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  2. History of the Puritans in North America - Wikipedia

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    e. In the early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, almost all in New England. Puritans were intensely devout members of the Church of England who believed that the Church of England was insufficiently reformed, retaining too much of its Roman Catholic doctrinal roots, and who therefore opposed royal ...

  3. History of the Puritans - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The history of the Puritans can be traced back to the first Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI, the formation of an identifiable Puritan movement in the 1560s and ends in a decline in the mid-18th century. The status of the Puritans as a religious group in England changed frequently as a result of both political shifts in ...

  4. Thomas Hooker - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and an advocate of universal Christian suffrage . Called today "the Father of Connecticut ", Thomas ...

  5. New Haven Colony - Wikipedia

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    The New Haven Colony was a small English colony in Connecticut Colony from 1638 to 1664, with outposts in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. [1] The history of the colony was a series of disappointments and failures. The most serious problem was that New Haven colony never had a charter giving it legal title to exist.

  6. History of the Puritans from 1649 - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. From 1649 to 1660, Puritans in the Commonwealth of England were allied to the state power held by the military regime, headed by Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell until he died in 1658. They broke into numerous sects, of which the Presbyterian group comprised most of the clergy, but was deficient in political power since Cromwell's ...

  7. Puritans - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. [1] Puritanism played a significant role in English and early American ...