2. The church of England
King Henry Ⅷ, 1534, separated from the Roman
Catholic Church.
Queen Mary, 1555, fully restored under Rome in
3. Puritans ≠ Purists
A Dates from 1706
group of people who
A person who adheres
grew discontent in the
Church of England and strictly and often
excessively to a
worked towards tradition", especially
religious, moral and "one preoccupied with
societal reforms. the purity of a
language and its
Settled Massachusetts
protection from the use
Bay (1630). of foreign or altered
forms.“----Merriam-
Webster Online
Dictionary
4. Separatists
In the 16th and 17th centuries wished to separate from
the Church of England and form independent local
churches.
One group of Separatists left England for Holland in
1608, and in 1620 some of them, the Pilgrims, settled
at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
5. Pilgrims
The group of separatists and other individuals who
were the founders of Plymouth Colony .
“Pilgrim Fathers” is given to those members who
made the first crossing on the Mayflower.
6.
7. What we can learn
Their insisting fighting for religion freedom.
Their courage to overcome difficulties, both from
human and nature.
Their hardworking after reach the New Land, and
make a great change on the ground.
