Literary terms

1. Separatists

In the colonial period, the Puritans who had gone to extreme were known as "Separatists". Unlike the majority of Puritans, they saw no hope of reforming the Church of England from within. They felt that the influences of politics and the court had led to corruptions within the church. They wished to break free from the Church of England. Among them was the Plymouth plantation group. They wished to follow Calvin's model, and to set up "particular" churches.

2. Pilgrims and Puritans

A small group of Europeans sailed from England on the Mayflower in 1620. The passengers were religious reformers--Puritans who were critical of the Church of England. Having given up hope of "purifying" the Church from within, they chose instead to withdraw from the Church. Mis action earned them the name Separatists. We know them as the Pilgrims. They landed in North America and established a settlement at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colony never grew very large,

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