How Did The People Separate England In The 1600s

In the 1600’s England was ruled by King Charles 1 whom was set on enforcing his religious views upon his people. These views were carried out through the Church of England. In an effort to escape the persecution and corruption in which they found themselves, two groups broke away from the church and fled the country. These groups consisted of the puritans and the pilgrims. They came to explore, to make money, to spread and exercise their religion freely, and to live on land of their own. The Pilgrims and Puritans came to America to practice religious freedom, and they wanted to do it in different ways. In the 1500s England separated from the Roman Catholic Church and created a new church called the Church of England. All of the people in

So, they chose to work towards religious, moral and societal reforms. They believed that The Church of England had become a product of governmental struggles and man-made doctrines. The Puritans were one branch of dissidents who decided that the Church of England was beyond reform. Fleeing torment from church leadership and the King, they came to America. They arrived almost a decade later than the pilgrims and settled in Massachusetts Bay. They came in many ships and outnumbered the pilgrims. The puritans have more of a coherent understanding of the relationship between the church and the state and they give importance to education and religion. As opposed the pilgrims who wanted to completely start over and remake the church the puritans chose to repair what was already established. They wanted to purify the church from the inside out. Therefor they became known as the puritans. They kept the original beliefs that the church and state should not be separated but rather work together as one unit. Thereby making a more succinct way of living and governing. One benefit to this type of theocracy is that it kept all members involved in the church and focused on their beliefs. When the Puritans began to arrive in 1629, and their religion affected their approaches toward Native Americans. They considered Native Americans mediocre because of their basic lifestyle, but many thought they could be rehabilitated to