Comparison Of Pilgrims First And Puritans

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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).

A comparison between Puritan expectations and Christian expectations of the New World and how these affected their growth as societies.

Many Americans are familiar with the two groups, Puritans and Pilgrims, but most don’t know the differences between them. The Puritans began a group of people that were members of the Anglican Church. Their goals were to rid the church of any remaining influences from Catholicism. They were mainly English Protestants of the 16th century who wanted to follow the Calvinist model of religion rather than the ever present Catholicism. Several Puritans lost faith in the Anglican Church and felt it could never be completely purified from all Catholic influence; as a result they abandoned the Church and completely separated themselves from the Anglican religion. These Puritans where referred to as Separatists. The remaining majority of Puritans inherited the title of non-separating Puritans, over time these two groups would become increasingly hostile toward each other.

Well Puritans were people within the Church of England who thought the English Reformation had not gone far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the church. The Puritans wanted to purify their national church by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence hence the name Puritans. Then there is calvinism which is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians. Also, Calvinists just like many Puritans disagreed with the Catholic Churches teachings. For example, The Roman Catholic

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.

In the seventeenth century many people left Britain for America to seek new opportunities. They created colonies that were predominantly segregated by religion. The Puritans settled in New England, while the Anglicans journeyed to Virginia. These sects had very different approaches of how to practice their religious lifestyles in America. The Puritans were much more strict about their religious observance. They did not want any of their customs to change, and therefore, they would admonish the younger generation for sinning and adopting new lifestyles. The Preachers warned the people that god would unleash his wrath on them if they did not adhere to god’s commands. On the other hand, the Anglicans were much more forgiving and were open to the idea that the religious observance would change over time. They embraced the fact that people sinned, nevertheless god still loved them. Thus, as long as they believed in god and tried their best to serve him, they would get salvation. A major difference between the two religions is that Puritanism was driven through fear and strict law while Anglicanism was driven through spirituality and the love of god. As a result of this, the Anglicans did not fear the concept of change as long as they served god. The Puritans were not able to accept change because of their fear of god’s wrath. Due to their different approaches to religious observance, Puritanism was doomed for failure while Anglicanism was able to survive in a new land.

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.