The document discusses the Puritans, Separatists, and Pilgrims in early American history. It defines the Puritans as a group seeking to reform the Church of England from within, while Separatists wanted to separate and form independent churches. Some Separatists fled to Holland in 1608 and later a group of these Separatists, known as the Pilgrims, established the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 after traveling on the Mayflower.