desire to apply the protestant reformation to the new world, certainly they differ in so many ways. First and foremost the terms and their meanings differ. In fact, while the term pilgrim indicates the one who made a journey for religious purposes, the term puritan defines the one that wants to reform and purify the church. In 1620, a group
Jametown traveled to England claiming land and riches.The Pilgrims were selfish and only traveled and cared for gold,silver and land. In addition, the Puritans traveled because they wanted religious freedom and wanted to live peacefully.They escaped their church and traveled to have the freedom they wanted. Everyone wanted to believe in their own God and because of the escape they were able to do so.
In conclusion,the Puritans showed us, that even the littlest thought of fear, can escalate into an appalling situation that no one was ever expecting. Which ended up being one of the most tragic events in American history. Even though there were many thoughts on the occurrence of this event, fear is what really intensified and caused the Salem Witch Trials of
There were three different colonies that started on the land of America. The colonies started out around the same time period. They were the Jamestown, Plymouth, and Rhode Island. These colonies came to America for the same reason, freedom. The Jamestown colony came to America looking for golds, silvers, and precious stones, which they expected to get them for free except a little labor. Similar to Jamestown, Plymouth came to America for the freedom of religion. They were the Puritans, and did not want to associate themselves with the church of England. Just like the other two colonies, Rhode Island came to the New World because the Freedom they desire. Although the colonies have somewhat a similar desires coming to America, their perspective
The 16th century began with the migration of the Puritans to New England and the Catholics to the Spanish Southwest. Both of these religions influenced the development of their colonial societies differently. The religions influenced their societies differently because the Puritans from New England were stricter, favored independence, and did not believe in a hierarchy unlike the Catholics from the Spanish Southwest.
European countries fought each other as well as Indian tribes starting in the beginning of the New World. Whether it was for land or profitable resources, each group wanted their hands on whatever they could get them on. The lands that most Europeans were fighting over were already occupied by Native Americans who eventually had to groom them on how to survive in the Americas. Outside of the known countries of Europe (Spanish, French, English, and Portuguese), there were other groups who had to scrap their way to independence and establishment. The Dutch and Puritans brought thoughts and values as well as their own way of life with them to the New World. Figures such as Henry Hudson, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, and Roger Williams achieved status whether it was negative or positive during the early times of 17th century.
The Puritans and the Quakers are two religious groups that played an important role in the colonization of America. Both of these groups disliked the church of England and sought to gain freedom of worship and lifestyle. Therefore, the Puritans and the Quakers are similar to each other because they both faced persecution and left England to go to America with the goal and hope of living the life they wanted, gain more opportunity, and to practice their desired religion freely.
A comparison between Puritan expectations and Christian expectations of the New World and how these affected their growth as societies.
Based on the Pilgrim and Puritan belief that God provides prosperity, they would be perplexed on how so many people in today’s American society have had success without abiding by God. Millions of individuals have lived a life of free will, with land, wealth, comfort, and hardly any adversary, and they did so without God. The Pilgrims and Puritans deem, “...He is our life and our prosperity,”(Winthrop, 87), meaning prosperity comes through God when you serve Him. When one does not obey God and the articles of their covenant, He will not fulfill their desire. This is explained through the example of Saul failing to destroy Amaleck as God requested and therefore, “...it lost him the kingdom which should have been his reward if he had observed his commission,”(Winthrop, 85-86). They would wonder how people have acquired prosperity and their desires without maintaining a strong relationship with God. When the Pilgrims first ventured over sea, risking their lives for God, they relied entirely on Him for survival. Bradford wrote, “‘Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, show how He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor,’”(61), explaining how God was behind their successful journey. It’s evident from their strong beliefs of God entirely and completely controlling their prosperity that the Pilgrims and Puritans would be bewildered at how people of today have still been successful without holding that same belief.
Despite the fact that both Puritans and Quakers are Protestant Christians, the Quakers were unwelcome in the Puritan society of New England. A University of California at Los Angeles Ph. D. candidate in the Department of History, Carla Gardina Pestana provides an explanation as to why these Christians were frowned upon in the society. In her article “The City upon a Hill under Siege: The Puritan Perception of the Quaker Threat to Massachusetts Bay, 1656-1661”, Pestana gives a detailed analysis of why the Quakers beliefs were seen as a threat to the Puritan society.
The Puritans encountered many hardships during the 17th century. These included traveling to the New World, fighting in King Phillip’s War, and questioning their belief in God at times. The Puritans were one of the religious groups who believed The Church of England needed to be purified. The other group representing this notion called themselves Pilgrims. The Pilgrims differentiated themselves from the Puritans because the Pilgrims believed The Church of England was corrupted to deeply, and could not be purified from within. The Pilgrims wished to separate themselves from The Church of England, causing the Pilgrims to also be called separatists. The Puritans, however, wanted to purify The Church of England from within. For this reason, the
Poeple oftenly put Puritans and Pilgrams in the same category. Puritans and Pilgrams are pretty different actually. The word "Pilgrim" is a modern term for a 17th-century. Englishman who believed in having absolutle separation from the Anglican church. Pilgrims settled oftenly in the Plymouth Colony (Grenander). The Plymouth Colony is south of Boston, and is known to be called seperatists. Puritans were 17th-century Englishmen who wanted to make the Anglican church clean by removing all traces of Catholic papist trappings, such as crosses, vestments, or anything resembling Catholicism. They generally settled in the Boston area starting around 1630. Plymouth Colony was absorbed into Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 (Grenander).
Motivation for coming to the New World greatly influenced Spanish and British colonization. The Spanish are said to have had three distinct reasons; God, glory and gold. God meaning the conversion of natives, glory meaning the claiming of new land for the Spanish empire and gold meaning the desire to find gold to bring wealth back to Spain. The British colony of Jamestown shared the desire to find gold. Unlike the Spaniards, the British didn’t plan on permanently settling in America. However, these plans changed and Jamestown became a settlement.
Religion was important to the Quaker and Puritans, but how far they took it made them different. Instead of fighting to purify the Church of England, the Puritans just traveled to the New World. They settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which is Boston today. They were able to start over and do it the right way, but everyone had to practice the bible or be punished. In their purified eyes, the Church back in England was embracing too many Catholic beliefs. Puritans had zero tolerance and took religion very seriously, making them a theocracy after leaving that in the first place.They were led by John Winthrop. On the other hand, the Quakers were known as “the friends.” They believed everyone had their own inner light
In the beginning of the seventeenth century, more countries discovered new worlds and began to colonize those worlds. The English were no different. They started the new colony of Jamestown in the New World. For many different reasons people decided on leaving their homes and traveling across the sea, where a new land awaits them, was a good idea. Some were escaping their past life for one reason or another, while others were soul searching. Abraham explains:
Certain colonies have very similar rules and regulations to help the growing colonies succeed while others had different ways of going about the successful path. With all the religious fighting and disagreements happening in England, a small group of Separatist Puritans came to America for religious freedom.