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Puritan new england
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PURITAN NEW ENGLAND
Puritans and Pilgrims Pilgrims wanted to
separate completely from Church of England (Separatists)
Fled to Holland and eventually America (Plymouth Colony)
Massachusetts Bay Colony John Winthrop led more Puritans to
New England Established colony with capital at Boston Plymouth incorporated into it “City Upon a Hill”
Puritans & Religious Freedom: Not So Much
Puritan laws criminalized Leaders were all members of Puritan
Church Only landholding males in the Church
could vote Dissent not tolerated
Roger Williams freedom to worship Establishes Rhode Island on
the basis of religious freedom (1636)
“Forced religion stinks in the nostrils of God.”
Anne Hutchinson Individuals can interpret
the Bible on their own Banished to Rhode
Island in 1638 Took refuge in Dutch-
controlled New Netherland